Receiving knowledge in succession

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Compare the roles of inquiry, service and succession.

1. BG 4.34

   Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.

   Read BG 4.34 in context · Source: Vanisource

   Edition and source record

   Edition: 1983+ · page 13779, revision 781234

2. BG 4.2

   This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.

   Read BG 4.2 in context · Source: Vanisource

   Edition and source record

   Edition: 1983+ · page 13747, revision 781218

Related contextual definitions

• Ācārya: O teacher
• Paramparā: by disciplic succession

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