Category:Main Business
Theme Analysis
The teachings in this category focus on what Śrīla Prabhupāda identified as the ultimate and singular purpose of human existence. While the lower species of life are consumed entirely by the bodily demands of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, the human form offers the unique intelligence required to inquire into the Absolute Truth. Śrīla Prabhupāda frequently stresses that regardless of our material occupations, social standing, or necessary economic endeavors, our primary duty—our "main business"—is to realize our spiritual identity, stop the cycle of birth and death, and revive our dormant loving service to the Supreme Lord.
- Inquiring into the Absolute Truth: The human form of life is an exceedingly rare opportunity. Its primary function, as outlined in the Vedānta-sūtra, is athāto brahma jijñāsā—to inquire about the spirit soul and the Supreme Lord.
- Escaping the Cycle of Birth and Death: The material world is a place of suffering designed to punish those who have rebelled against God. The main business of human life is to learn the science of getting out of this temporary world of skins and bones.
- Reviving Our Loving Relationship with God: Ignorance of spiritual laws is no excuse. Every human being is responsible for understanding God, thinking of Him constantly, and reawakening their dormant love for Him through devotional service.
- Our Constitutional Position of Service: The eternal nature of the soul is to be a servant of Kṛṣṇa. Acting in any capacity—whether as a brāhmaṇa, śūdra, or sannyāsī—must ultimately align with carrying out the orders of the Supreme Lord.
- The Illusion of Material Improvement: Modern society heavily emphasizes economic development and sense gratification. However, wasting the valuable human life on temporary material adjustments while neglecting Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a devastating loss.
- The Duty of Preachers and Sannyāsīs: For those who have dedicated their lives to the renounced order or as preachers, their sole business is to travel, train others, and broadly distribute Kṛṣṇa consciousness through saṅkīrtana.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Main Business of Human Life Is Self-Realization.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "Main Business"
The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
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- Accept Krsna as He says. That's all. Finished. That is the main business. Our philosophy is simple because we take it, Krsna's word, as it is, that's all. And we believe it firmly
- Actually the human life is meant for being educated that he is not this body; he is soul. That is the Vedanta-sutra philosophy, to inquire about the spirit soul. That is our main business
- Although Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees in disciplic succession can defeat all kinds of learned scholars, scientists and philosophers in arguments but their main business as preachers is to introduce sankirtana everywhere
- And what is the main business of material nature? Just to beat you with shoes. That is nature. Therefore we are suffering in this material world. Because we have taken shelter of the material nature
- As a Krsna consciousness person, he can act like anything by the order of Krsna. He can act as a brahmana, he can act as a sudra, because his main business is to carry out Krsna's order
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- Because our main business is sense gratification. So we cannot enjoy all these senses fully in one kind of body. There is some defect. Just like we are trying to gratify our senses by flying to another planet, moon planet
- Because we are not meant for this service. We are, as Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches, jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa (CC Madhya 20.108-109). Our main business is to serve Krsna
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- First consideration is self-realization. Therefore you'll find Vedic civilization very simple because they took it main business, self-realization
- Followers of the smrti-sastra are called smartas. Most of them are nondevotees, and their main business is following the brahminical principles strictly. However, they are not enlightened in devotional service
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- I am getting gradually older, therefore even if I remain in your country, I shall restrain my moving and my main business will be henceforward to train you all my disciples for preaching work. I think you will approve of my program
- If one accepts the sannyasa order, his main business is to devote his life completely to the service of Mukunda, Krsna
- If you want to know what is the car, that is secondary; that is not your main business. The main business is how to utilize the car and go to my destination. That is intelligence
- Ignorance is no excuse. If there is law and if you do not know the law, and you commit offense, that is no excuse, that you do not know the law. Similarly, human life is meant for understanding God. That is the main business of human life
- Ignorance is no excuse. If there is law, and if you do not know the law and you commit offense, that is no excuse, that you do not know the law. Similarly, human life is meant for understanding God. That is the main business of human life
- In our International Society for Krishna Consciousness, our main business is how to make advancement in Krsna consciousness. We are not enthusiastic about opening big, big factories with big, big money-earning machines. No
- In this age especially, in Kali-yuga we become very, very slow in spiritual progress, although that is our main business. But on account of this Kali-yuga, we are all very, very slow. We think that "Spiritual cultivation is meant for old age"
- It is the main business of an acarya to defy such imposters posing as God before the innocent public
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- No one should criticize the bodily defects of a pure devotee. If there are such defects, they should be overlooked. What should be taken into account is the spiritual master's main business, which is devotional service
- Now this human form of body, which is above the lower grades of forms. - There are 8,400,000 forms of body. The soul is transmigrating, evolution. But when we get this human form of body, our main business is to inquire about God
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- Of course, we require a living place and eating materials and sex arrangement or defense arrangement. That is required. You do that. But don't forget your main business. Then you are cats and dogs. Your main business is God realization
- Our main business is how to stop the cycle of birth and death - no more accepting the body. That is answered here, as Kapiladeva said, na anyatra mad bhagavatah pradhana-purusesvarat
- Our main business is in the human form of life how to get out of this material world. They do not know. They not only create family but also society, community, nation, In this way we are embarrassed
- Our main business is to become Krsna conscious. That is the main business of human life. If we waste our time striving for material improvement and forget to chant Hare Krsna, that will be a great loss
- Our real business, real education, is to understand, "What I am? I am not this body." But that education is lacking. So our main business is to understand that - I am not this body, and the bodily pains and pleasure, they are due to the change of season
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- Since our main business is to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can render service from any of the above-mentioned platforms of love - dasya-rasa, sakhya-rasa, vatsalya-rasa and madhurya-rasa
- Siva-jvara said, "Your (Krsna's) main business is to protect and maintain the demigods and spiritually inclined persons and to maintain the standard of material law and order"
- So long we are in the material world, the so-called happiness and distress will come and go, but our, the human life, the endeavor should be how to find out or revive our relationship with God. That is our main business
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- That (philanthropic work, some hospitalizing) is not the duty of a sannyasi. A sannyasi, a renounced order of life, his main business is to spread Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness. That is his real business
- That is our main business, how to get out of this material body of skins and bones. That is real business
- The Bhattacarya said, "Hearing Vedanta philosophy is a sannyasi's main business. Therefore without hesitation You should study Vedanta philosophy, hearing it without cessation from a superior person"
- The business is that we have to increase our attachment for God. This is our main business. We are attached to so many things. That is material life
- The main business is that one must know God. It is not that because I approach some person and he did not know, he could give me the right knowledge of God, then I give up this idea of knowing God. No. That will not..., that is not good for human life
- The main business of human society is to think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead at all times, to become His devotees, to worship the Supreme Lord and to bow down before Him
- The yogi's main business is to control the senses. That is real yoga. Yoga indriya-samyamah. Controlling the senses so that mind can be in a peaceful condition
- This is the main business of human life. Athato brahma jijnasa. The Vedanta-sutra says that this life is especially meant for developing or inquiring about our love with Krsna
- This is very important verse for understanding the aim of life. Jivasya tattva-jijnasa. Not that simply economic development for sense gratification. Tattva-jijnasa. What is the value of life? That is the main business
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- You may do anything as your occupational duty, but the real life is that you have to awaken your dormant Krsna consciousness, become eager to understand about Krsna. That is main business
- Your main business is if you want to make success, your life, then save time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. That is proper utilization of life. That does not depend on destiny
- Your main business is to take care of yourself as soul. That is your main business. This is called knowledge
- Your only business is to understand what you are, what God is, what is this world, what is your relationship. This is your main business. This is your main business. Not that you earn money and employ it for sense gratification