Using material knowledge to serve Srila Prabhupada

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> Mataji,

> I agree that mundane education has value when applied in higher service.

> But our argument was on something else: that Vaisnavas have nothing to do

> with mundane education pursued for the sake of sense gratification. That

> was the definition (courtesy Mahananda Prabhu) posted: "approaching

> unqualified and sinful men for some scientific knowledge for sense

> gratification".

>

> Didn't Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur say that the quest for higher material

> education (for sense gratification) is the biggest impediment to spiritual

> advancement, worse than sex desire?

 

In my opinion the "higher material education" or knowledge, in this case we

were speaking about university study, is just what it is, material

knowledge.

It depends on you what you do with it? Or not.

 

ys Harsi das