Category:Cripple-minded
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda defines the term dīna-cetasām as those who are cripple-minded, being solely interested in sense enjoyment and temporary material gains. According to Śrīla Prabhupāda, such individuals may expand their interests to include nationalism or humanitarianism, but they remain crippled if they do not understand the soul or the source of all energy. Śrīla Prabhupāda contrasts this limited state with the mahātmā, or broad-minded person, who understands that Kṛṣṇa is everything. Ultimately, Śrīla Prabhupāda stresses that it is the compassionate duty of those in the sannyāsa order to travel and enlighten the cripple-minded masses, saving them from the risk of wasting the human form of life.
- Definition of the Cripple-minded: Those who are absorbed in sense gratification and remain ignorant of the soul's value are considered cripple-minded, essentially living like animals without higher purpose.
- Mundane Isms as Limitations: Even activities like philanthropy or nationalism are considered manifestations of a crippled mind if they exclude the understanding of Kṛṣṇa and the eternal nature of the soul.
- The Mahātmā vs. the Durātmā: A broad-minded mahātmā recognizes Kṛṣṇa as the source of all, whereas a durātmā or cripple-minded person remains far away from Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- The Duty to Enlighten: Because the cripple-minded are often satisfied with limited family life or mundane reputation, it is the obligation of devotees to go from door to door to distribute spiritual knowledge.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Cripple-minded and the Broad-minded Mahātmā.
Pages in category "Cripple-minded"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- All these materialistic person, they are simply interested how to enjoy senses; therefore they are called dina-cetasam, cripple minded. They have no other idea. So to enlighten them it is the duty of the sannyasi to go from door to door
- Anyone who dies without knowing the value of life, he's krpana, miser, cripple-minded. - Because he could not utilize the opportunity given to him by nature
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- Carving tulasi beads should not be your sole occupation. You should also go out for street sankirtana and distribute my literature for the cripple minded masses, and whatever spare time you have you can carve some tulasi beads for me to sanctify
- Cripple-minded persons, always engaged in satisfying their senses, sometimes expand their activities in order to do good for others through some "ism" like nationalism, humanitarianism or altruism
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- Mahatma means broad-minded. And duratma means cripple-minded, just the opposite word. Duratma. Dura means far away from Krsna consciousness, dura atma
- Mahatmas, they'll travel so that the householders, who are cripple-minded and full of sinful activities, they'll go there and make them purified. This is the idea of sannyasa
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- One is risking his life simply for little reputation and money. So grhinam dina-cetasam: cripple-minded. They do not know how to live actually comfortable life. How to become happy, they do not know. Simply like monkey they are jumping, & they are happy
- One who cannot understand Krsna, they are cripple-minded. They are not broad-minded. If one becomes broad-minded, then, by the grace of Krsna, he can understand Krsna
- One who engages in mundane activity - be he a so-called jnani, yogi, karmi, philanthropist, nationalist, or whatever - cannot attain the higher stage of mahatma. He remains a duratma, or cripple-minded person
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- So when one becomes Krsna conscious he feels obligation very extensive, not limited. He is called mahatma, very broad-minded. Not cripple-minded
- So-called philosophers mind is not very broad. What is called? Ah? What is the English word? Crippled. Mind is very crippled. Durasaya. Therefore they are hoping against hope. They will not live here. Still, they are decorating, decorating the dead body
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- The grhasthas, they are very cripple-minded. They are satisfied with the family, and they do not know that anything else to do. Therefore it is the duty of the sannyasi and the brahmanas to go to the householder's home and enlighten them spiritually
- The word mahatma means "broadminded." One who cannot understand Krsna is not broad-minded but cripple-minded. If one becomes broad-minded, then by the grace of Krsna one can understand Krsna
- The word mahatma refers to those who are broadminded, not cripple-minded
- There is a church in the United Nations, and we tried to get a room there for making our propaganda. The church unity denied to give us. So their crippled mind is not expanded. Sa mahatma... Mahatma means broad-minded
- They (cripple-minded persons) may reject personal sense gratification for the sense gratification of others, like the members of their family, community or society - either national or international
- This is the position of a mahatma. If one is not a mahatma, he is a duratma, or a cripple-minded person. Such mentally crippled duratmas are put under the control of the Lord's external potency, mahamaya
- Those who are thinking in terms of society, nationality, country, religion, or so many things, they are not mahatmas. They are ksudratmas, small, crippled minded
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- We get rejuvenation in this atmosphere. What is this nonsense, all skyscraper building, no air, no light? Jagato 'hitah. The mind becomes crippled, the health becomes deteriorated, children cannot see even the sky, everything is spoiled
- We should be always anxious to save the cripple minded people with the science of Krishna Consciousness. This is the position of a Vaisnava