Category:Becoming Godless
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies the root cause of the world's misery as the trend of becoming godless. He warns that a civilization that advances materially while ignoring the Supreme Lord is "extremely dangerous." The analysis of these quotes reveals a direct link between godlessness and natural/social calamities. When society turns away from God, it becomes sinful and immoral. In response, material nature (prakṛti) restricts the supply of necessities like food and rain as a punishment. This leads to scarcity, conflict, and eventual ruination. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that this is not accidental but the enforcement of the "laws of nature." He calls for a combined effort from all religious sects to counter this godless trend and save humanity from descending to the status of animals.
- The Root of Calamity: Godlessness is the source of all dangers. When leaders and citizens ignore God, nature withdraws her bounty.
- Nature's Punishment: Scarcity, overpopulation, and natural disasters are reactions to atheism. "Because people have become godless... I have restricted my supply."
- Social Degradation: A godless society loses its moral compass ("dogs and hogs"), leading to divorce, broken families, and a loss of common sense.
- The Call to Action: The only solution is to revive God consciousness. Śrīla Prabhupāda appeals to all religious groups to unite against the rising tide of atheism.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: When Society Becomes Godless - Nature's Punishment and Social Ruin.
Pages in category "Becoming Godless"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- A civilization that commits such sinful activities (offenses at the lotus feet of the devotees and brahmanas) generally loses all faith in the Supreme Lord, and such a godless civilization becomes the source of all calamities in human society
- A civilization that has become godless because of material advancement in opulence is extremely dangerous
- And now divorce is getting easier too, isn't it (so by one instance I can understand that how in the Western countries people become out of social structure. The root cause is godlessness. Root cause)?
- As Kali-yuga advances, people are becoming godless and taking up so-called secularism. They do not know the punishment awaiting them in Asi-patravana
- At the present moment, because the leaders are foolish, blind, they have no spiritual knowledge, all the population of the world becomes godless
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- Effect of Kali-yuga means the so-called advancement of material civilization means to become godless, immoral, and they must suffer
- Everywhere it is difficult because people have become godless. Still, we have to try our best. The task is difficult, undoubtedly. It is very difficult task, to bring back people to God consciousness
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- In Vedic history there are many instances of how one becomes godless and is condemned by the laws of nature
- It is a dangerous position of the whole world that they have become all godless or atheists in different degree or manner. It is the duty of saintly persons to save these rascals from ruination
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- Of course, we do not want to criticize, but according to sastra, people will suffer more and more. And they must suffer. Because they are becoming godless, they must suffer. That is nature's punishment
- Our appeal is to everyone, every religious sect, that people are becoming godless generally at the present moment. So we should make combined effort to revive their God consciousness
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- Simply faith, blind faith, will not endure. And therefore they are becoming godless. And gradually, if we do not understand factually what is God, then the whole human civilization will be godless
- So the modern civilization is going on in that way, godless civilization. If some percentage of the civilized human beings become Krsna conscious, that will bring forth peace. Otherwise it is not possible. It is therefore necessity
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- The kings or administrators are similarly chastised in all circumstances whenever they become godless and plan a godless civilization. That is the order of the Almighty
- The material world is becoming more and more godless, and consequently everything is in a disturbed condition. If this continues, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will certainly take action, as He did in the case of Hiranyakasipu
- The more we become godless, the more we'll be punished by the laws of nature
- The propaganda that the Lord is impersonal, that He has no activity and that He is a dumb stone without any name and form has encouraged people to become godless, faithless demons
- These statements are there in the Srimad-Bhagavatam in the story of Maharaja Prthu. So prakrti said that, "Because people have become godless, demons, I have restricted my supply." Therefore everything depends on the mercy of the Lord
- This godless civilization means people have lost even common sense. Even common sense. Otherwise, you may, if you use in a harsh word, that they have become fools and rascals, that's all. They have lost their common sense
- To become godless means
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- When human society individually or collectively becomes godless and blasphemes the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is certainly destined for ruination
- When people become godless, there is restriction of supply. Just like practical experience. I am saying from my practical experience that in my childhood I saw that India was exporting millions of tons of rice and wheat
- When the residents of this earth become atheistic and godless, they descend to the status of animals like dogs and hogs, and thus their only business is to bark among themselves. This is dharmasya glani, deviation from the goal of life
- When the temples are devoid of activities, the people in general become uninterested in such places, and consequently the mass of people gradually become godless, and a godless civilization is the result
- Why shouldn't this spiritual education be given to the American people in an organized way? The whole world is going down and becoming Godless