# Real Education *On what constitutes genuine knowledge* --- ### Only Institution Giving Real Life > But actual interest is... Human life should be sober. He should... Therefore the first beginning of real life is to understand that "I am not this body." This is the first lesson. But where is that education? Throughout the whole world, go anywhere. Where is that education that students are being taught that "You are not this body"? There is no education. Then what is the value of this education? To keep them *andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ,* to keep them in the darkness. That is going on. This is the only institution which is giving people real life. — [[spoken/1973/730106nd.bom|Nectar of Devotion Lecture, Bombay, January 6, 1973]] --- ### Learn from the Perfect Person > Everywhere you have to learn from the perfect person. Then his knowledge is perfect. So our proposition is that: learn from Kṛṣṇa and you get perfect knowledge. — [[spoken/1976/760103mw.nel|Morning Walk, Nellore, January 3, 1976]] --- ### Oneness Means No Disagreement > So if I am one with God, then my activities should be simultaneously with God. That is oneness. I don't disagree. God says, "You do it"; I disagree. God says, "You surrender unto Me," but I refuse. So that is ignorance. If I am actually one with God, just I am asking, "You do this"—you do immediately. But if you do not do it, that is ignorance. Similarly, oneness means no disagreement. — [[spoken/1976/760106mw.nel|Morning Walk, Nellore, January 6, 1976]] --- ### Real Duty Is to Approach Viṣṇu > They do not know the real duty is to approach Viṣṇu, *svartha-gatim,* interest. They are thinking, "This is my interest." But real duty is *svārtha-gatim.* Everyone should be interested in his business, but the real business is, human life, that approach Viṣṇu. — [[spoken/1973/730106nd.bom|Nectar of Devotion Lecture, Bombay, January 6, 1973]] --- ### Read Books, Don't Waste Time > You should not waste a moment even with nonsense talkings. You have got so many books. Either chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, or read books, discuss amongst yourself. Don't waste your time by so-called drama and play. It is simply waste of time. — [[spoken/1972/720617sb.la|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.37, Los Angeles, June 17, 1972]] --- *5 verified verbatim quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on real education*