What is the perfection of Knowledge?

Question

I am looking for a transcendental answer.

I would have to say acording to the Vedas Sukas answer falls short being threir is transcendental knowledge and mundane knowledg and their is perfection, he just has't realized it yet.

jojo negation of everything is not knowledge it can be ignorance though.

Answer 1

As per - Bhagavad-gītā - 7.3
manuṣyāṇāḿ sahasreṣu
kaścid yatati siddhaye
yatatām api siddhānāḿ
kaścin māḿ vetti tattvataḥ

SYNONYMS

manuṣyāṇām — of men; sahasreṣu — out of many thousands; kaścit — someone; yatati — endeavors; siddhaye — for perfection; yatatām — of those so endeavoring; api — indeed; siddhānām — of those who have achieved perfection; kaścit — someone; mām — Me; vetti — does know; tattvataḥ — in fact.

TRANSLATION

Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.

PURPORT

There are various grades of men, and out of many thousands, one may be sufficiently interested in transcendental realization to try to know what is the self, what is the body, and what is the Absolute Truth. Generally mankind is simply engaged in the animal propensities, namely eating, sleeping, defending and mating, and hardly anyone is interested in transcendental knowledge. The first six chapters of the Gītā are meant for those who are interested in transcendental knowledge, in understanding the self, the Superself and the process of realization by jñāna-yoga, dhyāna-yoga and discrimination of the self from matter. However, Kṛṣṇa can be known only by persons who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Other transcendentalists may achieve impersonal Brahman realization, for this is easier than understanding Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person, but at the same time He is beyond the knowledge of Brahman and Paramātmā. The yogīs and jñānīs are confused in their attempts to understand Kṛṣṇa. Although the greatest of the impersonalists, Śrīpāda Śańkarācārya, has admitted in his Gītā commentary that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his followers do not accept Kṛṣṇa as such, for it is very difficult to know Kṛṣṇa, even though one has transcendental realization of impersonal Brahman.

Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, the primeval Lord Govinda. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ/ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam. It is very difficult for the nondevotees to know Him. Although nondevotees declare that the path of bhakti, or devotional service, is very easy, they cannot practice it. If the path of bhakti is so easy, as the nondevotee class of men proclaim, then why do they take up the difficult path? Actually the path of bhakti is not easy. The so-called path of bhakti practiced by unauthorized persons without knowledge of bhakti may be easy, but when it is practiced factually according to the rules and regulations, the speculative scholars and philosophers fall away from the path. -

Answer 2

Everything including knowledge has room for improvement. Perfection is a relative proposition as per norms of society which are variable. So perfection is a journey for betterment and not a destination. If it stagnates then it starts degenerating.

Answer 3

Our tendency to competency. One thing men and women are looking for in a mate is competency. My guess is that's the natural priority, what ever the notions are for that time in human history or culture that form those perceptions. When there is peace in the self's content, that is perfection no matter its errors or real imperfections.

The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.

No body's perfect. Everything is perfect in its self but imperfect for an other. Let's be reasonable.

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.
If not, it can't be helped.
(Fritz Perls, 1969)

The key idea of the statement is the focus on living in response to one's own needs, without projecting onto or taking introjects from others. It also expresses the idea that it is by fulfilling their own needs that people can help others do the same and create space for genuine contact; that is, when they "find each other, it's beautiful".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_prayer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Perls

Answer 4

The logical progression of yhe perfection of knowledge is wisdom . The application of wisdom leads to enlightenment or an epiphany.

Answer 5

Knowledge is the TRUTH! And it is Perfect!
No one can change it-and only one can realize it if one needs, by acquiring it from a teacher. This implies to any knowledge!

Good question!

God Bless!

Answer 6

No. The only thing hindering us from attaining either all-knowledge or all-perfection is that neither is attainable. Silly squill.

Answer 7

knowledge can be attainedonly by practice as practice makes man perfect . love ur books , respect ur teachers, pray and become a lover of books

Answer 8

the perfection of knowledge is the direct personal recognition of apparant truth, before the experience of knowledge.

... according to joju.

no thought
no reflection
no analysis
no contemplation
no intention
no analysis
let it settle itself.

... according to Tilopa

I ask, is this true where you are?

xxx

Answer 9

Perfection of knowledge attained when one experience it.

Answer 10

Knowledge is knowledge. Understanding is enlightenment. perfection is an illusion.
Gosane- thank you. we both got a thumbs down. LOL>