Category:Desired Goal
Theme Analysis
In the pursuit of the Desired Goal of life, humanity is often divided into various camps—those seeking material enjoyment, those seeking liberation, and those seeking spiritual perfection. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that regardless of one's initial intent, the ultimate means to achieve success is the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The quotes in this category establish that the Lord is not only the means but the end itself—the Supersoul, friend, and highest object of love. While impersonalists struggle with a troublesome path, those who take to the process of chanting and hearing, as inaugurated by Lord Caitanya, are assured of attaining the supreme perfection.
- The Universal Solution: Whether one is a worker with material desires (karmī), a seeker of liberation (jñānī), or a desireless devotee, the scripture recommends worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead to attain one's respective goals.
- The Person as the Goal: The Lord declares Himself to be the "desired goal" for His devotees. He is their protector, maintainer, and the ultimate destination, safeguarding them with His time weapon.
- The Difficulty of Impersonalism: Those attached to the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth face a difficult and troublesome path, often remaining ignorant of the true goal, unlike the devotees who swiftly attain success.
- The Process of Perfection: The simple methods of chanting, dancing, and hearing narrations of great souls like Dhruva Mahārāja are sufficient to lead one to the highest perfection of life.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Supreme Personality of Godhead - The Ultimate Desired Goal.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Desired Goal"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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- Harsa is described in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. Harsa is experienced when one finally attains the desired goal of life and consequently becomes very glad
- Herein (SB 4.12.45) it is recommended by Maitreya that every one of them can hear the narration about Dhruva Maharaja and thus get their desired goal
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- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 12.5) it is said that those who are attached to the impersonal feature of the Absolute are liable to many troubles in the pursuit of their desired goal
- It is recommended that the devotees (akama), the karmis (sarva-kama) and the jnanis, who desire to be liberated (moksa-kama), should all worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead to acquire their desired goals of life
- It is to be understood that when demigods fall down, they come to earth as sons of very rich and pious families. In such families, the living entity gets an opportunity to execute Krsna consciousness and thereby gain promotion to his desired goal
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- The perfection of such processes (jnana, yoga and bhakti) can lead one to the desired goal of life in spiritual value, but that does not mean that one can attain a perfection equal to the Lord's by such endeavors. The Lord is the Lord at every stage
- Those who are eager to awaken their spiritual consciousness and who thus have unflinching, undeviated intelligence certainly attain the desired goal of life very soon
- Those who are imitating this yoga system in different so-called schools and societies, although complacent, are certainly wasting their time. They are completely in ignorance of the desired goal. BG 1972 purports