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Human intelligence often seeks to conquer the Absolute Truth through vigorous mental exercise and academic research. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that the Supreme Lord is not accessible through such prideful endeavors. To truly understand Kṛṣṇa, one must first become submissive, moving away from the "disagreement" and "independence" that characterize Kali-yuga. This shift involves giving up the attempt to understand God through limited knowledge and instead choosing to hear from realized authorities. By adopting this humble posture and engaging in devotional service, the living entity attracts the attention of God, making the unconquerable Lord a willing captive of His devotee's love. | |||
* '''The Barrier of Independence:''' The general propensity to think independently prevents the understanding of transcendental subjects; one must trade this habit for a submissive attitude. | |||
* '''The Revelation of the Tongue:''' Realization begins not with the brain, but with the tongue; by submissively chanting and eating prasādam, the Lord reveals Himself from within. | |||
* '''Submission as Perfection:''' Submission is equated with the recognition of one's insignificant position in the universe, which is the necessary prerequisite for becoming a truly surrendered soul. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:Conquering the Unconquerable - The Power of Becoming Submissive|Conquering the Unconquerable - The Power of Becoming Submissive.]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 20 January 2026
Theme Analysis
Human intelligence often seeks to conquer the Absolute Truth through vigorous mental exercise and academic research. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that the Supreme Lord is not accessible through such prideful endeavors. To truly understand Kṛṣṇa, one must first become submissive, moving away from the "disagreement" and "independence" that characterize Kali-yuga. This shift involves giving up the attempt to understand God through limited knowledge and instead choosing to hear from realized authorities. By adopting this humble posture and engaging in devotional service, the living entity attracts the attention of God, making the unconquerable Lord a willing captive of His devotee's love.
- The Barrier of Independence: The general propensity to think independently prevents the understanding of transcendental subjects; one must trade this habit for a submissive attitude.
- The Revelation of the Tongue: Realization begins not with the brain, but with the tongue; by submissively chanting and eating prasādam, the Lord reveals Himself from within.
- Submission as Perfection: Submission is equated with the recognition of one's insignificant position in the universe, which is the necessary prerequisite for becoming a truly surrendered soul.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Conquering the Unconquerable - The Power of Becoming Submissive.
Pages in category "Becoming Submissive"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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- After giving up speculation, what should we do? Bhagavatam recommends that we become submissive and hear the message of God submissively
- As soon as you become submissive and hear from authorities, then the whole thing will reveal within yourself. God is the always ready to be revealed to you
- As soon as you become submissive, surrender to Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there will be no more natural disturbances
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- God is always ready to be revealed to you. But how does He reveal? He reveals as soon as you become submissive, you become devotee, you become Krsna conscious, you just follow the path traversed by the great mahajanas, great acaryas
- God is not conquerable, but He becomes conquerable, He is conquered, by a devotee who gives up this nonsense process of understanding Him by his limited knowledge and becomes submissive
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- If we don't be independent, unnecessarily mental exercise to understand what is God, what is Absolute Truth. Don't bother about these things. Then, what to do? Namanta eva: just become submissive and just try to hear from a realized soul
- If you become submissive and if you begin this service, chanting and eating prasadam, then svayam eva sphuraty adah, simply by these two kinds of practices, Krsna will Himself reveal Himself before you
- If you become submissive, and if you begin this service - chanting and eating prasadam - Krsna will reveal Himself before you
- If you become submissive, if you develop the spiritual attitude of following Krsna, and you are as a servant or a friend, as a parent or as a lover - if you begin to give service to the Supreme Lord then you can begin to know Him
- If you take to the devotional service submissively, if you become submissive, surrendered, and you render service to the Lord, then, by His causeless mercy, He becomes revealed
- It is called Kali-yuga, means disagreement. "Why shall I accept your proposition? I am also independent, I can think independently." This is the general propensity. But to understand the transcendental subject matter, one has to become submissive
- It is recommended instead that one become submissive, realizing that not only is he an insignificant creature, but that this earth is only one small point in the great universe
- It is the duty of everyone desiring to return to Godhead to become submissive like King Rahugana and beg pardon of Vaisnavas one may have offended
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- Jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva (SB 10.14.3). Just become submissive. Submission means that we cannot understand Krsna, simply just serve, that's all, and develop your dormant love. That is perfect
- Jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva: "Just become submissive. Just try to understand your position that you are very insignificant segment in this material world or in the creation"
- Just become submissive and attract the attention of God. Then you'll be successful
- Just become submissive and try to hear from authorities. San-mukharitam. Who is authority? Authority is Krsna and, or God, or His representative. Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he's representative of God
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- So let us become submissive and prosecute this, the process of devotional service. That is the way of happiness
- So one has to become submissive. That submissiveness Krsna, Arjuna is teaching us, sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam
- So our Krsna consciousness movement is teaching people to become submissive to the authority. That is the beginning of knowledge
- So we should give up this habit of speculating to understand God. One should become submissive, jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva, that very submissive to hear from the right person
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- The proud student community did not become submissive. On the contrary, the students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere. In a laughing manner they criticized the Lord
- There are so-called disciples who become submissive to a spiritual master most artificially, with an ulterior motive. They also cannot understand what Krsna consciousness or devotional service is
- This is the crucial test - If one does not understand Krsna and become submissive to surrender, he remains a demon, however big scholar he may be
- This whole process is submission. Krsna wants this. Sarva-dharman parityajya (BG 18.66). So if you want to approach Krsna, you have to become very submissive
- Thousands of books are printed and read, and after six months thrown away. This way and that - how can you know the Supreme by speculation on the information supplied by your blunt senses? Give up research - throw it away - just become submissive