Category:Contaminated By The Material Modes of Nature
Theme Analysis
The living entity, or jiva, is by nature a spiritual spark, but upon entering the material world, he becomes conditioned by the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion, and ignorance. Unlike the Supreme Lord, who is never touched by these modes, the jiva's consciousness, faith, and intelligence are colored by this association. This contamination dictates the type of body one receives, the suffering one endures, and the specific delusions that bind one to the cycle of birth and death. Even the mode of goodness in this world is not pure; it is mixed with passion and ignorance, creating a treacherous situation where one must constantly guard against falling down. Ultimate freedom is only possible by transcending these modes entirely through unalloyed devotional service.
- The Vulnerability of the Living Entity: While the Supreme Lord remains ever-liberated and untouched by material nature, the minute living entity is susceptible to being contaminated by the material modes of nature immediately upon entering the material world.
- The Mechanism of Entanglement: This contamination affects every aspect of existence, including one's faith, intelligence, and physical body; as one associates with specific modes like passion or ignorance, one is forced to accept corresponding bodies and suffering in future lives.
- The Limitation of Material Goodness: Within the material world, even the mode of goodness is not absolute; it is frequently mixed with tinges of passion and ignorance, distinguishing it from the unalloyed, pure goodness found in the spiritual world (Vaikunthaloka).
- Liberation through Transcendence: The only means to escape this conditioning is to engage in the service of the Lord, who is beyond the modes; by becoming fully Krishna conscious, the devotee transcends the influence of the three modes and is situated on the spiritual platform.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Living Entities Contaminated by the Material Modes of Nature.
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Pages in category "Contaminated By The Material Modes of Nature"
The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
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- As long as one's faith is not completely in purified goodness, the faith is subject to contamination by any of the modes of material nature. BG 1972 purports
- As soon as the Lord is seated within the heart of the devotee, the devotee cannot be contaminated by the material modes of nature
- As soon as you come to the material world, immediately you become contaminated by the modes of material nature
- As we contaminate the different material modes of nature, we get different situation of life, different forms of body, different circumstances. Krsna has arranged everything very accurately. His arrangement is very perfect
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- Because Krsna's appearance & disappearance are completely different from that of any ordinary, common living entity, it is evident that He is eternal, blissful knowledge by His internal potency & He is never contaminated by material nature. BG 1972 pur
- Because of our being contaminated by the modes of material nature, we distinguish one spiritual spark from another. That is also another kind of dreaming
- Because they are (whose knowledge is contaminated by the modes of material nature) unintelligent and not very advanced and have not properly considered the truth, they take to the worship of various demigods or speculate according to various philosophies
- Becoming fully Krsna conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship with Krsna. BG 1972 purports
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- If in this life one is contaminated by the mode of ignorance and sinful activities (duskrti), in the next life, by the laws of nature, one will certainly get a body full of suffering
- If you contaminate with the tamo-guna, then you must suffer. If you contaminate rajo-guna, you must get disease
- In conditioned life, all work is contaminated by the material modes of nature. Even if one is a brahmana, he has to perform sacrifices in which animal killing is necessary. BG 1972 purports
- In the conditioned state, the living entity acts according to his contaminated intelligence. Although he simply remains an observer, he nonetheless acts, being forced by a contaminated intelligence, which in reality is a passive agent
- In the material world, because everything is contaminated by the modes of material nature, there are feelings of pleasure and pain
- In the material world, the three modes are goodness, passion and ignorance, and all of these are simply different gradations of contamination
- In the spiritual world all existence is unadulterated goodness. The goodness found in the material world is contaminated by the modes of passion and ignorance
- In the spiritual world, all the perverted forms of material variegatedness are fully represented in their original spiritual identity. The only difference is that material activities are contaminated by the three modes of material nature
- Intelligence acts both in the dream state and in the waking state, but it is contaminated by the three modes of material nature
- It is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that it is very difficult to get out of the clutches of material nature, but if anyone surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the modes of material nature can no longer act on him
- It is also recommended here (in SB 3.32.7) that by traversing the illuminated path one can be freed from contamination of the material modes of nature; by that path one can enter into the kingdom where the completely perfect Personality of Godhead resides
- It may seem that the regulative principles are being violated, but the devotee is on the transcendental platform. Such service is called gunatita, or nirguna, for it is not contaminated by the three modes of material nature
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- On the lower platform (of devotional life), one may sometimes be interested in philosophical speculation with a tinge of devotion. However, at that stage one is still interested in sense gratification and is contaminated by the modes of material nature
- One who has attained bhava is certainly not contaminated by material nature. He actually enjoys transcendental pleasure from bhava, and when bhava is intensified, it is called love of Godhead
- Our past and future are not very difficult to understand, for time is under the contamination of the three modes of material nature. As soon as spring arrives, the usual exhibition of various types of fruits and flowers automatically becomes manifest
- Out of humility, a devotee considers himself unfit to be transferred to the spiritual world. He always thinks himself contaminated by the modes of material nature. Nor is there any need for a devotee to ask to be freed from the modes of material nature
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- Sattva-guna is also a contamination. And what to speak of rajo-guna, tamo-guna?
- Some of them (people who misunderstands this perishable body to be the self) are above the modes of ignorance and passion and are situated in the mode of goodness, but mundane goodness is always contaminated by tinges of ignorance and passion
- Spontaneous service unto the Supreme Lord is transcendental and is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. These are the symptoms of pure devotional service, which is free from all contamination of material nature
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- The actual fact is that all living entities are sons of God, or by-products of His marginal energy. Because of our being contaminated by the modes of material nature, we distinguish one spiritual spark from another
- The best policy is to disassociate oneself from the three modes of material nature and be always transcendental to their contamination
- The contaminated modes of material nature expand to the heart. Therefore according to the position of the heart in contact with a particular mode of material nature, one's faith is established. BG 1972 purports
- The demigods are also in the category of living entities; they are not separate gods. But men whose knowledge is immature and contaminated by the modes of material nature worship various demigods, according to their intelligence
- The impersonalist tries to explain that the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord (brahmajyoti) is beyond these material modes of nature, but at the same time he tries to establish that the Supreme PG is contaminated by the modes of material nature
- The Lord says, na mam karmani limpanti: (BG 4.14) He is not affected by anything He does, because He is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. That we have a material body proves that we are infected by the three material modes of nature
- The Lord's inner direction cleanses the devotee's heart of all contamination produced by the material modes of passion and ignorance
- The person who is taking very much pleasure, dancing in the sea like fish, so he is contaminating that modes of nature so that in next life he will become a fish. He'll be very free to dance with the ocean
- They are (men whose knowledge is immature and contaminated by the modes of material nature worship various demigods, according to their intelligence) rebuked in Bhagavad-gita (kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah) - BG 7.20
- This material life means contamination of the three modes of material nature. Either you are on the goodness or in the passion or in ignorance, there is chance of falling down from one platform to another, so long you are on the material platform
- This statement by the Lord confirms that a person in true Krsna consciousness, engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord under the direction of the spiritual master, is never subject to the contamination of material qualities
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- We are contaminated in the material world by association with the three modes of material nature
- We can see three different varieties of life, which are due to the contamination of the three modes of nature. The entities are thus known as peaceful, restless and foolish; as happy, unhappy or in-between; or as religious, irreligious and semireligious
- When a pure Vaisnava speaks on Srimad-Bhagavatam and another pure Vaisnava hears Srimad-Bhagavatam from such a realized soul, both of them live in the transcendental world, where the contamination of the modes of material nature cannot touch them