Category:Becoming Religious
Theme Analysis
Human life is distinct from animal life specifically because of the capacity to follow sacred principles. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that most people take to a religious path with the expectation of material gain (artha) or sense gratification (kāma), a mentality he identifies as kaitava, or cheating. True religion involves the strict following of laws given by God, rather than those manufactured by human speculation. When a person moves beyond the desire for material opulence or even personal liberation, they reach the highest platform of religiosity: pure, unalloyed love for the Supreme Lord.
- The Animal Distinction: Unlike cats and dogs, human beings can be trained to follow spiritual laws, making religiosity the defining characteristic of a civilized society.
- Rejecting the Cheating Propensity: To become truly religious, one must abandon the "dehi dehi" (give me, give me) mentality and focus on the revival of dormant love for God.
- Perfection in Separation: The summit of religious experience is demonstrated by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who taught that the world appears vacant without the presence of the Lord.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Beyond kaitava - The Real Meaning of Becoming Religious.
Pages in category "Becoming Religious"
The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
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- A little higher grade of life, they try to understand about some religious principle, and they are generally become religious for some gain, some material gain
- All these aspirations (becoming a religious man, a rich man, or a first-class enjoyer or becoming God) should be rejected by the prospective devotee who actually wants to revive his dormant love of God
- Any religious sect, either Hindu or Muslim or Christian or anyone, they go to temple or church to pray to God for some solution of problems. People generally think that, - If I become religious person, then my economic condition must be very nice
B
- Because people are becoming religious for moksa, liberation. So Sridhara Svami says that up to the end of moksa-vancha, desire for liberation, that is also rejected. Because moksa is also not our ultimate goal of life
- Become religious. If you are really Christian, that is all right. But you are not Christian, because you are violating the orders of Lord Jesus Christ
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- Caitanya explained briefly the transcendental situation and spiritual enjoyment of life, and He taught that the first stage of perfection is to become a religious man in the ordinary sense, as known in the material world
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed us how to become highest religious person. That is to feel always, "Oh, without Krsna, everything is vacant." Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahena me. That is dharma
D
- Dharma, to become religious, the purpose is to go up to the point of mukti. Dharma artha kama moksa (SB 4.8.41, CC Adi 1.90), gradually. Gradually, step by step
- Dharmasya hy apavargyasya. To become religious means how to counteract these five principles. That is dharma
- Don't try to make economic development, dharmartha-kama-moksa (SB 4.8.41). Don't try to become a religious person also. Religious person means strictly following the rules and regulation of varnasrama-dharma. That is called religious
G
- Generally, people want dharma, artha, kama and moksa, in that order. First of all, people want to become religious (dharma) in order to attain material opulence - artha
- Generally, they understand that, "By becoming religious, I shall be rich." That is fact, you can become. But what is the benefit
- Generally, they understand, "If I become religious, pious, then my life will be nice. I'll get my subsistence." Actually, that's fact
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- He (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) doesn't say, dharmartha-kama-moksa (SB 4.8.41). He never says. To become religious, that is nothing; but that is the beginning, because without religion, everyone is animal, cats and dog
- He (Vyasadeva) has explained all these books for use of the human society undoubtedly: how to become religious, how to develop economic position, how to understand what is liberation, how to satisfy restrictedly sense gratification
- He will never think that "I am fool number one." He will always think, "Oh, who can be greater than me? I can think myself. Why? What is the necessity of a spiritual master? I can become a religious leader, I can become such and such, or..."
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- I am also afraid of my enemy; the cats and dogs are also afraid of enemy. Then where is the difference between cats and dogs? The difference is that I can be trained up to become religious; the cats and dogs cannot be trained. That is the difference
- I am trying to become a religious person, but my inner desire is how to make my economic position developed. This is my inner position; therefore it is called kaitava, cheating
- If I don't take education and enlightenment how to become religious, I do not know how to distinguish between right and wrong, then yatha pasu - then I am as good as animal
- If one wants to become a lawyer, he must learn laws which is given by the government. He cannot become a lawyer at home. Similarly, if you want to become religious, you must learn what is religion from God. You don't manufacture your own religion
- If the king is educated nicely in spiritual affair, if he knows what is the purpose of kingdom, what is the purpose of ruling, then all the citizens automatically become religious, purposeful
- If the politicians, administration, trust in God, that becomes religious. How they separate
- If you become a rigid religious person, that does not mean God will be satisfied with you. That is preliminary stage, dharmartha-kama-moksa - SB 4.8.41
- If you become religious, then you are rewarded, and if you are irreligious, then you are punished
- If you do not know what government desires, expects from you, then what is the meaning of your good citizenship? There is no meaning. Similarly, to become religious without any clear understanding of God is bogus, is cheating. That is cheating
- If you follow religion, then you must follow strictly the religious principles. And if you have no business to follow the religious principles, how you can become religious? Is it possible
- If you follow religious principle, then it doesn't matter whether you are Christian or Muhammadan or Hindu or Buddha. Then you are religious. But if you do not follow any religious principle, then how you become religious
- If you take to the Vedic principles of life, then you become religious. And what is that Vedic principle? Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah (BG 15.15). Krsna says, - Vedic principle means to know Me, Krsna
- In every religion, there are principles. If you don't follow them, then how you become religious? Therefore this is my question
- In this age of Kali, it will be very difficult for person to become liberated under the process - first to become civilized, then to become religious, then to perform this charity, sacrifices, then come to the platform of knowledge
- It is Vedic version, dharma, to make them religious. Therefore every civilized nation has some sort of religion. Because without becoming religious, there is no possibility of peace and prosperity
O
- Of course when we accept Krishna's instructions perfectly we become automatically perfectly religious person. Therefore Krishna consciousness movement is not a sentimental fanaticism of so-called religion
- One must be religious. Without being religious, he cannot be satisfied. Therefore there is confusion, dissatisfaction all over the world because . . . because people have become irreligious
- One should become religious or accept religious principle to stop this pavarga, the different kinds of hard struggle for existence. To stop, that is the purpose of dharma. But generally people execute dharma to get some artha. Dharma artha
- One who has got bhakti, for him there is no problem for mukti, because mukti is always at her service. And dharma-artha-kama: and the material opulence to become religious or economically rich, dharma-artha-kama samaya-pratiksah, they are simply waiting
- Only an atheist does not accept the omnipotent supreme father. If one accepts the omnipotent supreme father, he abides by His orders and becomes a religious person
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- People are after becoming religious person or economically very well situated person or desiring all facilities for sense gratification. And when one is frustrated in all these attempts, he wants to become God. You see?
- People are generally become religious to get some material benefit, dharma artha. And as soon as he gets material benefit, he enjoys his senses, kama
- People are not interested for liberation. They want to become religious for material benefit. But that is not the real purpose of life
- People become religious not for attaining the transcendental stage, but for material benefit, dharma, the artha. Artha means material opulence. These four things: dharma artha kama moksa
- People become religious to increase their economic condition better, dharma artha, generally
- People become religious. Just like in your Christian religion they go to the church to get some material profit, "O God, give us our daily bread." This is material profit. Similarly, Hindus or Muslims, they become religious
- People want to become religious because they think... This is also fact. By becoming pious, religious, you get material happiness. That's a fact
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- See in the Christian religion, it is first injunction is, "Thou shall not kill." If you want to become religious . . . they are simply killing, and still, they are claiming "Christian." What kind of Christian? Simply their business is killing
- Separate times we become religious for being promoted to higher standard of life - economic development, big big scheme, plans, how to make very gorgeous city, buildings, roads, cars, slaughterhouse, scientific, how to cut throat very scientifically
- Soldiers killing and ordinary killing is not the same, but my point is that God gives you the law that you shall not kill. Now if you are violating that law, then how you can become religious? That is my question
- Some of them are busy to become religious. Of course, without religious life, there is no human society. Dharmena hina pasubhih samanah (Hitopadesa 25). Unless a society takes to religiosity, it is not human society
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- The aim of religion is to know God. If you profess some religion, but if I ask you what is God, if you cannot explain, then what is the use of your becoming religious
- The conditioned soul has many aspirations such as becoming a religious man, a rich man, or a first-class enjoyer or becoming God himself, or becoming powerful like the mystics and acting wonderfully by getting anything or doing anything
- The dharma means to become religious. Why religious? Yes, we require the necessities of life in a regulative principle
- The honesty, to become pious, to become religious, these are simply primitive idea. - We have to open this
- The impure devotee aspires after all of the abovementioned (becoming a religious man, a rich man, or a first-class enjoyer or becoming God) material things by perfection of devotion
- The initiation is not like that, that "I am taking to the process of chanting Hare Krsna mantra for some material benefit." No. Because people become religious mostly for material benefit
- The material position is one wants to become religious, dharma. Why? Now, he can get material opulence. Oh, why material opulences? Now, because he can gratify his senses, kama. And when he is frustrated, then he wants moksa
- The other regulated system, to become very religious man or expert money-hunter or accumulation of money, dharma, artha, and sense enjoyment - the whole world is appreciating these men, who is a religious man, who satisfies his senses
- There are four principles in the human society, namely dharma, artha, kama and moksa. Means first of all become religious, and then you solve your economic problem, and then satisfy your senses, and then become one with God
- There must be an institution how to become peaceful, how to become truthful, how to become honest, how to become religious, how to become believer in God. Why not this institution
- They are so fools that the Americans, they have come here to become Vaisnava and starvation and they have become religious
- This is expectation, "Someday, in future, one may become religious," that's all. Because by killing, killing, they are going downer, down. So if they stop killing, some day they will be able to understand what is religion. Sukrti
- This is the principle, that you cannot keep men in their impious activities, at the same time he becomes religious, or God conscious. That is not possible
- This mentality (thinking I can become a religious leader) should be sacrificed first, before going to a spiritual master. First of all you have to select who can be your spiritual master. That requires some knowledge
- Those who are elevated in the living condition, they want to become religious or economically very prosperous, dharma-artha, and good facilities for sense enjoyment
- To become a religious person, to become economically very well-to-do, or to become a salvationist, desiring to merge into the existence, to become one with God, these things are not, I mean to say, very satisfactory to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- To become Krsna conscious is to become religious, is to remain in goodness, and is to make progress and advancement in self-realization. Everything is complete. There is no comparison of any religion with Krsna consciousness
- To become religious means to become free from material entanglement. Not that to take to religious life means to develop economic condition
- To become religious means to become free from material entanglement. Not that to take to religious life means to, I mean to say, to develop economic condition
- To become religious, and by becoming religious, we develop our economic development: dhanam dehi, rupam dehi, yaso dehi, dehi dehi. Kama. Why dehi dehi? Now, kama: to fulfill our desires, lusty desires
- To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence
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- We should not become religious fanatics, nor dry mental speculators. Both these classes of men are dangerous. They cannot make any advance. The combination. You should be religious, but try to understand each and every line philosophically
- What is the purpose of becoming religious? That you must know. That is intelligence. Simply don't be proud by saying that, "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," - I am Muslim
- When a man comes in contact with a saintly person, he becomes aware of the stringent laws of nature and thus becomes a religious person