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'''Theme Analysis''' | |||
The quotes in this category establish that envy is the fundamental disease of the material world, where living entities constantly compete, exploit, and resent one another. In stark contrast, a true spiritualist or Kṛṣṇa conscious person is paramo nirmatsarāṇām, meaning they are completely not envious. A pure devotee is the kind friend to all living entities and genuinely rejoices in the spiritual advancement of others without any competitive mentality. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the absolute truths found within the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā can only be understood by those who are free from this envy, establishing this nonenvious quality as the absolute prerequisite for approaching the Supreme Lord. | |||
* '''The Material Disease:''' Envy is the driving force of the material world, manifesting as constant competition and animosity between individuals and nations. | |||
* '''The Nature of a Devotee:''' A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is naturally peaceful, friendly to everyone, and completely free from the desire to exploit or envy others. | |||
* '''Joy in Others' Success:''' True spiritual life means feeling genuine happiness when another person advances, lacking the petty jealousy that plagues material relationships. | |||
* '''The Prerequisite for Knowledge:''' The Supreme Lord only reveals His most confidential knowledge to those who have eradicated envy from their hearts. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:A Kṛṣṇa Conscious Person Is Not Envious|A Kṛṣṇa Conscious Person Is Not Envious.]] | |||
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Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category establish that envy is the fundamental disease of the material world, where living entities constantly compete, exploit, and resent one another. In stark contrast, a true spiritualist or Kṛṣṇa conscious person is paramo nirmatsarāṇām, meaning they are completely not envious. A pure devotee is the kind friend to all living entities and genuinely rejoices in the spiritual advancement of others without any competitive mentality. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the absolute truths found within the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā can only be understood by those who are free from this envy, establishing this nonenvious quality as the absolute prerequisite for approaching the Supreme Lord.
- The Material Disease: Envy is the driving force of the material world, manifesting as constant competition and animosity between individuals and nations.
- The Nature of a Devotee: A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is naturally peaceful, friendly to everyone, and completely free from the desire to exploit or envy others.
- Joy in Others' Success: True spiritual life means feeling genuine happiness when another person advances, lacking the petty jealousy that plagues material relationships.
- The Prerequisite for Knowledge: The Supreme Lord only reveals His most confidential knowledge to those who have eradicated envy from their hearts.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: A Kṛṣṇa Conscious Person Is Not Envious.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "Not Envious"
The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
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- A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be detached, humble and tolerant. He must not envy anyone, and he must be expert in performing sacrifices and giving whatever he has in charity
- A devotee is generally very humble and meek, and he is reluctant to pick a quarrel with anyone. Nor does he envy anyone. However, a pure devotee immediately becomes fiery with anger when he sees that Lord Visnu or His devotee is insulted
- A devotee is never envious of other living entities
- A devotee's position is ajata-satru: he has no enemy. He has no enemy. Ajata-satru. Nirmatsara. Nirmatsara means because they are not envious. A devotee is always open to everyone
- A Krsna conscious person is always nonenvious, whereas others are always envious
- A pure devotee is never disturbed in any circumstances. Nor is he envious of anyone. Nor does a devotee become his enemy's enemy. BG 1972 purports
- A pure devotee is not envious, hateful, or lazy in the discharge of devotional service. Confident of his advancement, he continually performs his prescribed devotional duties. This is called tat-tat-karma-pravartana
- Actually, everyone is envious. Businessman to businessman, nation to nation. This is material world. Therefore spiritual advancement means for person who is not envious
- Actually, when one chants or discusses the transcendental activities of the Lord, he immediately becomes nonenvious
- Arjuna submitted the three different questions (BG 14.21), & the Lord answers them one after another. In these verses (22-25), Krsna first indicates that a person transcendentally situated neither envies anyone nor hankers for anything. BG 1972 purports
- As described in Bhagavad-gita: One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress is very dear to Me
- As explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, when one is not envious even of his enemy, does not expect honor from anyone, but instead desires all well-being even for his enemy, he is understood to be a paramahamsa
- Atheists are so much averse, sura-dvisat. They are envious. So to such person the madhyama-adhikari cannot preach because it is useless waste of time. If one is innocent but not envious we can preach there. That will be, I mean to say, fruitful
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- Civilized human being means God conscious, happy life, no trouble, no enviousness, everything happy, no hard labor. Why hard labor? Everything is there. You just employ your little intelligence, you get sufficient food by grains, fruits, flowers, milk
- Considering one's welfare, one should not envy anyone, for an envious person must always fear harm from his enemies, either in this life or in the next - SB 10.1.44
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- Dantah refers to one who is not envious, disturbing or puffed up with false prestige. With the Krsna consciousness movement, we are trying to introduce such brahmanas in society
- Day by day, one who is actually aware of religious principles and is not heinously envious of poor animals should happily perform daily sacrifices and those for certain occasions with whatever food is available easily by the grace of the Lord
- Devotees have no need to compete with materialists because they are on the path back to Godhead, back home where everything is eternal, full and blissful. Such transcendentalists are a hundred percent nonenvious and are therefore pure in heart
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- He (a devotee of God) does not envy his fellow living entities. Here is a contrast between a pure devotee of the Lord and a yogi interested only in his personal elevation. BG 1972 purports
- He (Pariksit) knew perfectly well that in this age of Kali, auspicious things produce good effects immediately, whereas inauspicious acts must be actually performed (to render effects). So he was never envious of the personality of Kali
- He was expert in giving charity, and he was always satisfied, tolerant, very gentle, learned and nonenvious. He was self-realized and engaged in the devotional service of the Lord
- His behavior should always be straightforward and simple, and although he is not envious but friendly to everyone, he should avoid the company of persons who are not spiritually advanced
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- I should not be envious and think that for the deer my own welfare will be destroyed. I should certainly raise, protect, gratify and fondle it. When it has taken shelter with me, how can I neglect it?
- If a person is completely detached from material enjoyment and has developed pure ecstatic devotion, even if he is sometimes accidentally found not to be living up to the standard of devotional service, one should not be envious of him
- If one is determined not to be envious of anyone, he can naturally conquer anger. Similarly, one can give up the desire to accumulate wealth simply by considering how difficult it is to protect the money in one's possession
- In Satya-yuga, every person was spiritually advanced, & there was no envy between great personalities. Gradually, however, because of material contamination with the advance of the ages, disrespectful dealings appeared even among brahmanas and Vaisnavas
- In such an atmosphere even the animals of the forest became nonviolent and non-envious like great sages. Consequently, the animals did not attack anyone. Over and above everything was the cooing of the cuckoos
- In the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is therefore said that Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for those who are completely nirmatsara (nonenvious). In other words, one who is not free from the contamination of envy cannot advance in Krsna consciousness
- In the first verse of this Ninth Chapter, by the word guhyatamam, Sri Krsna intimates that He is imparting the most confidential knowledge to Arjuna. Why is He proclaiming this to Arjuna? It is because Arjuna is anasuyu - non-envious
- In the spiritual world to accept one's inferior position does not mean envious mentality upon the other
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that if you want to know the real truth, vastavya-vastu, the one must become paramo nirmatsaram... not envious
- In the transcendental world a devotee is never envious of another devotee on account of his excellence but on the contrary if a devotee finds some excellence in other devotees he eulogizes the devotee admitting his own subordinate position
- In this age a person should not envy Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement but should chant the holy names of Hari and Krsna, the maha-mantra. That is the sum and substance of the eternal religion, known as sanatana-dharma
- In this material world everyone is envious of everyone else, but by vibrating or discussing the holy name of the Lord, one becomes nonenvious and devoid of material hankering
- In this verse (SB 7.14.9) even the snake is mentioned, indicating that a householder should not be envious even of a snake
- Instead of becoming nirvaira (nonenvious of other living entities), one who tries to become Narayana becomes envious of the Supreme Lord. Therefore the attempt to become Narayana constitutes the greatest offense
- Instruction should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the spiritual master, nonenvious, friendly to all kinds of living entities and eager to render service with faith and sincerity
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- Kasyapa Muni's first instruction to his wife was not to be envious
- Kasyapa Muni's instruction that his wife not be envious indicates that this is the first stage of advancement in Krsna consciousness
- Krsna consciousness means to be completely nonenvious
- Krsna consciousness movement is meant for the paramo nirmatsaranam those who are not envious. How they can be envious? Paramahamsa, one who has understood what is this creation, who is the creator, what are these living entities
- Krsna discloses, reveals Himself, to the anasuyave, one who is not envious. And that is devotee
- Krsna said, "One should never be envious of the spiritual master, as one may be envious of an ordinary man"
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- Maharaja Pariksit, being the most learned and experienced king by the grace of the Lord, was not unnecessarily envious of the personality of Kali because he did not intend to give him any chance to perform any sinful act
- My dear sons, you should not envy any living entity - be he moving or nonmoving. Knowing that I am situated in them, you should offer respect to all of them at every moment. In this way, you offer respect to Me (Rsabhadeva)
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- No enviousness. Why I shall be envious? If somebody is eating very nicely, and I am not eating nicely, why I shall be envious? We should be satisfied. Krsna has given him
- Not by enviousness. Chastisement means correction. He's in the wrong way; he is corrected to the right way. So gradually you have to take the power of the king to correct the whole human society
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- Of course it is not possible for everyone to become Krsna conscious, but the Krsna consciousness movement can create an exemplary society wherein there is no envy
- One becomes undisturbed and non-envious in full transcendental loving service to the Lord; and one makes friendship with the devotees of the Lord who are situated in faithful service to Him
- One must be prepared to offer the necessary respect and honor to the spiritual master. He should not be unnecessarily envious of his Godbrothers
- One person is envious of another, and this is the way of the material world. The Krsna consciousness movement aims at creating an atmosphere of non-envy
- One should not be envious of anyone, because envy is the cause of fear both in this world and in the next, when one is before Yamaraja (the lord of punishment after death)
- One should not be envious, considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities
- One should not cover himself with a blanket. (17) One should not talk enviously of others before the Deity. (18) One should not praise others before the Deity. (19) One should not use slang before the Deity
- One should recognize that the bhakti cult must be spread all over the world. That is real advesta
- One who is not a Krsna conscious person, he's not a good man. But our duty is preach. Because the world is full of no-good men, therefore we have to preach. Otherwise what is the use of preaching? Therefore we should not be envious
- One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is always satisfied, such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me
- One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, -he is very dear to Me. BG 12.13-14 - 1972
- One who is vipra, these twelve qualification: that he must be very religious; he must be truthful; he must be controlling his mind; he must have austerities; he must be very intelligent; he must be tolerant; he must not be envious
- Other sages and learned brahmanas were present, but they were not envious of Lord Siva, although they were all dependent on Daksa. Therefore no one but Daksa could be envious of Lord Siva. That was the accusation of Sati
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- Seeing this (universal brotherhood), one does not envy, exploit or trouble another living entity. Thus one who is a devotee of Krsna automatically develops all good qualities, for he is in the proper consciousness
- Spiritual life means to see you advancing, one becomes happy, "Oh, how fortunate he is." This is spiritual life. Therefore spiritual life is meant for a person who is completely not envious. That is spiritual life
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for nonenvious persons - nirmatsaranam satam
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- The blessings of brahmanas who are not envious, disturbed or puffed up with pride and false prestige and who are fully qualified with truthfulness will be useful. Therefore a class of men must be trained as brahmanas from the very beginning
- The brahmanas who were present at that time were all qualified because they were not envious, they never indulged in untruthfulness, they were never proud, they were nonviolent, and they never claimed any false prestige
- The Krsna consciousness movement is not for the persons who are envious. Envious. It is a movement to train people how to become not envious. It is very first-class scientific movement, yes
- The Krsna consciousness movement, however, is meant for one who is no longer jealous or envious. By becoming free from jealousy and envy, one becomes a perfect person. Dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam - SB 1.1.2
- The Lord especially instructs, therefore, that no one should be envious of these five (the cows, brahmanas, women, children and old men), especially the cows and brahmanas
- The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.29), samo'ham sarva-bhutesu na me dvesyo 'sti na priyah: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all."
- The science of God is for persons who are not envious. That is religion. In the Bhagavata you will find in the beginning it is said, Here the religion of Bhagavata is not a cheating religion
- The spiritual master or the father, he does not become envious. He feels himself very, very happy, that "This boy has advanced more than me." This is spiritual master's position
- The subject matter found in Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for paramahamsas. As it is said, paramo nirmatsaranam satam vedyam (SB 1.1.2). A paramahamsa is one who does not live in the material world and who does not envy others
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence
- This (Kapila's) instruction should be imparted by the spiritual master to persons who have taken the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be more dear than anything, who are not envious of anyone, who are perfectly cleansed & who have developed detachment
- Those who are advanced in transcendental consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, are never envious, neither of the soul nor of the activities of the soul under the influence of material nature
- Those who are serious about liberation are certainly nonenvious, and they respect all. Yet they reject the horrible and ghastly forms of the demigods and worship only the all-blissful forms of Lord Visnu and His plenary portions
- Those who want to be relieved from the material clutches give up the worship of the various demigods who have fearful bodily features. Such peaceful devotees, who are not envious of the demigods, worship the different forms of the S P of God, Narayana
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- We have offered our respects to them, and we have not been envious of any brother, friends or anyone else. We have also undergone severe austerities within the water and have not taken food for a long time
- We should utilize our talents without being envious of others. You should do your best, but you should not be envious of others. In material life there is simply envy of others progress, but in spiritual life one encourages another
- When a man is nonenvious and does not desire ill fortune for anyone, he is equipoised. For such a person, all directions appear happy
- Whenever pure topics of the transcendental world are discussed, the members of the audience forget all kinds of material hankerings, at least for the time being. Not only that, but they are no longer envious of one another
- Why do such persons (devotees) hold open class? It is explained here (in BG 18.71) that although everyone is not a devotee, still there are many men who are not envious of Krsna. They have faith in Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 pur
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- Yamaraja has specifically described the qualities of the Visnudutas to convince his own servants not to be envious of them
- You don't become envious to your spiritual master. Then you will become free from envy. As soon as you become envious to your spiritual master, then you will..., then begins envious. Chant Hare Krsna