Category:Auspicity
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda defines real auspicity (mangalam) as that which benefits everyone, in all parts of the world, without partiality. He explains that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the ultimate source of this universal well-being because it addresses the root cause of suffering by reconnecting the soul with the Supreme Lord. While material auspicity—such as wealth, beauty, and high birth—is always adulterated with the threefold miseries, the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is "sivadam", meaning it completely uproots these miseries. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that chanting the holy name, distributing Kṛṣṇa conscious literature, and inquiring about the Absolute Truth bring auspicity to the entire human society. He notes that Kṛṣṇa's form is "bhuvana-mangalam", meant for the welfare of everyone. Even if a person falls down from the path of devotion, the seed of auspicity remains with them, far outweighing any mundane success. Ultimately, real auspicity is not found in the temporary prosperity of the material world but in the successful journey back home, back to Godhead. By pushing on the sankirtana movement and widely distributing the message of the Bhagavad-gītā, peace and auspicity can be established all over the world.
- Universal Benefit: Real auspicity is defined as that which spreads for everyone across the entire world, rather than being partial or limited to a specific group.
- The Source of Peace: The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and the vibration of the holy name are the primary sources of auspicity and peace for the whole world.
- Mundane vs. Real Auspicity: Material achievements like wealth and education are adulterated with miseries, whereas real auspicity is the reconnection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Uprooting of Miseries: The process of sivadam ensures that the three-fold miserable conditions of life are completely uprooted, leading to ultimate prosperity.
- Literature and Questions: Distributing books and asking sincere questions about Kṛṣṇa are activities that bring encouraging results and auspicity to human society.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Kṛṣṇa Consciousness - Auspicity for the Whole World.
Pages in category "Auspicity"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- One who engages himself in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, Krsna, it is to be understood that he has seen all activities of auspicity. That means he has already finished or passed the examination of pious activities
- One who takes to Krsna consciousness and falls down, for him, he says, "What is inauspicity there?" That means there is auspicity still, although he has fallen
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- Sivadam means all auspicity, and the three-fold miserable condition of life is completely uprooted
- Suta Gosvami confirms this, that "Your question about Krsna is so nice that it is auspicity for the whole world." So we have started this Krsna consciousness movement. It is not any personal affair. It is auspicity for the whole world
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- The Bhagavad-gita should be read very widely, and should be understood very widely. That is the only source of auspicity for the human society. But don't misrepresent it
- The highest auspicity of life is to reconnect his lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or Krsna
- The sastra says, tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreyah uttamam. One should accept guru when he is inquisitive, jijnasuh. What about? Sreyah uttamam. The Absolute or the auspicity beyond this material world. Uttamam. Tamah means darkness, ignorance
- The world is full of sinful reactions. If this sankirtana movement is pushed on there will be peace, there will be auspicity all over the world. It is not that we have introduced a new thing. It is sanctioned by the sastras & accepted by the authorities
- There are different methods how to get out of the suffering condition, karmi, jnani, yogi. But ultimate, very easy process is, if you become a devotee, if you become engaged in KC, then it is very easy. Then your prosperity, your auspicity, is guaranteed
- There may be questions, but every sincere man must question what is God and try to learn it. That will bring auspicity all over the world
- This is for the auspicity of whole world, this kind of prasna, this kind of question, as you have put forward that, 'After departure of Krsna, under whom actual, real religious principles are there?' So this question is very nice
- To chant the holy name of the Lord means to achieve all auspicity
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- We are describing all inauspicity, even without the comet. Where do you find the auspicity?
- We should not think independent. We must become bhadra. Then all auspicity will come
- When Krsna takes charge, He gradually educates the devotee buddhi-yogam, in devotion service, so that he may go back home, back to Godhead, Krsna. That is real auspicity