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sarva-jña munira vākya—the words of the omniscient muni (Vyāsadeva); śāstra-paramāṇa—evidence of revealed scriptures; āmā-sabā—all of us; jīvera—of the conditioned souls; haya—there is; śāstra-dvārā—through the medium of revealed scriptures; jñāna—knowledge.
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"The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can all conditioned souls attain knowledge.
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Foolish people try to concoct knowledge by manufacturing something in their brains. That is not the real way of knowledge. Knowledge is śabda-pramāṇa, evidence from Vedic literature. Śrīla Vyāsadeva is called Mahāmuni. He is also known as Vedavyāsa because he has compiled so many śāstras. He has divided the Vedas into four divisions-Sāma, Ṛg, Yajur and Atharva. He has expanded the Vedas into eighteen Purāṇas and has summarized Vedic knowledge in the Vedānta-sūtra. He also compiled the Mahābhārata, which is accepted as the fifth Veda. Bhagavad-gītā is contained within the Mahābhārata. Therefore Bhagavad-gītā is also Vedic literature (smṛti). Some of the Vedic literatures are called śrutis, and some are called smṛtis. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.101):
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Unless one refers to śāstra (śruti, smṛti and purāṇādi), one's spiritual activity simply disturbs society. There is no king or government to check people, and therefore society has fallen into a chaotic condition as far as spiritual understanding is concerned. Taking advantage of this chaotic condition, many rascals have appeared and proclaimed themselves incarnations of God. As a result, the entire population is indulging in sinful activities such as illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Out of many sinful people, many incarnations of God are emerging. This is a very regrettable situation, especially in India.
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“The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can all conditioned souls attain knowledge.
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Foolish people try to concoct knowledge by manufacturing something in their brains. That is not the real way of knowledge. Knowledge is #i#śabda-pramāṇa#/i#, evidence from the Vedic literature. Śrīla Vyāsadeva is called Mahāmuni. He is also known as Vedavyāsa because he has compiled so many #i#śāstras#/i#. He has divided the #i#Vedas#/i# into four divisions—#i#Sāma#/i#, #i#Ṛg#/i#, #i#Yajur#/i# and #i#Atharva#/i#. He has expanded the #i#Vedas#/i# into eighteen #i#Purāṇas#/i# and has summarized Vedic knowledge in the #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i#. He also compiled the #i#Mahābhārata#/i#, which is accepted as the fifth #i#Veda#/i#. The #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is contained within the #i#Mahābhārata#/i#. Therefore the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is also Vedic literature (#i#smṛti#/i#). Some of the Vedic literatures are called #i#śrutis#/i#, and some are called #i#smṛtis#/i#. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends in the #i#Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu#/i# (1.2.101):
#dl##dd##i#śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā#/i##/dd#
#dd##i#aikāntikī harer bhaktir utpātāyaiva kalpate#/i##/dd#
#dd#[#i#Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu#/i# 1.2.101]#/dd##/dl#
Unless one refers to #i#śāstra#/i# (#i#śruti#/i#, #i#smṛti#/i# and #i#purāṇādi#/i#), one’s spiritual activity simply disturbs society. There is no king or government to check people, and therefore society has fallen into a chaotic condition as far as spiritual understanding is concerned. Taking advantage of this chaotic condition, many rascals have appeared and proclaimed themselves incarnations of God. As a result, the entire population is indulging in sinful activities such as illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Out of many sinful people, many so-called incarnations of God are emerging. This is a very regrettable situation, especially in India.
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