Category:Influential
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the concept of being influential is often misunderstood in the material world, where society measures importance by temporary wealth, power, and physical beauty. However, true influence is spiritual and stems directly from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who controls the rotation of planets and empowers the demigods. He emphasizes the profound power of association, noting that the most influential force on a conditioned soul is the company they keep. Therefore, he instructs his followers to seek the association of saintly persons and simultaneously preach to influential members of society, knowing that when prominent leaders take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the common people will naturally follow their glorious example.
- The Supreme Controller of All Influence: The ultimate source of all power and influence is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who maintains the cosmic manifestation and subordinates even the greatest demigods.
- The Illusion of Material Prominence: Materially influential positions, wealth, and opulence are temporary and can be vanquished at any moment by the supreme will, exposing the folly of demoniac pride.
- The Transforming Power of Association: Spiritual association is supremely influential; regular contact with pure devotees purifies the heart, whereas associating with materialistic people degrades one's consciousness.
- Engaging Leaders for the Benefit of Society: Preaching to influential figures such as teachers, politicians, and intellectuals is crucial because their acceptance of spiritual principles inspires the general populace to follow suit.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Truly Influential - Spiritual Prowess and the Power of Association.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "Influential"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- A teacher's position is always influential; so your sincere effort for kirtana may be followed by some of your students and co-workers. This means that your sincere service will be utilized more fruitfully among educated people
- A Vaisnava can understand that nothing within this material world, not even that which is powerful, opulent or influential, can endure. At any time such things may be vanquished. And who can vanquish them? The Supreme Personality of Godhead
- According to our material calculation, if one is very rich, he's attractive. If one is very influential, he's attractive. If one is very wise, he's attractive. If one is very beautiful, he's attractive. In this way, we attract
- Although the demoniac person sees others equally rich and influential, or even more so, he thinks that no one is richer than him and that no one is more influential than him. BG 1972 purports
- Association is very influential. Satam prasangat. Sangat sanjayate kamah. If you associate with drunkards, you become a drunkard. If you associate with sadhu, then you become sadhu
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- Both of them (President of Chaitanya Research Institute and influential officer) are very responsible men and they are trying very sincerely to their best capacity to get the exchange sanctioned. But till now there is no hopeful signal from both of them
- By her (mother Sarasvati's) grace he (Kesava Kasmiri) was an extremely influential scholar, and he was the greatest champion among all the scholars in the four corners of the country
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- He (Abhirama Thakura) was a very influential personality, and nondevotees were very much afraid of him. Empowered by Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he was always in ecstasy and was extremely kind to all fallen souls
- He (Yayati) performed more than one thousand different sacrifices, gave in charity very liberally and was a very influential king. His majestic power was felt all over the world
- He is very influential man and has rendered sincere service to my Guru Maharaja by translating many Goswami literatures in Telugu language, as well as in English. With his cooperation there is possibility of opening a branch in Bombay
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- I am negotiating with some local, influential Indian gentleman for the world Samkirtan Party. They have also given some hopes, and the preaching work here is also going on nicely
- Influential stars, planets, luminaries and atoms all over the universe are rotating in their respective orbits under the direction of the Supreme, represented by eternal kala
- Interplanetary travel by the denizens of higher planets is easy. In many statements in Bhagavatam, we have observed that the demigods from heaven used to visit this earth to attend sacrifices performed by influential kings and emperors
- It is the duty of all citizens in a state never to insult the king, even though he sometimes appears to have done something very sinful. Because of his prowess, the king is always more influential than all other ruling chiefs
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- Since every woman in this world wants her husband to be very influential, rich and powerful, Puranjana, to seduce the girl, introduced himself as such a personality
- Such are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opulent, experienced, influential and educated, but if one still thinks himself lower than straw in the street, one attracts the attention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Lord Krsna
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- The demigods, such as Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, King Indra, Candra and Surya, are all subordinate to the SPG. Aside from the demigods, even in human society there are many influential personalities supervising various businesses or establishments
- The saintly King Uttanapada, hearing of the glorious deeds of Dhruva Maharaja and personally seeing also how influential and great he was, felt very satisfied, for Dhruva's activities were wonderful to the supreme degree
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is certainly not known to everyone, but He is very powerful and influential
- To be influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, challenging and charitable, to control the bodily necessities, to be forgiving, to be attached to the brahminical nature and to be always jolly and truthful - these are the symptoms of the ksatriya
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- We may have a neighbor who is very wealthy, influential, wise, strong and beautiful, and we may speculate about his opulence, but if we make friends with him, we can understand his position by listening to him speak about himself
- We want all influential men to sympathize with our movement. That is our aim, because if these big men are sympathetic then all the common people will follow
- Why have we taken so much land (in Mayapur)? Those who are seriously desirous - they will come and live with us. Association is very influential. If you associate with drunkards, you become drunk; if you associate with sadhus, then you become a sadhu