Category:Cannot Control
Theme Analysis
The category Cannot Control reveals the spiritual truth that the conditioned living being is not the independent controller. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that materialistic persons cannot control the senses, the mind, lust, the tongue, sex desire, society, or māyā by their own strength. When the senses are uncontrolled, they drag the living being into darker material existence, repeated birth and death, and a life spoiled by the mind's dictation. Human civilization is meant for tapasya and self-control, but in Kali-yuga ordinary methods are very difficult because people are trained for sense gratification from the beginning of life. The practical solution is Kṛṣṇa consciousness: one cannot control māyā, but by serving Kṛṣṇa, engaging the mind at His lotus feet, chanting, honoring prasādam, and accepting devotional service, the senses become controlled by higher spiritual engagement.
- The Living Being Is Controlled: No conditioned soul is the absolute controller; even those who appear to control others are themselves controlled. If one does not become servant of Kṛṣṇa, one must become servant of māyā.
- Uncontrolled Senses Lead to Darkness: Materialistic persons who cannot control their senses are carried toward the darkest regions of material existence. Sense control especially begins with the tongue, because uncontrolled eating and speech disturb the other senses.
- Human Life Requires Tapasya: The distinction between animal and human life is the capacity for control. Human civilization means accepting tapasya, regulating the senses, and using the body and mind for spiritual progress.
- Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Gives Real Control: The mind cannot be controlled by force, but when it is engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, control becomes possible. By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, honoring prasādam, and serving Kṛṣṇa, one rises beyond māyā's jurisdiction.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: We Cannot Control Māyā but We Can Serve Kṛṣṇa.
Pages in category "Cannot Control"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
A
- A sannyasi means he has ceased all material desire. There is no material desire. And the concentrated material enjoyment is sex. So if one could not control his sex life, then how he is swami? He's cheater
- Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant
B
- Because he cannot fix up his mind, he cannot work properly. Therefore he is called madman. So our process is that we cannot control the mind. But if we engage the mind on the lotus feet of Krsna, then everything is controlled. Krsna will help
- Because we cannot control our senses, we are driving, we are being pushed towards the darkest region of material existence, very hard to leave
E
- Every human being has a maximum duration of life of one hundred years, but for one who cannot control his senses, half of those years are completely lost because at night he sleeps twelve hours, being covered by ignorance
- Everyone becomes a servant of the senses just beginning from the tongue. They cannot control the tongue. They eat anything and everything. Therefore they cannot control others senses also
I
- I am controller of my disciples within the Krsna conscious society, but I cannot control the whole world
- I cannot control even my tongue and control my genital, and I become spiritual master? This is nonsense
- I cannot control my senses if I am on the material plane. It is impossible. But I can control my senses, this is possible. It is not impossible fact
- If anyone takes to Krsna consciousness, maya has to give him up. Maya cannot control anymore. That is not the jurisdiction of maya
- If the popular votes are against him (a president), he cannot control any more. So here, you just analyze anyone; he may be controller, but at the same time he is controlled. Not that absolute controller
- If you cannot control your tongue, you cannot control your senses. Taste prasadam and become spiritually advanced. You can have this process at your home: offer vegetarian foods to Krsna, chant the Hare Krsna mantra and offer obeisances
- Improvement of one's economic condition is the aim and object of a materialist, but there is no end to this material advancement, for if one cannot control his lusty desires, he will never be pleased, even if he gets all the material wealth of the world
- In materialistic life we cannot control our senses and mind. The mind is dictating, "Enjoy your senses in this way," and we are enjoying our senses. Materialistic life means sense gratification
- In order to concentrate your attention, you have to control the senses. The senses are working just like infuriated horses. If you cannot control the horses of your carriage, it will be dangerous
- In this Kali-yuga, you cannot accept this tapasya; you cannot perform the celibacy, you cannot practice yoga, you cannot control your mind, you cannot control your senses. This is your position
- It is stated that because people generally cannot control their senses, they engage in the materialistic way of life in which repeated birth and death in different species takes place
M
- Materialists who are overly attracted to the material body, material world and material enjoyment, who cannot control their material senses, are carried to the darkest regions of material existence
- Materialists who are overly attracted to the material body, who cannot control their material senses, are carried to the darkest regions of material existence. Such people cannot become Krsna conscious, either by themselves or by congregational effort
- Mother Yasoda said, "This child is too restless and cannot be controlled! He is incessantly going about the neighborhood of Gokula (Vrndavana), and then He is coming back inside the house"
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P
- Pariksit Maharaja placed a number of intelligent questions before Sukadeva Gosvami. One of these questions was, "Why do people undergo atonement if they cannot control their senses"
- People are being baffled in so many ways because they cannot control their senses. Their only possibility of rescue is Krsna. Therefore in this verse it is said: mayy ananyena bhavena bhaktim kurvanti ye drdham
- Prahlada Maharaja says that everyone is attached to family affection. If one is attached to family affairs, he cannot control his senses
- Pramatta refers to one who cannot control his senses. The entire material world is being exploited by people who are pramatta, or vimudha
T
- That (I am not this body) realization takes time. But when we are actually advancing in Krsna consciousness, we must know our duty. Sleeping not more than six hours. Utmost eight hours
- The distinction between an animal and a man is that the animal cannot control himself and has no sense of decency, whereas the human being has the sense of decency and can control himself
- The modern civilization is to give freedom to sense satisfaction, because they cannot control. Just like you are riding on a horse, but the horse is not under your control, then you say, "Let it go to hell, never mind"
W
- We are in the midst of the Pacific Ocean of this mayika world. Samsara-samudra. It is called samudra. So at any moment our boat can be topsy-turvied if we have no controlling power
- We can quickly see that controlling the mind and body is not such an easy thing and that we cannot control them as easily as we can go to the store and purchase something. But Krsna indicates that these rules can be easily followed when we are in KC
- When the politicians cannot control the mass of people being dissatisfied, they make a clique to declare some war so that all their attention may be diverted