Category:Adhyatmika
Theme Analysis
The Sanskrit term adhyātmika primarily refers to one of the threefold miseries of material existence—specifically, those arising from one's own body and mind. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that this includes physical ailments like fever and headaches, as well as mental disturbances like anxiety and grief. However, the term also holds a higher spiritual significance. In the context of yoga, adhyātmika refers to the process of awakening the soul (ātmā) to its original position as a servant of Kṛṣṇa. Thus, the quotes in this category traverse the journey from the inevitable suffering of the material body to the ultimate solution of spiritual reconnection.
- Miseries of Body and Mind: The most common definition given by Śrīla Prabhupāda is that adhyātmika refers to sufferings inflicted by the body (fever, pain) and the mind (distress, confusion). He emphasizes that as long as one has a material body, these miseries are unavoidable.
- The Threefold Context: Like adhidaivika and adhibhautika, adhyātmika is part of the tāpa-traya, or three types of tribulation. Śrīla Prabhupāda notes that even in the womb, the living entity is subject to these pains.
- Adhyātmika-yoga: In a positive sense, Śrīla Prabhupāda contrasts the popular gymnastic yoga with real adhyātmika-yoga, which he identifies as bhakti-yoga. This process is meant to purify the senses and reconnect the soul with the Supreme Lord.
- Technical Sāṅkhya Meaning: In the analysis of perception, the "adhyātmic person" refers to the individual possessor of the senses (the conditioned soul), distinguishing him from the controlling deities (adhidaivika) and the sense objects (adhibhautika).
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Adhyātmika - From Bodily Misery to Spiritual Awakening
Pages in category "Adhyatmika"
The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
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- Actually, anyone who has a material body has to accept suffering. There are three types of suffering in the material world: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika
- Adhyatmic means pertaining to the body and to the mind. Just like when there is some disarrangement of the different functions of metabolism within this body, we get fever, we get some pain, headache
- Adhyatmic, pertaining to the body. And another part of this adhyatmic misery is due to the mind. Suppose I have suffered a great loss. So the mind is not in good condition
- Adhyatmika means pertaining to the body and mind. "I have got headache today. I have got some pain here in the back. My mind is not very much settled up today. I cannot talk with you."
- Adhyatmika means to awaken the soul to his proper position. The soul is purusa, spirit, and his business is to reconnect his lost relationship with Krsna
- Adhyatmika refers to the body and mind. Today I have a headache or some pain in my back, or my mind is not very quiet. These are sufferings called adhyatmika
- Adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika, three kinds of miseries, there must be. Either three or two or at least one must be
- Adhyatmika, or self-identification with the body and mind, adhibhautika, or self-identification with the material products, and adhidaivika, or self-identification as a servant of the Lord
- All three (adhidaivika, adhyatmika and adhibhautika) may assail one at one time, or one misery may be absent and the other present. Thus the living entity is full of anxiety, fearing misery from one side or the other
- All three of the above-mentioned stages (adhyatmic person, adhidaivic, adhibhautic) of different living entities are interdependent. In the absence of one, another is not understood
- Ananda means blissfulness, joyfulness. There cannot be any joyfulness in this body. There are three kinds of miserable condition of material life: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. So either these three or one or two is always there
- As long as we have these temporary bodies, they give us many varieties of tribulation - adhyatmika, adhibhautika & adhidaivika. This is the root cause of all suffering, but this root cause of suffering can be removed by revival of our Krsna consciousness
- As soon as you take birth, the all the material conditions, tri-tapa-yatana - adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika - you have to accept. There is no rescue
- Asann api. This body, asann api, it will not exist forever. It is temporary, but it is troublesome always. Adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Three kinds of miseries are always there
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- In material life there are many disturbances (adhyatmika, adhidaivika and adhibhautika). One who has learned to tolerate these disturbances under all circumstances is called dhira
- In the material world, so-called auspicity, to become very rich, to become very educated, to become very beautiful, high parentage, they are auspicity. But they are also adulterated with threefold miseries: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
- In the Vedic language the miserable conditions have been described in three ways: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika - miseries due to the condition of this body and due to the condition of the mind
- In this material body nobody can say that there is no miserable condition. It is full of miserable condition. There are three kinds of miserable conditions: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
- In this way (satisfying Krsna's senses) our senses are spiritualized, and this is called adhyatmika-yoga or bhakti-yoga. This is the yoga that Lord Kapiladeva is herein expounding
- It appeals to fat ladies who go to the classes to reduce and keep their digestive systems regular. Many people are interested in this kind of gymnastic yoga, but real yoga is adhyatmika
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- Materialistic activities are always mixed with three kinds of miserable conditions - adhyatmika, adhidaivika and adhibautika. Therefore, even if one achieves some success by performing such activities, what is the benefit of this success
- Mother nature is described as Goddess Durga, and she has got a trident in her hand. That is punishment. Three kinds of miserable condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
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- One conditioned by material existence, whether he be a man, beast, demigod or bird must suffer from adhyatmika - bodily or mental pains, adhibhautika pains - those offered by living creatures, & adhidaivika pains - those due to supernatural disturbances
- One's lifetime, one's home and everything one has, if not properly used in the service of the Lord, are all sources of material conditions of perpetual suffering under the threefold miseries - adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika
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- So long you are not Krsna conscious, the laws of nature will go on punishing you - three kinds of miserable conditions: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. This is the law
- So tapa-traya, three kinds of tribulations: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Pertaining to the body, we feel so many troubles due to the body, due to the mind
- Spiritual happiness is above these dualities, and that spiritual happiness is the perfection of yoga. Yoga adhyatmikah
- Suffering, three kinds of suffering - adhyatmika, adhibhautika... The suffering is there. If you say adhyatmika suffering is better than adhibhautika suffering, that is foolishness
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- Tapa-traya means three kinds of miserable condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. We are suffering always
- The conditioned soul must be disturbed by at least one of these three miseries (adhidaivika, adhyatmika and adhibhautika). There is no escape
- The controlled living entity is called the adhyatmic person, and the controller is called the adhidaivic person. All these positions in the material world are due to different fruitive activities
- The individual person possessing different instruments of senses is called the adhyatmic person, and the individual controlling deity of the senses is called adhidaivic. The embodiment seen on the eyeballs is called the adhibhautic person
- The laws of nature is to punish you. So long you are not Krsna conscious, the laws of nature will go on punishing you - three kinds of miserable conditions: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. This is the law
- The purpose of yoga is to awaken to Krsna consciousness and connect oneself again with Krsna. That is adhyatmika-yoga. Yoga does not mean showing some mystic magic
- The so-called happy materialistic person is constantly having to endure the threefold miseries of life, called adhidaivika, adhyatmika and adhibhautika. Actually no one can counteract these threefold miseries
- The three kinds of miserable conditions-adhyatmika, adhibhautika & adhidaivika (miseries inflicted by the body & mind itself, those inflicted by other living entities & natural disturbances) - were all absent during the reign of Ramacandra or Yudhisthira
- The threefold miseries are called adhyatmika, adhibhautika, & adhidaivika. The word adhyatmika refers to those miseries caused by mind & body. Sometimes the living entity suffers bodily, & sometimes he is distressed mentally. Both are adhyatmika miseries
- The ways of material nature is that you cannot remain in comfort. That is not possible, by laws of nature. Tri-tapa-yatana, three kinds of miseries, adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika, they must be there always
- Their whole life is miserable condition, tri-tapa-yatana, adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika, but we are so foolish, we have accepted this miserable condition of life as customary
- Their whole life is miserable condition, tri-tapa-yatana, adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika, but we are so foolish, we have accepted this miserable condition of life as customary. So they have become accustomed
- There are three kinds of miserable condition - everyone, not for a particular person - adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. And as soon as you get this material body, you will have to suffer
- There are three kinds of miserable condition: daiva, bhuta, atma. Daiva means adhidaivika, and bhuta means adhibhautika, and atma means adhyatmika. Three kinds of miseries
- There are three kinds of miserable conditions of life, bhutatma-hetav ah. The cause... They are caused by three principles: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Daiva-bhutatma-hetavah. These are all described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam
- There are three kinds, jare tapa-traya, three kinds of miserable condition. One is called adhyatmika, another is called adhidaivika, another is called adhibhautika. Adhyatmika means pertaining to the body and mind
- This boy is fanning me. Why? There is little miserable condition here: we are feeling too hot. So again, if you go outside, you may feel too cold. So either inside or outside, you are in miserable condition. This is called adhyatmika
- This maya's business is to give you always trouble, tri-tapa-yatana, adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika, just to kick you, those who are nondevotees, just to correct you to become a devotee of the Lord
- This world is just like blazing forest fire; so everyone is suffering, contaminated. This is the sign, symptoms of contamination, that suffering, threefold miseries-adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
- Through the mind the living entity suffers three kinds of tribulations - adhibhautika, adhidaivika and adhyatmika. Therefore this body is a source of all miseries
- Tri-tapa-yatana, three types of miserable condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. That is animal life, bodily concept of life
- Tri-tapa-yatana. Adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Three kinds of sufferings are always going on
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- We are always suffering from either one or a combination of these three kinds of miseries - adhyatmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika
- We are subjected to the tribulations known as adhyatmika, adhidaivika and adhibhautika. The mind is the center because the mind creates all these things. As soon as the material object is struck, however, the mind is affected, and we suffer
- We experience these (adhyatmika) miseries even in the womb of our mother. As we well know, there are many types of miseries that take advantage of the delicate human body and give us pain
- We have several times discussed this point, that all our miseries, distresses, are due to this body. There are three kinds of distresses - adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika
- We may say that we are very happy, but that is not the fact. Tri-tapa, three kinds of miserable condition of life are there always, adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
- Whichever material body we accept, it is meant for suffering. It is not meant for any happiness. Tri-tapa-yatana, the three kinds of material miseries - adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika - he has to undergo
- Why I am put into this miserable condition of life - birth, death and disease and old age? And threefold miseries - adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika
- Why you have come to this material world? Why you are under the threefold miserable condition of life: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika? These things are to be inquired
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- Yoga system, adhyatmika, is being explained by Kapiladeva, that you'll never fall down. Permanent, fixed-up position. Once begun, it will continue. Even if you fall down, then you are given chance again
- You have already got experience of this body. It is full of miseries, adhyatmika, adhi . . . adhibhautika, three kinds of miserable condition of life. Beyond that, there is ultimate miseries: janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam