Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
HG.SRILA A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA PARAMAHAMSA THAKURA PRABHUPADA KI JAI!!!
BG 3.41, Purport: Jñāna refers to knowledge of self as distinguished from non-self, or in other words, knowledge that the spirit soul is not the body. Vijñāna refers to specific knowledge of the spirit soul's constitutional position and his relationship to the Supreme Soul.
BG 13.5, Purport: In jñāna-maya, realization extends beyond the living symptoms to the point of thinking, feeling and willing. Then there is Brahman realization, called vijñāna-maya, in which the living entity's mind and life symptoms are distinguished from the living entity himself.
SB 3.24.17, Purport: Jñāna means knowledge received through disciplic succession from the scriptures, and vijñāna means practical application of such knowledge.
SB 4.21.32, Purport: After coming to the platform of jñāna, or the brahma-bhūta state, one ultimately comes to devotional service, in which he completely understands his own position and the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This understanding is explained here as vijñāna-viśeṣa. The Lord says, therefore, that knowledge of Him is vijñāna, science.
SB 5.5.10-13, Purport: When one is fully equipped with jñāna and vijñāna, he is perfect. Jñāna means that one understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, to be the Supreme Being. Vijñāna refers to the activities that liberate one from the ignorance of material existence.
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