Category:Ambition - devotional
Theme Analysis
In the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, ambition is not rejected but purified. Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that the living entity is eternally active and full of desires; therefore, one cannot artificially stop being ambitious. Instead, the material ambition for personal sense gratification must be transformed into the spiritual ambition (abhilāṣa) to serve Kṛṣṇa. This higher ambition is characterized by a lack of personal motivation and a willingness to serve the Lord under any circumstance—whether in heaven or hell. It culminates in the intense desire to assist the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and to enter into the eternal family of Kṛṣṇa.
- Purification of Desire: Ambition is a symptom of life; a stone has no ambition, but a living entity does. These desires must be purified so one can become ambitious for Kṛṣṇa rather than for material gain.
- Unconditional Service: A devotee's ambition is not tied to a specific location or comfort. Like a soldier, the devotee goes wherever the service is required, even if it means descending into hellish conditions to preach.
- Missionary Spirit: The highest ambition is to spread the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and convince others of His supremacy, regardless of personal inconvenience.
- Divine Association: The ultimate goal of this ambition is to enter Kṛṣṇa's family and associate with Him personally, following in the footsteps of the ācāryas and rāgānugā devotees.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Transforming Desire into Devotional Ambition.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Ambition - devotional"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
A
- A person who always desires to serve Krsna is interested in ways to convince people that there is a Supreme Personality of Godhead & that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is Krsna. That is his ambition. It doesn't matter whether he is in heaven or hell
- Ambitious for Krsna, everyone should be ambitious: "How I shall become a great devotee?" That is very good
B
- Bhajahu Re Mana, 1967 part two - Abhilasa means aspiration, hope, or ambition. He (Govinda dasa) is ambitious of becoming a devotee in nine different ways
- By associating with the members of such a center (Krsna temples) people will automatically become uninterested in material affairs. Although this is an ambitious proposal, this association is proving effective by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
O
- Our Krishna is a great family Personality. Krishna is never a mendicant, and our ambition is to enter into Krishna's family and to associate with Him personally
- Our only ambition should be to serve the Lord. It does not matter where the service is demanded. It is exactly like the soldiers are asked to come forward to fight and there is no question of selecting the place
T
- The devotee, who does not expect any personal benefit and whose only ambition is to spread the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is blessed with all the auspicious results of bhakti-yoga, without hard labor
- The living entity must be living, always existing with desires, ambitions and so on. These should be purified, however, so that one can desire spiritually and be spiritually ambitious, without material contamination
- There is a gradual development of the ambition to become like a particular devotee, and this activity is called raganuga