Category:Every Human Being Must
Theme Analysis
Human life is a rare boon, distinct from animal existence due to developed consciousness and the capacity for inquiry. Śrīla Prabhupāda asserts that every human being has specific obligations they must fulfill to validate their humanity. Foremost among these is the duty to inquire into the Absolute Truth (athāto brahma jijñāsā) and the cause of suffering. A human being must follow religious principles, undergo austerity (tapasya), and understand their relationship with God. Mere eating, sleeping, and mating are not enough; one must prepare for the next life and strive to end the cycle of birth and death. Ultimately, every human being must become God conscious, grateful for the Lord's mercy, and engaged in His service.
- Inquiry and Consciousness: A human must ask "Why am I suffering?" and inquire about the Absolute Truth.
- Austerity (Tapasya): Human life is meant for purification through voluntary restraint, not unrestricted sense enjoyment.
- Gratitude: One must acknowledge that all necessities are supplied by God and offer gratitude.
- Responsibility: Unlike animals, humans are responsible for their actions and must guard against degradation in the next life.
- The Ultimate Goal: Every human being must aim to return home, back to Godhead.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: What Every Human Being Must Do.
Pages in category "Every Human Being Must"
The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
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- A human being is meant to understand the value of human life, which is a boon obtained after many, many births. Therefore one must free oneself from tanu-mani, the bodily concept of life, and realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- A human being must be conscious of the fact that all foodstuffs, namely grains, vegetables, milk, water, etc. - the prime necessities of life - are supplied for mankind by the Lord
- A human being must be educated to understand his past life and how he can endeavor for a better life in the future
- A human being must be trained in the above-mentioned (in SB 7.11.8-12) thirty qualities; otherwise, he is not even a human being. Then, among such qualified persons, the varnasrama process should be introduced
- A human being must follow some religious principles. If he does not follow any religious principles, he is no better than an animal
- A human being must put the question of why am I suffering. Animals also suffer but they have no sense to put the question of why
- A sane human being must consider whether he will elevate himself to the higher planets, prepare to free himself from the evolutionary process, or travel again through the evolutionary process in higher and lower grades of life
- According to the instructions given by Rsabhadeva to His sons, we should not create a so-called comfortable situation, but must prepare to undergo austerity. This is how a human being should actually live to fulfill life's ultimate goal
- According to Vedic civilization, a human being must be God conscious. He should understand what God is, what this material world is, who he is, and what their interrelationships are. This is called sreyas, or ultimately auspicious activity
- After death the next body is offered by superior control, not blindly. A human being, therefore, must be on his guard as to what sort of body he is going to have in the next life
- All living entities, the human beings, who are afflicted by Kali-yuga, as well as sub-human beings, must be drowned in the floodwaters of krsna-prema
- Although one may struggle for existence in this material world, to live forever is impossible. One must understand, however, that this struggle for existence is due to ignorance, for otherwise every living being is an eternal part of the Supreme Lord
- Although the law states that a human being must subsist on another living being, there is the law of good sense also, for the human being is meant to obey the laws of the scriptures. This is impossible for other animals
- Arjuna is perplexed, and now he wants a definite answer. This is the inquiry about transcendental subject matter. So every human being has to inquire. The inquiry must be there
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- Every human being is expected to elevate himself to the position of a brahmana, the most intelligent man, and then one must transcend that position to become a Vaisnava. This is the perfection of life
- Every human being must advance his spiritual life and at the end return home, back to Godhead. Maharaja Rsabhadeva strictly followed all these principles
- Every human being should try to become very important. That importance can be achieved by culture, and not by simply "I belong to this nation. I belong to this family. I am the son of such big father." No. You must be also qualified
- Every human being, especially one belonging to a civilized nation or culture, must be extremely responsible in his activities. He should not risk degradation in the next life
- Every living being - even if he be a brahmana by qualification - must take to the transcendental service of the Lord. Both Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam support that this service attitude is the perfection of the living entity
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- He (a human being) must offer everything for the Lord's service and partake only of the remnants of food offered to the Lord
- "Human being must use discretion, that 'If I can live in this way, why shall I kill one important animal?' That is human intelligence." In this way you have to preach
- Human beings are not meant to quarrel like cats and dogs.They must be intelligent enough to realize the importance and aim of human life
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- One must learn this (the duty of a human being is to understand his relationship with God), otherwise he is simply wasting his time by engaging in animalistic propensities. We must all try to love Krsna or God
- One must stop the repetition of birth and death. Every human being, therefore, should take advantage of this creation by understanding Krsna and his relationship with Krsna and in this way return home, back to Godhead
- One should refrain from sinful activities - illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. Out of these four items, illicit sex is very sinful. Every person must get married. Every woman especially must get married
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- Tapasya is meant for the human being. He must do it if he at all wants to make progress in life. It is essential
- Tapo divyam: (SB 5.5.1) if you want to simply be a human being, and especially if you want to make progress in spiritual life, you must act according to the sastric injunctions. That means tapasya
- The Asvini-kumaras were expert in Ayur-veda, as was Dhanvantari. In every department of material science, there is a perfection to be achieved, and to achieve it one must consult the Vedic literature
- The beast, the birds, they cannot offer any gratitude. But I am human being, I have got developed consciousness. I must feel grateful for God's mercy and offer my gratitude. That is my duty
- The children produced in the modern age are not exactly human beings. Human beings must be twice-born
- The duty of a human being is to understand that since he is essentially spirit, he must abide by the spiritual tendency and not be carried away by material tendencies
- The spiritual values of life can be realized in the human form of material existence, and the human being must adopt family planning with reference to the context of spiritual values, and not otherwise