40 Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge

by mental speculation. If we travel at the speed of
mind and wind for millions of years, it is not possible
to reach the Supreme by speculation. There is not
one single instance in which one has arrived at the
Supreme Absolute Truth by means of his own
mental speculation. Therefore the word mogha-
jianah indicates that the process of mundane
knowledge is bewildering. Through our own endeavor
it is not possible to see the sun after it has set. We
have to wait until the sun reveals itself in the morning
at sunrise. If it is not possible with our limited
senses to perceive a material thing like the sun, how
is it possible to perceive the nonmaterial? We cannot
find out or understand Krsna by our own endeavor.
We have to qualify ourselves through Krsna con-
sciousness and wait for Him to reveal Himself.

tesam satata-yuktanam
bhajatam priti-purvakam
dadami buddhi-yogam tam

yena mam upayanti te

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship
Me with love, I give the understanding by which they
can come to Me.” (Bg. 10.10)

Krsna is within, but due to our material condition-
ing, we do not realize it. Those who are of the nature
of fiends and demons (raksastm asurim) think that
this material life is all and that it is the purpose of
human life to squeeze out as much pleasure from
matter as possible. They try squeezing, but they are
constantly baffled. Squeezing material nature is not
the process for finding out real pleasure. If we are
