46 Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge

from material conditioning and attain to the king-
dom of God. In this age it is impossible to practice
sacrifice, speculation or yoga. There is no way open
to us but the way of hearing submissively from
authoritative sources. This is the way the mahatmas
received the most confidential knowledge. It is the
way Arjuna received it from Krsna, and it is the way
we must receive it from the disciplic succession
stemming from Arjuna.
