Category:Good Example
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda consistently emphasizes that practical action is far more powerful than theoretical instruction. In the realm of spiritual leadership, setting a good example through strict adherence to regulative principles is the most effective way to teach disciples, children, and society at large. The Vedic literatures provide perfect historical examples to follow: Arjuna perfectly dovetailed his desires with Kṛṣṇa's, Mahārāja Pṛthu demonstrated ideal karma-yoga, and King Parīkṣit exhibited the highest stage of ecstatic devotion. Furthermore, great preachers like Lord Jesus Christ serve as the ultimate examples of genuine saintliness and perseverance in the face of adversity. Śrīla Prabhupāda also utilizes everyday examples and analogies—such as an electrician or a sealed honey bottle—to brilliantly illustrate complex transcendental truths, proving that philosophy must always be grounded in practical reality.
- Teaching by Action: Simply preaching is insufficient; leaders and parents must instruct their dependents by setting an impeccable, practical example.
- Dovetailing Desires: Pure devotion means abandoning personal motives to execute the will of the Supreme Lord, just as Arjuna did on the battlefield.
- Historical Benchmarks: Exalted rulers from Vedic history serve as perfect examples of governance, devotion, and character for modern leaders to emulate.
- Perseverance in Preaching: Sincere preachers should never become discouraged by a lack of response, taking inspiration from the good example of great sadhus who sacrificed everything for God consciousness.
- Analogies for Truth: Material examples are frequently used by ācāryas to make the profound, impartial nature of the Supreme Lord accessible to the conditioned soul.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: A Good Example is Better Than Precept.
Pages in category "Good Example"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- A good example in this regard (the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be partial; He is always equal to everyone) is that an electrician connects both a heater and a cooler to the same electrical energy
- Arjuna is a good example. On his own sentiment, due to family affection, Arjuna did not want to fight, but finally, after hearing Srimad Bhagavad-gita, he agreed to fight in the interests of the Lord
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- I am glad to hear that you are now concentrating on improving the regulative life of the temple rather than so much advertising with brochures. This is very nice; this is what I want. A good example is better than precept
- It appears that the Personality of Godhead, Lord Siva and other devotees, in spite of their being situated in exalted positions, instructed by practical example how to offer obeisances to their superiors
- It is very difficult to find out a true Christian who is strictly following the words of Lord Jesus Christ. So he is a good example of sadhu. We therefore adore and offer our obeisances to Lord Christ. Sadhu, example
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- The best way to instruct the initiates is by your own good example
- The historical references to exalted kings serve as a good example for present rulers. Those who are ruling the world at the present moment should take lessons from King Gaya, King Yudhisthira and King Prthu
- The life and dedication of Maharaja Prthu in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead serve as a good example of karma-yoga
- The Lord has emphatically declared that no one can vanquish His devotee under any circumstances. A good example is Ambarisa Maharaja
- There are many good examples in the lives of the great devotees of the Lord of those who became indifferent to the rituals of the Vedas simply by devotional service to the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- This (CC Madhya 9.98) is a good example of a person who had become so successful that he was able to capture the attention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu even while reading the Bhagavad-gita incorrectly
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- You go on for millions of years licking on the honey bottle, you’ll never taste what is honey. This is a good example. Don’t think, - Now I have got the bottle of honey, let me lick it up
- You have given this chance to your beloved son to be saved from the repetition of birth and death, and your good example must be followed by all mothers in America