Category:Addicted to Intoxication
Theme Analysis
The pervasive influence of material nature in the current age drives humanity toward degrading habits, specifically the addiction to intoxication. Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies this addiction not merely as a social bad habit, but as a fundamental symptom of a soul-killing civilization that has lost touch with its spiritual identity. By succumb to the mode of ignorance, individuals destroy their capacity for mercy, cleanliness, and austerity, rendering them unable to inquire about the Absolute Truth. The analysis below highlights how this addiction serves as a primary pillar of sinful life, inextricably linked with illicit sex, meat-eating, and gambling, and how the process of bhakti-yoga offers the only viable cure.
- The Destruction of Human Virtues: Intoxication is identified as a direct destroyer of the quality of mercy. When one becomes addicted to intoxicants, they lose their natural human compassion and cleanliness, falling from the standard of civilized life to a level comparable to animals or the lowest of mankind.
- The Failure of Material Remedies: Secular governments and institutions spend millions attempting to curb drug addiction among the younger generation, yet they consistently fail. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that without a higher spiritual taste, it is impossible to artificially renounce the strong urge for intoxication generated by the mode of ignorance.
- The Four Pillars of Sin: Intoxication rarely exists in isolation; it is one of the four principle sinful activities, alongside illicit sex, meat-eating, and gambling. These activities constitute the foundation of a demoniac civilization, keeping the living entity bound by the laws of karma and preventing spiritual advancement.
- The Only Effective Cure: The transformational power of the process of Krsna consciousness is the only force capable of breaking deep-rooted addictions. Śrīla Prabhupāda cites the example of Jagai and Madhai and modern disciples to prove that chanting the holy names purifies the heart, allowing even the most addicted persons to instantly give up all intoxicants, including tea and coffee.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Addicted to Intoxication and Sinful Life.
Pages in category "Addicted to Intoxication"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
A
- Addicted to everything - illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication, and gambling. And now they have given up everything
- Anyone who is addicted to vyavaya, sex life, amisa, meat-eating, madya-seva, intoxication... That is the natural tendency of anyone in this material world. Vyavayamisa-madya-seva nityah. So spiritual advancement means to give up this amisa-madya-seva
- As soon as people are addicted to these four principles - illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling - when everyone can see, that means Kali-yuga. Drstva
B
- By pride, either artificial or real, the resultant action of austerity is spoiled; by too much affection for female association, cleanliness is spoiled; by too much addiction to intoxication, mercy is spoiled
- By this process of medical treatment people become gradually free from the following four kinds of addictions of sins namely - (1) Illegitimate connection with women. (2) Habit of animal killing. (3) Addiction to intoxication habits. (4) Lure of gambling
- By too much addiction to intoxication, mercy is spoiled; and by too much lying propaganda, truthfulness is spoiled
F
- Followers of Lord Siva, who are drunkards, who are addicted to intoxicants and sex life, who do not bathe and who smoke ganja, are against all human etiquette
- Four kinds of people, followers of scripture and higher authority, inquire about Krsna. Those addicted to sinful activities can't inquire. They go on in intoxication. The righteous, pious man inquires and goes to God
I
- I am speaking this freely because you are a gentleman, but the civilization, modern civilization, everyone is addicted to intoxication, everyone is flesh-eating, everyone is illicit sex, everyone is addicted to gambling. So where is pure person?
- If I am addicted to intoxication and if I say that "You don't take any intoxication," then who will care for me?
- If one is addicted to illicit sex life, if one is addicted to meat-eating and if one is addicted in intoxicants, then he is immediately fallen from the standard of human society
- If somebody asks us to sell intoxicants or similar things, we cannot do that. The pipes are meant for persons who are already addicted to intoxication
- If you become leader, so-called leader, rascal leader, and you are addicted to illicit sex and intoxication and meat-eating, you must be si . . . if you are sinful, how you can lead persons?
- In our Krsna consciousness movement, anyone who is coming, even though coming from the LSD-addicted society, still, as soon as he comes to our society he gives up not only LSD or any intoxication, he gives up even drinking tea, coffee
- In the Western countries, the younger generation are becoming too much addicted to this intoxication, LSD habit, and it has become a problem to the government and they have established so many institutions to stop this habit, but they have failed
- It is recommended that a chaste wife not associate with a fallen husband. A fallen husband is one who is addicted to the four principles of sinful activity - namely illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication
J
- Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He delivered Jagai-Madhai. They were all this: addicted to illicit sex, meat-eating, drinking and intoxication, gambling. That was their business.
- Just see in the Western countries; all the younger generation, they are so much addicted to intoxication. And the government is spending millions of dollars, how to stop it. But they have become animals
S
- Six hours of sleep is sufficient, but a man in the mode of ignorance sleeps at least ten or twelve hours a day. Such a man appears to be always dejected, and is addicted to intoxicants and sleeping. BG 1972 purports
- So this point is very important, that if one is addicted to illicit sex life, if one is addicted to meat-eating and if one is addicted in intoxicants, then he is immediately fallen from the standard of human society
- Stenah. Sura-pah, drunkard, intoxicant, those who are addicted to intoxication. So stealing and drinking, these are the honorable occupations of the moralist
- Stenah; sura-pah, drunkard, intoxicant, those who are addicted to intoxication. So stealing and drinking, these are the honorable occupations of the moralist. But they are condemned by the Yamaraja
T
- The appreciated one point, that the American younger generation, they have become addicted to this LSD, intoxication, and they have spent millions of dollars to stop this, but they could not
- The attraction for material enjoyment is due to an increase of the mode of passion. A person in the material world, when favored by the material opulence of riches, generally becomes addicted to three things - intoxication, sex and gambling
- The characteristics of the lowest class of men have already been described - they do not bathe, they have long hair on their heads, and they are addicted to intoxicants
- These (a man in the mode of ignorance sleeps at least ten or twelve hours a day. Such a man appears to be always dejected and is addicted to intoxicants and sleeping) are the symptoms of a person conditioned by the mode of ignorance
W
- We are completely different from the hippies, because hippies they are addicted to sex and intoxication, and these things are completely forbidden in our temple
- We cannot expect that all of a sudden, being addicted to so many bad habits, your countrymen, will give up eating flesh, taking intoxication, sex-life, and so many other nasty things, and become overnight great self-realized souls. That is not possible