Category:Becoming Free From Material Entanglement
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the condition of the living entity in the material world as one of "entanglement." This entanglement is caused by the "karma wheel"—the complex network of actions and reactions that forces the soul to undergo repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. The analysis of these quotes reveals that the primary purpose of human life is to cut these knots. Śrīla Prabhupāda asserts that religion does not mean praying to God for economic development or material improvement; rather, to be religious means to endeavor to become free from material entanglement entirely. The central instruction across these quotes is that Surrender to Kṛṣṇa is the only effective means to achieve this freedom. This surrender is practicalized through initiation by a bona fide spiritual master, worship of the Deity (arcana-mārga), and the chanting of the holy names.
- The Only Means: Intellectual speculation and material adjustments fail. "The only means of becoming free from this entanglement is to surrender to the Supreme Lord."
- Initiation as the Beginning: Initiation is described not as the end, but as the chance to begin the process of untying the knots of karma under the guidance of the spiritual master.
- True vs. False Religion: Real religion targets mokṣa (liberation), not economic gain. The demons become more entangled, while the devotees strive to get out.
- Purifying Consciousness: Entanglement happens when we think, feel, and will materially. Freedom comes when we think, feel, and will for the service of the Lord.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Surrender to Kṛṣṇa - The Only Means to Become Free from Material Entanglement.
Pages in category "Becoming Free From Material Entanglement"
The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
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- An initiated devotee is given the chance for becoming free from the entanglement of karma wheel. Initiated means beginning, not perfection. The Spiritual Master's business is to guide him to the perfectional point
- Any conditioned soul may also engage in the service of the Lord under the guidance of an expert spiritual master and thus gradually become freed from the entanglement of material existence
- Anyone who chants the holy name of the Lord becomes immediately freed from conditional life and that anyone who hears the holy name of the Lord, even though born of a family of dog-eaters, also becomes liberated from the clutches of material entanglement
- As recommended in the arcana-marga, one should worship the Deity in the temple and constantly offer obeisances to the spiritual master and the Deity. These processes are recommended to one who actually wants to become free from material entanglement
- As soon as an individual soul becomes conscious of his eternal relationship with the Supersoul and looks only toward Him, he at once becomes free from the entanglements of material enjoyment
- As soon as one enters into Krsna consciousness, his desire for material enjoyment is at once vanquished, and he gradually becomes free from material entanglement
B
I
- If a person understands that he is not his body and that he has nothing to do with this material world, he becomes free from material entanglement. But that realization is not the perfectional stage
- It has been said that the process which immediately increases one's love and affection for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best of the many thousands of ways to become free from the entanglement of material existence
- It is not that one becomes free from material entanglements simply by accepting the order of sannyasa. Yet if we actually understand the explanations given by Lord Caitanya, we will be helped
- It was the Lord who instructed Brahma in Vedic knowledge. That Personality of Godhead has to be obeyed in all respects. Anyone who wants to become freed from material entanglement must surrender unto Him, and this is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita
O
- One can become free from material embarrassment by becoming situated in factual knowledge. Sankhya means that factual knowledge by which one can get out of the material entanglement
- One has to meditate. And by meditation, when one is in samadhi, always thinking of the Supersoul, then he becomes freed from this material entanglement. That is self-realization. That is liberation
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- That Personality of Godhead has to be obeyed in all respects. Anyone who wants to become freed from material entanglement must surrender unto Him, and this is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita
- The business of human life is how to become free from this material encagement. But the asuras, or the demons, instead of becoming free from material entanglement, they become more and more involved
- The more one advances in Krsna consciousness, the more he becomes free from bodily designations and this material entanglement
- The only means of becoming free from this entanglement is to surrender to the Supreme Lord
- To become religious means to become free from material entanglement. Not that to take to religious life means to develop economic condition
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- When consciousness is displayed through the medium of the subtle and gross material bodies, it is covered, but when the consciousness is purified, in Krsna consciousness, one becomes free from the entanglement of repeated birth and death
- When he (living being) thinks, feels and wills materially, he becomes entangled, and conversely when he thinks, feels and wills for the service of the Lord, he becomes gradually freed from all entanglement