Category:Desiring Krsna Consciousness
Theme Analysis
The philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness offers a revolutionary perspective on the nature of desire. While many spiritual paths advocate for the negation of desire to escape suffering, Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that desire is the essential symptom of life. To be desireless is to be dead. Therefore, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is described not as a vacuum, but as an "art"—the art of changing the quality of one's desires from material to spiritual. This category explores how the aspiring devotee replaces "rubbish desires" with the supreme desire to serve, using intelligence to plan activities that flood the mind with Kṛṣṇa, thereby purifying the heart without artificial repression.
- The Symptom of Life: A living entity cannot stop desiring; the solution to material entanglement is not to kill desire but to purify it by transferring attachment from matter to Kṛṣṇa.
- The Art of Purification: Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the process of dovetailing one's individual will with the Supreme Will, moving like a part of a machine for the satisfaction of the Lord.
- Definition of Mukti: True liberation is not the cessation of activity but the fixation of the mind on a single desire: "I am the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa."
- Intensity of Purpose: Success in this art requires intense determination—a vow that "In this life, I shall achieve the favor of Kṛṣṇa"—which attracts the Lord's help.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Art of Desiring Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Pages in category "Desiring Krsna Consciousness"
The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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- A devotee with intelligence plans so many things for the service of the Lord in Krsna consciousness that stagnant material desires become overflooded by the desire to serve the Lord
- A Krsna conscious person is always dovetailed with the supreme desire, for he has no desire for personal sense gratification. He moves exactly like a part of a machine. BG 1972 purports
- A living being, to become desireless, how you can? I am living. I am not a dead body. Desire should be to satisfy Krsna. Attachment should be for Him. That's all. You have to change. That is Krsna consciousness
- As Narottama dasa Thakura has stated: tandera carana sevi bhakta-sane vasa, janame janame haya ei abhilasa. The Krsna consciousness devotees must always desire to remain in the society of devotees
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- He (Srutadeva) was very learned and had no desire other than to be fully situated in Krsna consciousness
- He (the person whose only desire is to serve the S P of Godhead) is to be considered liberated while living within the body or the material world. The conclusion, therefore, is that a person fully engaged in Krsna consciousness is a liberated person
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- If one develops directly a desire to engage in Krsna consciousness in pure devotional service, he does not need to undergo step by step improvements in spiritual realization. BG 1972 purports
- It does not require to become poor to take to Krsna consciousness, but if anyone has the desire that "I will become spiritually advanced; at the same time I shall enjoy this material life," that is not possible
- It is recommended that a woman desiring to advance in Krsna consciousness peacefully live with a husband and that the couple should not separate under any condition
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- Krsna consciousness can be achieved simply by your intense desire that "This life I shall try to achieve favor of Krsna." Krsna will help you
- Krsna consciousness is an art of changing our hearts by purification from the dust of material desires. We cannot stop our desires because as living entities, desiring is the component part of our constitution. But we can purify our desires
- Krsna consciousness movement is not to stop desiring but purify desiring
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- The Krsna consciousness movement means that we are trying to educate people to change the consciousness. We have got so many desires under different consciousness. So one desire, that "I am eternal servant of Krsna," this is called mukti
- The stage of pure Krsna Consciousness is when our only desire is to be serving Krsna with no personal considerations whatsoever
- This is gopis' desire. They want to see Krsna always, without being disturbed by the eyelids. This is Krsna consciousness
- Those who have no desire for Krsna consciousness and who are simply interested in possessing more and more material things - either in the shape of scientific knowledge or monetary gain - are all included under the control of atyahara
- Thus, one who is desirous of advancing in Krsna consciousness should relish the purport of Srimad-Bhagavatam through the discussions of authorized devotees
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- We can conclude from this statement by Krsna that activities in Krsna consciousness will give everyone all perfection in their desires
- When one criticizes a pure devotee, he commits an offense that is very obstructive and dangerous for those who desire to advance in Krsna consciousness
- With this taste of Krishna Consciousness, we become more and more attracted, so more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and then more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness
- Without Krsna consciousness, you will have simply rubbish desires. And when you are Krsna conscious, then you desire rightly