Raja-Vidya (The King of Knowledge)

Raja-Vidya (The King of Knowledge)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAG791
Author: Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Language: English
Edition: 2012
Pages: 120
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.0 inch X 4.5 inch
Weight 80 gm

Book Description

About The Book

If you're ready to inquire sincerely into transcendental subjects, you'll get answers in this book. Enter into the secret of secrets, hold in your hand the king of all knowledge, and open your mind and heart to comprehend what is beyond the limitations of this world.

About The Author

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, in Calcutta in 1922. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, a prominent religious scholar and the founder of sixty-four Gaudiya Mathas (Vedic institutes) in India, liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge. Srila Prabhupada became his student and, in 1933, his formally initiated disciple.

At their first meeting Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati requested Srila Prabhupada to broadcast Vedic knowledge in English. In the years that followed, Srila Prabhupada wrote a commentary on the Bhagauad-gitd, assisted the Gaudiya Matha in its work, and in 1944 started Back to Godhead, an English fortnightly magazine. Single-handedly, Srila Prabhupada edited it, typed the manuscripts, checked the galley proofs, and even distributed the individual copies. The magazine is now being continued by his disciples in the West.

In 1950 Srila Prabhupada retired from married life, adopting the vanaprastha (retired) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. He traveled to the holy city of Vrndavana, where he lived in humble circumstances in the historic temple of Radha- Damodara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He accepted the renounced order of life (sannydsa) in 1959. At Radha-Damodara, Srila Prabhupada began work on his life's masterpiece: a multi volume commentated translation of the eighteen thousand-verse Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana). He also wrote Easy Journey to Other Planets.

After publishing three volumes of the Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada came to the United States in September 1965 to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Subsequently, His Divine Grace wrote more than fifty volumes of authoritative commentated translations and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.

When he first arrived by freighter in New York City, Srila Prabhupada was practically penniless. Only after almost a year of great difficulty did he establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in July of 1966. Before he passed away on November 14, 1977, he had guided the Society and seen it grow to a worldwide confederation of more than one hundred asramas, schools, temples, institutes, and farm communities.

Contents

1.Raja- Vidya: The King of Knowledege 1
2.Knowledge Beyond Samsara 15
3.Knowledge of Krishna Energies 22
4. Knowledge by Way of the Mahatmas Great Souls 35
5. Parampara: Knowledge Through Disciplic Succession 47
6. Knowledge of Krishna Appearances and Activities 60
7. Knowledge as Faith in Guru and Surrender to Krishna 71
8. Action in Knowledge of Krishna 94

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