Category:Adulteration
Theme Analysis
Adulteration means that something pure has been mixed with foreign motives, false interpretation, or material contamination. Śrīla Prabhupāda repeatedly explains that the strength of his preaching came from one essential principle: he did not adulterate Kṛṣṇa's words. Bhagavad-gītā must be received through disciplic succession and presented as it is, because when people add their own theories, impersonal conclusions, material desires, or mundane rubbish, the message loses its transforming power. The same principle applies within the heart: the living being is originally Kṛṣṇa conscious, but consciousness becomes adulterated by material association, the modes of nature, desire for profit, and the threefold miseries. Pure devotional service means loving Kṛṣṇa without material remuneration, without the desire to become one with Him, and without changing His message for popularity.
- Pure Message Has Spiritual Power: Kṛṣṇa's words become effective when presented without adulteration, alteration, or bluffing. The success of preaching depends on transmitting the same message received from authority.
- Adulterated Consciousness Must Be Cleansed: The living entity is originally Kṛṣṇa conscious, but material atmosphere covers and colors consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness clears this adulterated condition and restores pure life.
- Devotion Must Be Without Mixture: Love of God becomes adulterated when mixed with desire for material benefit or impersonal oneness. Pure devotion seeks only Kṛṣṇa's pleasure, like the love of the gopīs.
- Disciplic Succession Prevents Adulteration: Bhagavad-gītā must be understood through paramparā; otherwise, interpretation and speculation distort its meaning. A bona fide spiritual master delivers Kṛṣṇa's message as it is.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Keep Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Free From Adulteration and It Will Transform Hearts.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "Adulteration"
The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
A
- As a matter of inquisitiveness, she (Prtha) at once called for the sun-god, who desired couplement with her, but she declined. But the sun-god assured her immunity from virgin adulteration, and so she agreed to his proposal
- As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krsna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere
B
- Bhagavad-gita is a very authoritative book, and it is popular all over the world, sometimes people take advantage of this book and present their own theory in an adulterated way
- But when the same hladini-sakti is adulterated by the external, material energy and emanates from the living being, it does not attract Krsna; on the contrary, the living being becomes attracted by the glamor of the material energy
- By a slight cultivation of the mode of goodness, a glimpse of spiritual nature is perceived, but due to the prominence of the mode of passion, the mode of goodness becomes adulterated
I
- I am certain that I have not adulterated what Krsna has said
- I cannot manufacture gold, I cannot show any jugglery, but if there is any credit, then the only credit is I don't adulterate. That's all. The pure milk, I don't show my expert service by adding water in it
- I do not know magic. But I am presenting puratanah, that's all; no adulteration. If there is any credit, the credit is this - yogah proktah puratanah
- I say, the secret of my wonderful activities is that I have not tried to adulterate it
- I started this movement. It is not manufactured by me. Take the words of authorities and spread. There is no adulteration
- If the living entity adulterates his consciousness with the qualities of cats and dogs, in his next life he gets a cat or dog body and enjoys. BG 1972 purports
- If you adulterate nonsensically like a rascal, then you cannot become a spiritual master. If you simply follow what Krsna has spoken, then you become spiritual master. Very simple thing. It doesn't require education
- If you place dalda, mixing with ghee some rascal thing, then nobody will accept. Therefore, so many svamis went before me in the Western countries, and they presented adulterated, and there was not a single person became a krsna-bhakta
- If you push on this movement, unadulterated Krsna, it will go on. It will go on. And as soon as you adulterate Krsna, it will not go on. It will not be effective
- If you say like that, "What Krsna says is all right," that will please me. We don't want to adulterate and bluff
- In India it is said that a little bit of a pure thing is much better than huge volumes of impure, adulterated things
- 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 spiritual world, there is neither the mode of passion, the mode of ignorance nor a mixture of both, nor is there adulterated goodness, the influence of time or maya herself
- It (representing Krsna) is not very ordinary job, neither ordinary position, but it is not difficult also. The difficulty is when I adulterate and misinterpret Krsna's words
- It is described in Bhagavad-gita that the teachings therein should be received by disciplic succession, otherwise there is adulteration
M
- Materialistic persons are generally inclined to material profits. As long as one continues in such an adulterated position, he does not receive the benefit of returning home, back to Godhead
- Mayavadis interpret this word "separatist" in a different way. They say that while worshiping the Lord, one should think himself one with the Supreme Lord. This is another adulterated form of devotion within the modes of material nature
O
- One, he is not Vaisnava in his behavior, pseudo-Vaisnava, Sanatana Gosvami says even he speaks the message of Krsna, it is not to be heard, because he'll not present real Krsna. He'll present adulterated Krsna, or his business will be to kill Krsna
- Our Krsna consciousness movement is to clear that covered sense, or this colored consciousness, or adulterated consciousness. Then everything will be there
T
- The process is that you should memorize the purports of my books and then speak them in your own words. Do not adulterate or change anything. Then you will be the perfect preacher
- The product of the hladini-sakti is love of Godhead, which has two divisions - namely, pure love of Godhead and adulterated love of Godhead
- The secret is that we have not cheated people, we have not adulterated. If you put something for sale in the market which is very pure, automatically you'll get many customers. Automatic. Because the thing is pure
- There is no flaw or adulteration in the love of the gopis; therefore they give Krsna the highest pleasure
- They give me so much credit, that "You have done wonderful, miracle," and I do not know how to play any miracle. But only magic is, that I don't adulterate. That's all
- This (transcendental loving) service must be without adulteration, that is to say, we must love God without expecting material remuneration. Loving God to become one with Him is also a form of adulteration
- This is Kali-yuga. Now this adulteration, prostitution, is common affair, common affair. Nobody sees other's wife as his mother, nobody. And neither the woman sees other's husband as father
- This is the qualification of spiritual master, that he delivers things at it is. He does not make any adulteration. Then he is real representative, and he is to be accepted as God Himself. That is the process
W
- We are not adulterating the transcendental message with any mundane rubbish. If we stick to the principles of Lord Krishna, Lord Caitanya and the Goswamis, then surely they will appreciate
- We don't make any adulteration or alteration or addition. No. We accept, as it is. That is our process. And if you accept, then our time is saved and we can make progress very quickly
- We must find out a person who is actually bona fide spiritual master by this test, that he's not, I mean to say, adulterating Krsna's message. He's not playing havoc with the message of Krsna in order to introduce himself
- What is that adulteration? "Now I love God for some material benefit." That is adulteration. "I love God to become one with Him." That is adulteration. This adulteration in devotional service will not help you
- When people say in India, "Swamiji, you have done wonderful," and yes, I do not know. I'm not a magician. But so far I am confident that I did not adulterated the words of Krsna. That's all. That's my credit
- When the hladini-sakti is adulterated by the external, material energy, the living being becomes mad after material sense enjoyment