Category:Authorized Process
Theme Analysis
Srila Prabhupada consistently describes Krsna consciousness not as a concocted religious sentiment but as a highly scientific and authorized process. He emphasizes that this movement is not a foreign concept being artificially imposed, but rather the authorized method for awakening the dormant love of God present within everyone's heart. He clarifies that Lord Caitanya, who is Krsna Himself, has personally given this process of chanting the holy name, making it the most authoritative path for this age. Srila Prabhupada contrasts this authorized process with unauthorized practices, explaining that while the mystic yoga process is authorized, it is too difficult for modern man, and that without authorization, worshiping a form becomes mere idol worship. However, by accepting the authorized arca form of the Lord and the unbroken disciplic succession through a bona fide guru, anyone can scientifically transform their ordinary home into the spiritual world of Vaikuntha and achieve ultimate elevation.
- A Scientific and Proven Path: The Krsna consciousness movement is a scientific, authorized process that guarantees gradual elevation and realization, proving it is not a concocted idea.
- Awakening Dormant Love: Rather than forcing a foreign concept upon the conditioned soul, the authorized process simply awakens the natural, dormant love for God inherent in everyone.
- The Gift of Lord Caitanya: Because Lord Caitanya is Krsna teaching how to love Krsna, the chanting of the holy name is the supreme authorized process, unburdened by difficult yogic gymnastics.
- The Principle of Disciplic Succession: A bona fide guru never manufactures a new method but strictly delivers the exact authorized process received from the twelve great authorities.
- Transforming Matter to Spirit: Through authorized Deity worship—distinguished from unauthorized idol worship by the post box analogy—one can effectively change their material home into Vaikuntha.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Scientific and Authorized Process of Devotion.
Pages in category "Authorized Process"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- Arca means the form of the Lord established in some temple and worshiped. That is also incarnation of God. That is not idol worship. People who do not know that this is an authorized process of realizing God, they cannot understand
- As you begin to understand the philosophy then you will be able to present our movement so that many people may become attracted to this authorized process for developing our dormant love of God
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- I am very pleased with your preaching, please continue with all enthusiasm and determination and win the hearts of all your fellow countrymen by offering this authorized process of Krishna Consciousness
- In the Caitanya Caritamrta it is said that Krsna consciousness is not a foreign thing which is imposed by force, but is dormant within everyone's heart, simply it has to be awakened by the authorized process
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- Our Krsna consciousness movement is the authorized process by which you can understand Krsna, the Supreme Lord. By other methods it is not possible
- Our process (of Krsna consciousness movement) is very scientific, authorized, and if anyone takes to it he'll realize gradually, and he'll be elevated. There is no doubt about it
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- So far Hindu religion is concerned, there are millions of Krishna Temples in India and there is not a single Hindu who does not worship Krishna. Therefore, Krishna Consciousness movement is not a concocted idea. The chanting process is also authorized
- So we can change our home also into Vaikuntha. We can change our home. It is not difficult. Because as Krsna can be all-pervading, Vaikuntha is all-pervading. But we have to simply realize it by the authorized process
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- The authorized process is chanting of the Holy Name as it is recommended in all the Vedic literatures, and it is being effective amongst the people whose background is neither Hinduism nor Indianism
- The guru does not manufacture a new process to instruct the disciple. The disciple receives from the guru an authorized process received by the guru from his guru. This is called the system of disciplic succession - BG 4.2
- There is no difference between the huge post office building and that small box, because it is authorized. Similarly, the difference between idol worship and Deity worship is like that. Unless authorized process is accepted, it is idol worship
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- Yoga process is authorized, but Arjuna says that it is too difficult. So-called yogis are simply making farce. They do not reach to the perfectional point of yoga. Therefore Krsna said, anyone who is thinking of Him within his heart is first class yogi
- You can take anyone as you authority, as authority, but according to Bhagavata there are twelve authorities. That is also mentioned. They are authorized persons from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they have got disciplic succession