Category:Entire Human Society
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda analyzes the condition of the "entire human society" as precarious, describing it in the Age of Kali as an "assembly of cheaters and cheated." Driven by asuric goals of exploiting women and money, civilization has become agitated like a "stormy sea," devoid of peace. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is presented not as a sectarian creed but as a cultural mission to respiritualize humanity. The remedy involves two main strategies: the collective chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to solve problems like drought and scarcity, and the scientific organization of society into four orders (varṇāśrama) based on quality and work. By placing God at the center, the entire human race can find the unity, peace, and prosperity it frantically seeks.
- The Crisis: Society is currently a chaotic assembly of cheaters and cheated, agitated by unrestricted sense gratification.
- The Solution: The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement offers "sublime information" to perfect human life and return back to Godhead.
- Social Structure: A happy society requires the four distinct divisions (varṇāśrama) working cooperatively to satisfy the Supreme Lord.
- Universal Welfare: Real humanitarian work is reviving the dormant God consciousness of every living being.
- Role of Leaders: Ideally, leaders and brāhmaṇas act solely for the welfare of the entire society, having no personal selfish interests.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Respiritualizing the Entire Human Society.
Pages in category "Entire Human Society"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- A Vaisnava is personally tolerant for the benefit of others. When he does not show his prowess, this does not mean that he is lacking in strength; rather, it indicates that he is tolerant for the welfare of the entire human society
- At the present moment in this age of Kali-yuga, the entire human society has become an assembly of cheaters and cheated. For this reason the Vedic scriptures have given us the proper directions for sense gratification
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- I have requested the members of the Krsna consciousness movement to challenge and defeat these rascals, who are misleading the entire human society
- If illicit sex is allowed to increase in a society, however, the entire society will be condemned, for it will be full of rogues, thieves, cheaters and so forth
- If the people of the world, taking into account their respective material qualities, divide the whole society into four orders for material progress, the entire human society will undoubtedly be happy
- In these days of drought, people can gain relief from scarcity of rain and food by the simple method of the Hare Krsna yajna. Indeed, this can relieve all of human society
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- On the contrary, because they possessed gold, land, villages, horses, elephants and sufficient grains, they had nothing to earn for themselves. They would simply devote themselves to the well-being of the entire society
- One should not mistake the body of Krsna or Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be a material body like ours, for Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as needed for the benefit of the entire human society
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- Sages, or persons who completely devoted themselves to the spiritual upliftment of the entire human society, were known as dvija-deva, the best amongst the twice-born. The denizens of superior planets, from the moon planet & upwards, were known as devas
- Somewhere Lord Krsna was found discussing the ultimate auspicious activity for the entire human society with His elder brother, Lord Balarama
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- That (other sections are supposed to follow the direction of the brahmana Vaisnava) will make the entire society perfect in regard to the order of its social construction
- The Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.13) gives special stress to the division of society. Unfortunately some people are now claiming to be brahmanas simply by birthright, with no qualifications. Therefore the entire society is in chaos
- The government - indeed, the entire society - should be structured in such a way that everyone can be trained to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The Krsna consciousness movement is distributing sublime information to the entire human society to the effect that by simply chanting the Hare Krsna mantra one can become perfect in this life and go back home, back to Godhead
- The Sanskrit word for man is manusya, which means "descendant of Manu." Not only is Dhruva Maharaja the glory of the family of Svayambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society
- The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. BG 1972 pur
- There are always rogues and thieves in human society, and as soon as a weak government is unable to execute its duties, these rogues and thieves come out to do their business. Thus the entire society becomes a hell unfit for gentlemen to live in
- There is also a prayer in the Vedic literature that states: My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world. BG 1972 purports
- There is need of a clue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause. Srimad-Bhagavatam will fill this need, for it is a cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society
- This (Krsna consciousness movement) is a cultural mission for enlightenment of the entire human society
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- When following in the footsteps of the brahmanas and Vaisnavas the entire society becomes a perfect human institution for combined progress to the highest perfection of life
- When one is perfect, he can render a service for the self-realization of the entire human society. This is the best way to perform humanitarian work
- Whenever Lord Krsna speaks about something to a specific devotee, it is meant not only for that devotee but for all devotees, and indeed for the entire human society