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Imported quote 15693 Knowledge means information gathered from the Scriptures, and science means practical realization of the knowledge gathered from the Scriptures. It is scientific knowledge when it is gathered from the Scriptures through the practical application of the bona fide Spiritual Master, but when interpreted by mental concoction it is personal. By scientific understanding of the information from the Scripture, through the bona fide Spiritual Master, one learns, by one's own realization, each actual conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The transcendental Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is different from material manifestation and different from the reactions of matter. Therefore, without scientific understanding of the Spiritual Form of the Personality of Godhead one becomes an impersonalist. The sunshine is itself an illumination, but that illumination is different from the Sun. Yet the Sun and the sunshine are not differently situated; without the Sun there is no sunshine, and without the sunshine there is no Sun.
(More...) Imported quote 18478 Therefore Krsna says mūḍha. Na mam duskrtino mūḍhaḥ prapadyante naradhamaḥ [Bg 7.15]. Those who are not Krsna conscious, not surrendering to Krsna, their categories have been explained that sinful, duskrtina. Duskrtina means duskarya. And krti, krti means very meritorious. But duskrti: merit is being misused for some nonsense activities. Therefore duskrti. There are two kinds of activities: sukrti and duskrti. Sukrti means for some good purpose, and duskrti, for some bad purpose. That is called... So we are all engaged, always engaged to engage our brain to manufacture something will be very facilitous for committing sinful activities. That is science, advancement of science. So many things. Just like contraceptive now advertised by the scientist: "Now, here is a very nice contraceptive. Use it." That means people will take of the scientific advancement and entangle him in sinful activities. That's all. Duskrtina: meritorious, but it is used for sinful activities. That is called duskrtina.
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