Category:Greatest Contribution
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda defines the concept of the "Greatest Contribution" not as material welfare or temporary relief, but as the dissemination of transcendental knowledge which liberates the living entity from ignorance and suffering. He emphasizes that the authentic presentation of Vedic literature, specifically the science of devotional service given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, is the highest gift to humanity. This contribution encompasses the distribution of books, the scientific purification of consciousness through the chanting of the Holy Names, and the global preaching mission intended to spiritualize modern society.
- Knowledge as the Ultimate Gift: Human society suffers due to ignorance and sinful reactions; therefore, providing spiritual enlightenment and knowledge of the self and God is the only true remedy for material misery.
- The Science of Devotion: Unlike sentimental religion, the process of bhakti-yoga presented by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is a scientific method for purifying the senses and engaging them in the service of the Lord.
- The Power of Vedic Literature: The translation and distribution of authoritative texts like Srimad-Bhagavatam constitute a desire tree of knowledge that satisfies all human inquiries when presented scientifically.
- Simplicity and Spontaneity: The greatest contribution is accessible even to children; the spontaneous chanting of Hare Krsna and dancing is the perfect and easiest yoga system for this age.
- Global Spiritualization: The mission to introduce Krsna consciousness to the Western world is viewed as a pivotal move to uplift the entire human civilization by spiritualizing its leading nations.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Greatest Contribution - Giving Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to Human Society.
Pages in category "Greatest Contribution"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- I like this idea of distributing books and preaching, that is Lord Chaitanya's plan, and because you are doing it so nicely you are already making the greatest contribution, so what need there is for some special instruction from me
- If we can administer the spiritual advancement of life in the proper way, as they are in our Vedic literatures, so we can contribute greatest contribution to the world, and that will glorify India's name
- It will be a great contribution to human society if this authorized information from the Vedic literature is presented to the modern world on the basis of modern scientific understanding
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- Spontaneous response: dancing, Hare Krsna. That's all. This is the easiest method. So the greatest contribution to the human society. Do it
- Srila Rupa Gosvami has given us so many books, especially Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, to understand the science of devotional service. This is the greatest contribution of Rupa Gosvami: how to become a devotee
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is the greatest contribution of Vedic literature. In the Vedic literature we find a desire tree. Whatever knowledge you want to derive, there is in the Vedic literature, and SB is described as nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam
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- The greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'
- The Lord Caitanya's philosophy - that is the greatest contribution to the world - that these living entities who are hankering after happiness by different process - but that happiness is available when your senses or consciousness are pure
- The Western learned circle, they are admitting that the greatest contribution of Hare Krsna movement is these authentic translation of Vedic literature
- This is greatest contribution of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to fight against this attack of material influence
- This is the greatest contribution of Srila Rupa Gosvami, how to become a devotee. It is not sentiment; it is science. This Krsna consciousness movement is a great science
- This is the greatest contribution; our books have given us a respectable position. People have no faith in this church or temple worship. Those days are gone
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- We are giving a great contribution to the human society, to understand God, or Krsna. This is Krsna consciousness movement. So you can understand God by becoming a devotee. That is not very difficult task
- With this (Krsna consciousness) mission, I have come to your country with the hope that if the American people take it very seriously, then it will be the greatest contribution to the world
- With this mission, I have come to your country with the hope that if the American people take it very seriously, then it will be the greatest contribution to the world