Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Om Namah Sivaya The Chhandogya Upanishad SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA Section 17 Truth and Understanding Yada vai vijanati, atha satyam vadati, navijanan satyam vadati, vijananneva satyam vadati" vijnanam tveva vijijnasitavyam iti, vijnanam, bhagavah, vijijnasa iti. Again we are in a vicious circle of argument, as it were. You want to know what is truth. Truth has to be known as it is, and not as it appears. There are various types of truth before us: One says, "This is true,That is true," and "Everything is true." But is everything ultimately true? We must have a clear conception what ultimate truth is. "O Narada," says Sanatkumara, "you can speak truth only when you know what truth is; otherwise, how can you speak truth? But do you know what truth is? Truth is not what you perceive as true in this empirical world. The whole world is not true. It is not the ultimate truth. So, how can you say that anything in the world is true? Whatever you speak is not true. You must know what is really true. When one knows what truth is, then one speaks truth." Narada is instructed in this manner. An ignoramus cannot speak truth. Knowledge of truth is, therefore, very important. We have to know knowledge itself, because it is knowledge that comprehends truth. What is knowledge and what is truth? We are here entering into the difficult subject of the ultimate principle of our very life, knowledge and truth, jnana and satya. What is truth and what is knowledge - this must be known. Without that no one can proceed further. ----Sri Swami Krishnananda Sivaya Namah Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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