Sri Ishopanisad Introduction summary notes MRdd
BG is Vedic, SB Vaishnava, CC & NoD Gaudiya Vaishnava literature.
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SADHYA (Krishna) goal
SADHANA (bhakti) means
1) established through Isho (establishes the Absolute Truth as a person) & BG (establishes the
person's identity it is Krishna)
2) explained through NoD (explains what is so attractive about goal) & NoI (how to go along the
means)
These 4 books give us foundational knowledge that we need for our spiritual advancement.
INTRODUCTION TO SRI ISHOPANISHAD.
We need sun for illumination, similarly we need scriptures to give us eternal knowledge.
As we have four defects, we can not acquire knowledge properly. These four defects progressivly and
increasingly limit the knowledge that we can acquire.
Four defects that every human being has, are: propensity to cheat, illusion, mistakes, limited senses.
Because we have limited senses we can not perceive what is beyond our sense perception, therefore we
annaabi.ee 
