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The term "demon" in the Vedic context refers to a mentality rather than just a species. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that anyone who is envious of the Supreme Lord and refuses to surrender to Him is considered an atheistic demon (asura). Drawing from the Bhagavad-gītā (7.15), these individuals are described as miscreants whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, regardless of their academic titles or social standing. The quotes emphasize that the Lord appears specifically to annihilate such atheists and protect His devotees. Furthermore, a person can fall into this demoniac class through bad association or by committing offenses against great souls, as seen in the story of Rāmacandra Khān. | |||
* '''The Definition of a Demon:''' A demon is defined by atheism. Unlike the demigods who serve the Lord, demons are envious and fundamentally opposed to the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa. | |||
* '''Mundane Education:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda critiques modern education, stating that without spiritual knowledge, universities are simply manufacturing "demons with titles." | |||
* '''The Fate of the Atheist:''' While devotees see Kṛṣṇa as the beautiful object of their love, atheistic demons only see Him as death (mṛtyu). | |||
* '''Bad Association:''' Even one born of good lineage, like Narakāsura (the son of Mother Earth), can become a demon due to the influence of bad association. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:Atheistic Demons - The Envious Nature of the Nondevotee|Atheistic Demons - The Envious Nature of the Nondevotee.]] | |||
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Theme Analysis
The term "demon" in the Vedic context refers to a mentality rather than just a species. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that anyone who is envious of the Supreme Lord and refuses to surrender to Him is considered an atheistic demon (asura). Drawing from the Bhagavad-gītā (7.15), these individuals are described as miscreants whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, regardless of their academic titles or social standing. The quotes emphasize that the Lord appears specifically to annihilate such atheists and protect His devotees. Furthermore, a person can fall into this demoniac class through bad association or by committing offenses against great souls, as seen in the story of Rāmacandra Khān.
- The Definition of a Demon: A demon is defined by atheism. Unlike the demigods who serve the Lord, demons are envious and fundamentally opposed to the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa.
- Mundane Education: Śrīla Prabhupāda critiques modern education, stating that without spiritual knowledge, universities are simply manufacturing "demons with titles."
- The Fate of the Atheist: While devotees see Kṛṣṇa as the beautiful object of their love, atheistic demons only see Him as death (mṛtyu).
- Bad Association: Even one born of good lineage, like Narakāsura (the son of Mother Earth), can become a demon due to the influence of bad association.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Atheistic Demons - The Envious Nature of the Nondevotee.
Pages in category "Atheistic Demons"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- According to the Bhagavad-gita (2.42, 7.15), mistaken mundane educators are known as veda-vada-rata and mayayapahrta-jnana. They may also be atheistic demons, the lowest of men
- All the school friends were sons of demons, means atheist class of men. So they did not know anything about God, and Prahlada Maharaja was taking advantage of the school tiffin hour and preaching
- Atheists and demons cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He is situated within everyone. For them the Lord finally appears in the form of death, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita - mrtyuh sarva-haras caham - BG 10.34
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- In Bhagavad-gita the Lord has explained His (Krsna's) position clearly, but the demoniac atheistic student squeezes out an interpretation to suit his own purpose and misleads unfortunate followers into the same mentality
- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.15) the Lord says: Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me
- It is said in other puranas that Narakasura was the son of Dharitri, the earth, by the Lord Himself. But he became a demon due to the bad association of Bana, another demon. An atheist is called a demon
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- So Lord comes as incarnation for these two purposes: to protect the saintly persons and to annihilate the atheistic demons, and to establish the real purpose of religion
- Sura-dvisam means persons who are envious of the Vaisnavas. The atheist class, demons, they are always envious of the devotees. That is the law of nature
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- The atheistic, demoniac education imparted to the young in modern universities is simply producing a bunch of demons with titles
- The demonic means atheist and unnecessarily, falsely, very much proud of their knowledge
- The devotee of the Lord, because of manifesting godly qualities, is called a demigod, whereas the atheist is called a demon
- The last class of duskrtina is called asuram bhavam asrita, or those of demonic principles. This class is openly atheistic. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord Himself says in Bhagavad-gita (BG 7.15): Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me
- The Supreme Lord Krsna can be known by persons who are in a relationship with Him through the discharge of devotional service, like Arjuna and his successors. Persons of demonic or atheistic mentality cannot know Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- There are two kinds of men in this world: the demons and the demigods. What is the difference between them? The main difference is that the demigods, or godly persons, are devoted to the Supreme Lord, whereas the demons are atheistic
- There is no difference between the person God and His holy name. This is the absolute position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore one who distinguishes between the Lord and His name is called a pasandi, or nonbeliever, an atheistic demon
- Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me
- Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me. BG 7.15 - 1972
- Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me
- Through logic and sophistry one can never understand how the Supreme Lord created this unlimited cosmos, but the demoniac atheists will never tire of using these methods