Category:Good Opportunity
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that an intelligent person must recognize and utilize the unique opportunities afforded by the Supreme Lord for spiritual advancement. The primary and most valuable opportunity is the human form of life, which is compared to a sturdy boat designed specifically to cross the ocean of material nescience. Unlike the animal species, which are limited to basic biological functions, the human form provides the facility to cultivate spiritual knowledge and solve the problem of repeated birth and death. A secondary good opportunity is taking birth in a suitable family—such as that of a devotee or a learned brāhmaṇa—where the principles of bhāgavata-dharma are taught from childhood.
Furthermore, every circumstance in a devotee's life can be transformed into a good opportunity for service. Whether it is utilizing one's university education, preaching in major cities like London or Moscow, or even being placed in a restricted environment like a prison, the opportunity to chant the holy names and distribute transcendental literature remains open. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meticulously organized to provide these opportunities to remember the Lord in every nook and corner of the world. By taking these opportunities seriously and avoiding the distractions of material illusion, a sincere soul ensures their own spiritual success and facilitates the liberation of others.
- The Boat of Human Life: The human body is a fortunate gift from the Lord that serves as a vehicle to cross the dangerous ocean of material existence.
- Auspicious Birth: Taking birth in a family of devotees is a significant opportunity that allows for the cultivation of spiritual knowledge from a very young age.
- Service and Preaching: Every location—from universities to international cities—presents a unique and valuable opportunity to spread the message of Godhead.
- Constant Remembrance: The meticulous nature of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement ensures that individuals have a good opportunity to remember the Lord in all circumstances.
- The Danger of Illusion: Failing to utilize the rare facilities of human life due to material illusion leads to the loss of one's greatest spiritual opportunity.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: An Intelligent Man Should Utilize Good Opportunities.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Good Opportunity"
The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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- A snake and a mouse were once caught in a basket. Now, since the mouse is food for the snake, this was a good opportunity for the snake
- Achyutananda is getting good opportunities to move amongst enlightened circle in Calcutta, so if some of our advanced students go to India for this purpose, that will be a great achievement
- An intelligent man should utilize good opportunities. The first opportunity is the human form of life, and the second opportunity is to take birth in a suitable family where there is cultivation of spiritual knowledge
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- I had also very much affection for Amrtananda, but if, as you report, there was some connection with Krishna at the last moment, then we have not to doubt that he will get good opportunity to advance further in Krishna Consciousness
- I had good opportunities to become a very rich businessman. An astrologer even told me that I should have become as rich as the wealthiest man in India. There were very good chances
- I'll speak something, you may forget, but if you read from the book, you will get good opportunity to understand the philosophy
- It is understood that there are gardens called nandana-kanana in which there is good opportunity for association with angelic, beautiful women and having a profuse supply of somarasa wine. Such bodily happiness is certainly sensual. BG 1972 purports
- It is very good news that you are holding kirtanas at universities; I (Prabhupada) very much appreciate your endeavors for holding Kirtana. Krishna has given you good opportunity for serving and you are doing it sincerely
- It will be great advantage if you can chant so much as one lac of Names daily, and also read scriptures. This is good opportunity for you to learn to sing all the verses in the Srimad Bhagwatam
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- Now please take the good opportunity to learn how to practically prosecute Krsna Consciousness Movement so that you may help start new centers for expanding our program to every nook and corner, village and city
- Now your daughter has a very good opportunity to make final solution to her births in the material world, so keep her very nicely. Krishna will be kind upon you for this
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- She has agreed to be the President of our Bombay Board of Trustees for building up the Juhu project. This is a good opportunity. So she, along with our other big Life Members, can form this Committee., and our own men will give direction
- So nature's mercy is that as soon as you think that you will enjoy life like this, she will give you good opportunity. That means changing a body
- Such births (birth in brahmana family or in the family of rich merchants) afford higher chances for self-realization. If these chances are misused due to illusion, one loses the good opportunity of human life afforded by the almighty Lord
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- The 10th January they are selling tickets for admission, and again on the 22nd January the premier showing of the movie "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" has been donated to us. So both are good opportunities to raise funds
- The Caitanya Candrodaya temple offers one a good opportunity to associate with devotees. Let us all take advantage of this opportunity
- The demons, instead of utilizing the good opportunity, misused the brahminical culture due to being puffed up by vanity in becoming brahmanas
- The Krsna consciousness movement is so meticulous that it gives one a good opportunity to remember Krsna somehow or other
- They (exalted kings who practiced austerities & penances namely Dhruva, Ambarisa and so on) set the example for those who have acquired this good opportunity of a beautiful human form of life with all the facilities for economic development & good living
- They are satisfied if they get good opportunity for sleeping. That's all. That is ignorance
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- We have got an invitation from one professor at the University of Moscow to speak there, so it is a good opportunity for spreading Krishna Consciousness
- We have got the good . . . greatest opportunity to solve this problem of repetition of birth
- We, the conditioned souls, have fallen in the ocean of nescience, but the human body fortunately provides us a good opportunity to cross the ocean because the human body is like a very good boat
- When India was divided into Hindustan and Pakistan, there was good opportunity for the Hindu Indians to follow strictly the principles of Bhagavad Gita, and the state religion should have been declared Krishna Consciousness