In English
In one of the talks this morning, the words, knowledge and wisdom, were mentioned. It was said that there is a great difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is something which is related only to the head. It is possible that by conducting some enquiries and by working with some special types of machines, one can reach an important position in the matter of acquiring knowledge. One has to say that to some extent, this is simply book knowledge. Just by such an acquisition, our capacity to comprehend truth is not going to improve. What we call knowledge is the essence of all sciences. Wisdom, on the other hand, is something which we acquire as a result of practice. Knowledge acquired from books differs very much from knowledge acquired from experience. Wisdom is acquired by experience. This tells us something about the very sweet nature of our life. But knowledge that we have acquired from books enables you only to experience and understand the phraseology, the grouping of the words, the subtle way in which ideas are being conveyed by keeping words in different places. But it cannot take you beyond that.