calculation vs experience

Prabhupada: No calculation. It is going on, regulated way. Just like everyone knows that this month is February. In the month of June the summer will begin. Everyone knows. It is not conclusion; it is experience. There is no need of calculating. So one who has got better experience, he can say like that. Calculation and experience. Just like if somebody says, "Two plus two plus two plus two," somebody says immediately, "Six." And another calculates, "Two plus two plus..., six." So experience and calculation. Lacks experience, he calculates. One who has better experience, he doesn't calculate. One who knows past, present and future, he doesn't require to make calculation. He knows everything. So God knows past, present and future, and others, who are favored by God, he also knows by the grace of God-because he hears from God. God knows past, present and future. Then he simply reproduces God's words, that's all. He doesn't require to calculate. Just like in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmano viduh [Bg 8.17].    (More...)

Prabhupada: Yes. So you quote that. Then it is perfect. You don't require to make research. Your research is no good because your senses are imperfect. I have no proper vision. If the light is stopped, I cannot see. This is the position of my eyes. So what is the use of my seeing? It is conditional. So one who is conditional, how he can give perfect knowledge? One who is not conditional, he can give perfect knowledge. Therefore we have to approach somebody who is not conditional. Then we get perfect knowledge.    (More...)