Category:Following the Direction
Theme Analysis
The path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is fundamentally a science of directed action. Śrīla Prabhupāda compares spiritual life to a medical treatment: just as a patient cannot cure their disease by whimsically deciding how to take medicine, a conditioned soul cannot attain spiritual perfection by manufacturing their own methods or interpretations of the Bhagavad-gītā. To cure the disease of material existence, one must strictly follow the directions given by the śāstras (scriptures) and the bona fide spiritual master. By executing devotional duties and regulative principles under this authorized guidance, a devotee can easily control the maddened elephant of the mind, awaken ecstatic love of Godhead, and ultimately realize Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours a day. Whether one is born high or low, success is guaranteed simply by following the prescribed direction without deviation.
- The Medical Analogy: Just as a patient must follow the label on a medicine bottle and the diet prescribed by a physician to be cured, a conditioned soul must follow the exact directions of the śāstras and the spiritual master to be freed from material disease.
- Rejecting Whimsical Manufacturing: Manufacturing one's own interpretations of texts like the Bhagavad-gītā leads to deviation and failure. Real understanding and protection come only through the paramparā system.
- Controlling the Mind: The mind is like a maddened elephant, but by rigidly following the rules and regulations under authorized direction, it is easily brought under control, allowing one to escape the clutches of māyā.
- The Ultimate Revelation: By following the prescribed direction, a devotee naturally pleases the spiritual master, thereby pleasing Kṛṣṇa (yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ), and is guaranteed to eventually see the Lord face-to-face.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Curing the Material Disease by Following the Direction of the Spiritual Master.
Pages in category "Following the Direction"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- A brahmana is supposed to know this fact (one can perfect his duties only serving God) due to his perfection in Vedic wisdom. The other sections are supposed to follow the direction of the brahmana Vaisnava
- As soon as you become Krsna conscious and you follow the rules and regulations under the direction of your bona fide spiritual master, at that time you become yourself bona fide
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- Devotional service is so perfect that simply by following the rules and regulations and executing them under the direction of the spiritual master, one is liberated, as it is said herein (in SB 3.33.10), from the clutches of maya, even in this body
- Duties on the spiritual platform and duties on the material platform may be different, but the principle of following the authorized direction is always good for the performer. BG 1972 purports
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- I am teacher, my business is to give them direction. So if they follow the direction, their business is successful
- I understand you are now at the Bhaktivedanta Manor assisting Mukunda in strictly following the parampara and encouraging all the devotees in that direction
- If we follow the direction and instruction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Krsna under the guidance of a superior, bona fide spiritual master, then we associate with Krsna or Caitanya Mahaprabhu without any deviation
- If we follow the direction of Krsna, how to appreciate Him, then naturally and surely we shall come to the point to understand Krsna, although He is all-expansive
- If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the directions written on the label. We cannot take the medicine according to our own whim or the direction of a friend. BG 1972 Introduction
- If you are situated in the third stage nicely - that means if you follow the regulative principles under my direction - then the fourth stage automatically comes
- If you follow the direction of the bottle label then you get benefit. Similarly, here is the direction: evam parampara-praptam (BG 4.2). You have to understand Bhagavad-gita from the disciplic succession, and that it means one who is devotee
- If you get right guru, then you are liberated. If you follow the direction, if you want to please him, yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah, then you are liberated
- If your friends who are "educated and ambitious band of young workers" will agree to follow my direction, I think they can render a great service to the human society
- It is not the question of whether it is pleasurable or nonpleasurable, but if you want to cure yourself from the disease, you have to follow the directions. That is the process
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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 difficulty is that we do not follow the direction of the sastras, therefore we are misguided. As I was speaking the other day, because we have forgotten Krsna for time immemorial, therefore these books are there
- The physician is giving some medicine and some diet. So if we follow the directions of the physician and eat the diet prescribed by him, there is hope of curing the disease. This is one way
- The spirit of Bhagavad-gita is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita itself. It is just like this. If we want to take a particular medicine, then we have to follow the particular direction mentioned on the label of the medicine
- The words devarsi-carananusayana indicate that Maharaja Priyavrata, having fully surrendered to the great sage Devarsi Narada, was strictly following all the devotional processes and regulative principles under his direction
- There is no disqualification because one is low born and high born. Everyone can take. But he must follow the direction of the proper guide
- To become Krsna conscious is not very difficult job. Simply you have to follow the direction. That's all. But if you manufacture your own meaning, commentation on Bhagavad-gita, then you are deviated. You are lost
- To follow the direction of Bhagavad-gita means
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- You should be assured that "Because I'm following strictly the direction of my spiritual master and sastras, certainly I shall meet Krsna"
- You will see Krsna gradually. He will be revealed. He'll be present immediately. It is all revelation. Not that by your eyes you can see. But if you follow the prescription, the direction, you will see Krsna daily, always, twenty-four hours