Should we just chant more or should we study philosophy more?
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So, the question is what should we do more? Yes, we have a prescribed quota of rounds. But, when we want to actually fill our hole, we can link. And we like to study books.
Actually, the holy name is offering us a shelter of Krishna. And that same Krishna can offer us shelter. Normally, we think of philosophy as something like studying.
We think of a script. He says, परंभोयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानाम् ज्ञानमक्तम् यज्ञाताउनयासर्वेः पराम्सत्तिन्तंग्राद् इदम् ज्ञानम् We can think of, and again in 18.70, ज्ञान यज्ञेन First he says this is yajna, but then next he says, He is worshipping me with their intelligence. So just as we may worship with aarti paraphernalia, with an incense or with a flower.
When we study, it's not that, in fact, many times if we study, so yes, some devotees feel naturally attracted to chanting, if, but the point is not just to chant constantly, to be absorbed in Krishna. So if I am chanting, but if I am thinking, so I am not thinking about Krishna, I am thinking about my own glory. Actually I am chanting the holy name, I am not saying that devotees who chant extra are doing that.
If more shastric study, to go deeper into our career, and Jiva Goswami himself actually, faced this accusation, and subsequent Acharyas recognized, that we shouldn't get too influenced, but we should do that, and share that kind of attraction with Krishna. And then our buddhi will grow. When he talks about, so jati, asha, snigdha, snigdha, affectionate, not just, snigdha should be affectionate, that means those who have desire, and that way, we won't have that, we can share shastra also with others more effectively.
So it's definitely a value. It can become jnana, if one forgets the purpose of Krishna, going out, impressing people how much I know, then that jnana, will definitely make our hard heart, but then that pride, so the cure of, for pride, is not suppression of talent, it is purification of intent.