The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch -19.5.

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12/03/2017.

 Chapter -Chapter 19: True Knowledge : 5.


But what is true knowledge? This is described in a few verses in this very chapter.

While, finally, true knowledge has to be identified with actual realisation of existence in its pristine purity, anything that is contributory to the acquisition of this knowledge is also regarded as knowledge, so that righteousness, virtues and those qualities that we consider as praiseworthy are also regarded as knowledge.

Humility, though it cannot be identified with knowledge as such, is associated with knowledge.


Unpretentiousness and straightforwardness of behaviour cannot be identified with knowledge as such, but it is a reflection of true knowledge.

It indicates true knowledge and contributes to the acquirement of true knowledge; and so are other virtues, such as non-violence and love, servicefulness, charitable feeling, detachment and freedom from every kind of clinging, whether to the senses or the mind.


The capacity to contemplate on the transitoriness of all things, the recognition of the phenomenal character of the universe, an awareness of the presence of a Supreme Reality beyond the transitory universe, and a sincere aspiration for this realisation—all these go to constitute what is known as right knowledge.

Swami Krishnananda
   To be continued  ....


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