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This category explores the inherent nature of the living entity to be always happy. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that because the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is | This category explores the inherent nature of the living entity to be always happy. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that because the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is ātmārāma (self-satisfied) and always happy, the living entities, being His parts and parcels, share this quality. Misery is a foreign condition imposed by the material energy due to forgetfulness of God. The state of self-realization, or the brahma-bhūta platform, is characterized by the symptom prasannātmā—being always joyful. This happiness is achieved not by material adjustment but by engaging in devotional service, specifically chanting the holy names and following the instructions of the Lord. | ||
* '''The Original Nature of the Soul:''' Just as water is naturally liquid but becomes solid ice under freezing conditions, the soul is naturally happy but becomes miserable under the influence of | * '''The Original Nature of the Soul:''' Just as water is naturally liquid but becomes solid ice under freezing conditions, the soul is naturally happy but becomes miserable under the influence of māyā. Reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness means reviving this original state of being always happy. | ||
* '''Symptoms of Self-Realization:''' A person situated in transcendence is described as | * '''Symptoms of Self-Realization:''' A person situated in transcendence is described as prasannātmā, or always joyful. They neither lament for lost material things nor hanker for what they do not possess. This equilibrium is the foundation of true happiness. | ||
* '''Happiness in Practical Service:''' Devotional service is meant to be performed happily. Śrīla Prabhupāda warns against over-endeavor that destroys enthusiasm. He instructs that devotees should not be overburdened but should remain satisfied and happy in their voluntary service to Kṛṣṇa. | * '''Happiness in Practical Service:''' Devotional service is meant to be performed happily. Śrīla Prabhupāda warns against over-endeavor that destroys enthusiasm. He instructs that devotees should not be overburdened but should remain satisfied and happy in their voluntary service to Kṛṣṇa. | ||
* '''The Role of Leadership:''' It is a specific instruction to leaders in the movement to ensure that the devotees under their care are always happy. Since service is voluntary, it must be inspired by love and satisfaction, not force. | * '''The Role of Leadership:''' It is a specific instruction to leaders in the movement to ensure that the devotees under their care are always happy. Since service is voluntary, it must be inspired by love and satisfaction, not force. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 2 February 2026
Theme Analysis
This category explores the inherent nature of the living entity to be always happy. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that because the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is ātmārāma (self-satisfied) and always happy, the living entities, being His parts and parcels, share this quality. Misery is a foreign condition imposed by the material energy due to forgetfulness of God. The state of self-realization, or the brahma-bhūta platform, is characterized by the symptom prasannātmā—being always joyful. This happiness is achieved not by material adjustment but by engaging in devotional service, specifically chanting the holy names and following the instructions of the Lord.
- The Original Nature of the Soul: Just as water is naturally liquid but becomes solid ice under freezing conditions, the soul is naturally happy but becomes miserable under the influence of māyā. Reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness means reviving this original state of being always happy.
- Symptoms of Self-Realization: A person situated in transcendence is described as prasannātmā, or always joyful. They neither lament for lost material things nor hanker for what they do not possess. This equilibrium is the foundation of true happiness.
- Happiness in Practical Service: Devotional service is meant to be performed happily. Śrīla Prabhupāda warns against over-endeavor that destroys enthusiasm. He instructs that devotees should not be overburdened but should remain satisfied and happy in their voluntary service to Kṛṣṇa.
- The Role of Leadership: It is a specific instruction to leaders in the movement to ensure that the devotees under their care are always happy. Since service is voluntary, it must be inspired by love and satisfaction, not force.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Becoming Always Happy in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Pages in category "Always Happy"
The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
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- A Brahman realized person is always happy. Na socati na kanksati: he neither laments nor aspires for anything
- A devotee should always be happy to receive the fortune awarded him by the Supreme Lord, which seems pleasant or unpleasant according to one's judgment
- A pure devotee is one who feels He (God) does not possess anything material. A devotee is always happy in possessing the devotional service of the Lord
- A transcendentally situated person has no sense desires resulting from petty materialism; rather, he remains always happy in his natural position of eternally serving the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- All over the universe there are two parties - the Visnu party, or God-conscious party, and the godless party. The godless party is never happy or victorious, but the God-conscious party is always happy and victorious
- All the devotees should be satisfied. They have given their lives to Krishna, so we should see they are always happy. Their service is voluntary. It is not that we can force anyone to do anything. If we do they will go away and that is a great loss
- Although Kamsa was always absorbed in thoughts of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was not happy. A devotee, however, whether sitting on a throne or beneath a tree, is always happy
- Another friend would then come up from the rear and cover Krsna's eyes with his hands. Krsna would always feel very happy by such dealings with His confidential friends
- Anyone who gets the favor of the goddess of fortune, as did this brahmana, is without a doubt always happy in material opulence
- As Krsna is always happy, the living entities, who are His parts and parcels, are also happy by nature, but because of being put within this material world and forgetting their eternal relationship with Krsna, they have forgotten their real nature
B
- Being unattached to the material world, He has no affection for so-called happiness or hatred for so-called distress. The two terms happiness and distress are relative. Since the Lord is always happy, for Him there is no question of distress
- By His personal behavior, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed that He was never distressed but always happy in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. One should follow in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and engage constantly in chanting the maha-mantra
- By our nature we want to be very blissful, always happy. That is our nature. And we can possess, revive our nature of eternal happiness, provided we try to get it in this human form of life
I
- If he's material conscious, he'll never be happy. If he becomes Krsna conscious, he'll be always happy. Now it is up to you whether to accept this or that
- If there is some very urgent matter, I am always happy to hear from my beloved disciples
- If you become Krsna conscious, you will feel happy always
- If you follow Krsna's instruction, you'll always be happy. And if you create your own plans, then you'll be unhappy. This is the whole instruction
K
- Krishna Consciousness means we should always be satisfied and happy, not that we must work something impossible, becoming overburdened, and then because we are unhappy by so much trouble we lose enthusiasm altogether and give up all hope
- Krsna is always happy, for He is atmarama, fully satisfied with His own opulence
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- That (if you become KC, you will be always happy) is a fact. For example, if you are an animal of the land and you are thrown into the water, you cannot be happy in water in any condition. When you are again taken up a the land, then you'll be happy
- The Lord was always very happy to eat these forest vegetables, and He was even happier when He had an opportunity to stay in a solitary place
- These associates are always happy in their service to Krsna, and they are generally known as vayasyas, or friends of the same age. These vayasyas are fully confident of protection by Krsna. Devotees sometimes pray
- They (devotees of god) abandon affection for all these material possessions and are always happy in possessing the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. The Supreme Personality of Godhead understands the position of His devotee
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- When a person is seen to be always happy and is accustomed to speak smilingly, he is considered to be in the mode of enjoyment. This trait was found in Krsna when He appeared at the sacrificial arena of King Kamsa
- When one is promoted to this (original and spiritual) status, one is always happy in transcendental bliss. Otherwise, as long as one is in the bodily concept of life, one must suffer material conditions