Category:Becoming Hellish
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies the root cause of the world's degradation into a "hellish" state as the increase of Varṇa-saṅkara—unwanted, untrained population. The analysis of these quotes reveals a specific social chain reaction described in the Bhagavad-gītā: when religious principles are abandoned, women become polluted; when women are polluted, unwanted children are born; and when this varṇa-saṅkara population increases, the entire world becomes a hell. Śrīla Prabhupāda points to the symptoms of this hellish condition—unsafe streets, broken families, and widespread anxiety—as proof that modern civilization is collapsing. The only solution is to check this population explosion by regulating human life through marriage and spiritual training.
- The Chain Reaction: Irreligion leads to polluted women, which leads to unwanted children, which leads to a hellish society.
- Varṇa-saṅkara: These are children born without Vedic reformatory ceremonies (garbhādhāna-saṁskāra) or proper spiritual training. They act like "cats and dogs."
- Symptoms of Hell: A society full of anxiety, robbery, and disturbance where no one is peaceful.
- The Remedy: Re-establishing the varṇāśrama system to ensure that children are born and raised in a systematic, godly way.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Why the World Is Becoming Hellish.
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Pages in category "Becoming Hellish"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- A person born in brahmana family is not acting as a brahmana, he's varna-sankara. So when there are number of people varna-sankara class, then the whole society becomes hell
- As stated in Bhagavad-gita, when women are polluted the populace is varna-sankara, and when the varna-sankara population increases, the situation of the entire world becomes hellish
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- Especially in Calcutta, it has become a hellish life. The population, the younger generation, is so polluted, so contaminated, that you cannot safely walk in the street. Anywhere, the young boys they can encircle you and rob you
- Especially in the Western country, I have seen, a girl is not married, but she has got child. What is that? That is varna-sankara. So varna-sankara increases; the world becomes hellish
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- If people become irreligious, then the whole world becomes a hell. Just like at the present moment, anywhere you go, it is hellish condition. Nobody is peaceful, nobody is happy, although materially very much advanced
- If the population, varna-sankara, is increased, then it becomes hell. So if you want to increase the hellish person, then don't discuss. But if you think it is a problem, then discuss
- If you waste your time in foolish activity, then there will be anxiety, there will be disease, there will be enemies. Natural disturbance, disturbance by other living creatures, disturbance by your body. So this world will become hell
- In order to save the world to become hellish, the king was so alert. That is . . . that is also bhakti. Because the whole natural plan is to come back to home, back to Godhead. This is nature's plan
- In that (brahma-bhuta) stage of existence, the idea of becoming one with the Supreme Brahman and annihilating one's individuality becomes hellish. BG 1972 purports
- In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that when the population becomes varna-sankara, the whole social situation becomes hellish. Actually that is the fact
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- The atheist class see, what is the Jagannatha made of? Wood or stone? They're seeing wood and stone. Similarly, Vaisnavas also they're seeing "a American," "European." They are blind. Sastra says: If you think like that, then you become hellish
- The problem of life is eating, sleeping, mating and defending. So everything is there, but in a regulated form. In regulated form so that the world may not become hell. If it is irregulated form, then the whole world will be hell
- The whole world will be hell. That has become now. The whole world has now become hell. So the Krsna consciousness movement is very important movement. It is overhauling the whole human, social, political, religious
- There is no varnasrama; therefore all the children, they are varna-sankara. And as soon as there is varna-sankara population, the world becomes hell. Therefore we are trying to check, "No illicit sex" - to stop this varna-sankara
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- Unless one can train a child for liberation in that life, there is no need to marry or produce children. If human society produces children like cats and dogs for the disturbance of social order, the world becomes hellish, as it has in this age of Kali
- Unless there are nice population, children, born in a systematic way, how you can expect peace in the world? That is described in the Bhagavad-gita: when there are varna-sankara the whole world becomes hell