Category:Misgiving
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the fundamental cause of all misgivings is the living entity's misidentification with the material body and the subsequent forgetfulness of their eternal relationship with God. These misgivings constitute the "knot in the heart" which binds the soul to the cycle of birth and death. The analysis reveals that these obstacles are not permanent; they can be completely vanquished through the process of bhakti-yoga, specifically by chanting the transcendental vibration of the holy names and following the instructions of the spiritual master. As one progresses from initial faith to the stage of anartha-nivrtti, all doubts and material attachments are cleared away, paving the way for pure love of God.
- The Root of Misgiving: The primary illusion is the false consciousness that "I am this body" and "I am independent," which leads to a life of fear, mistake, and suffering in the material world.
- The Process of Cleansing: The chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is identified as the most potent method for cleansing the mirror of the mind and removing the dirt of material misgivings.
- The Role of Association: By associating with pure devotees and strictly following the regulative principles under the guidance of a spiritual master, one is freed from the clutches of material existence.
- Stages of Liberation: The path of advancement moves from faith (sraddha) to association (sadhu-sanga) to the clearing of unwanted things (anartha-nivrtti), culminating in steady faith (nistha) and attachment (asakti) to Krsna.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Vanquishing Misgivings of Material Existence.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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Pages in category "Misgiving"
The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
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- All these are the misgivings of loving affairs. Whoever listens to these incidents gets the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lotus feet very soon
- As one associates with devotees and tries to adopt the means instructed by the spiritual master in his own life, his misgivings and other obstacles are vanquished by his execution of devotional service
- Association with pure devotees certainly frees one from the material clutches. This is certainly true of King Rahugana's association with Jada Bharata. King Rahugana was immediately freed from the misgivings of material association
- Attaining scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead means seeing one's own self simultaneously. As far as the identity of the living being as spirit self is concerned, there are a number of speculations and misgivings
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- I think that if you go on in this way and spend your whole time preaching and engaging others to hear you and become themselves engaged in Krishna's service, that will cure you of all misgivings and miserable conditions
- If a person is fortunate enough to vanquish all misgivings caused by material existence and rise up to the stage of nistha, he can then rise to the stages of ruci (taste) and asakti (attachment for the Lord). Asakti is the beginning of love of Godhead
- If one is engaged in chanting and hearing with devotion and faith, his material misgivings gradually become vanquished
- If we are always afraid of our mistakes, Krishna will save us from all such misgivings and even imperceptibly we commit some mistake, He will forgive us
- In order to drive out all misgivings which the gross materialists of the world may have, Arjuna asked all relevant questions, and the answers were given by Krsna so that any layman can understand them
- In order to rectify this misgiving (I am independent. I shall work independently), we have to work for many births. In this regard, the name of Krsna is especially significant. Krs means "repetition of birth," and na means - one who checks
- In the beginning your inquisitiveness that "I want to understand," that is faith. Then next stage is association of persons who know, sadhu-sanga. Then initiation. Then disappearance of all misgivings. Then steady faith
- In the third stage, if you follow the regulative principle and chant with some prescribed number, numerical strength, then your all misgivings will be over automatically
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- One becomes situated in trance (after practicing yoga), or samadhi which means that the yogi realizes the Supersoul through transcendental mind and intelligence, without any of the misgivings of identifying the self with the Superself. BG 1972 purports
- One whose mind, intelligence, faith and refuge are always in Krsna, or, in other words, one who is fully in Krsna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and is in perfect knowledge in everything concerning transcendence. BG 1972 pur
- Only persons who perform activities in KC are actually entitled to be called Brahman, because they are actually endeavoring to reach the Krsna planet. Such persons have no misgivings about Krsna, and thus they are factually Brahman. BG 1972 purports
- Our request is that there is no loss on your part. You kindly take this mantra and chant. Begin chanting Hare Krsna. Then the result will be, gradually, all the misgivings within our heart will be cleansed
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- The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the lord of all I survey
- The first and foremost of such devotional engagements is hearing about Krsna. This is a very powerful transcendental method for purging the mind of all misgivings
- The first sign of misgivings was exhibited in the cursing of such a greatly intelligent and devoted king as Maharaja Pariksit because the age of Kali began to act just after the assumption of power by Maharaja Pariksit
- The next stage, after being freed from misgivings - attachment for the real identity, ruci
- The potent words of such realized souls (saints and sages) penetrate the heart, thereby eradicating all misgivings accumulated through years of undesirable association
- The present form of human life is a chance of realizing your eternal life. Do not spoil your life simply by serving the misgiven mind and the uncontrolled senses. Please do not become your own enemy by your own self
- The unrest of the world is not created by God, but it is so done by the misgiven mind of the sensuous man
- The yogi realizes the Supersoul through transcendental mind and intelligence, without any of the misgivings of identifying the self with the Superself
- They (leaders of India) have carefully set aside the treasure house of India's spiritual asset and they are imitating the westernised material way of life constantly engaged in the acts of error of judgement, misgivings, imperfectness and duplicity
- This is a very powerful transcendental method (hearing about Krsna) for purging the mind of all misgivings. The more one hears about Krsna, the more one becomes enlightened & detached from everything that draws the mind away from Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- Those who are duskrtina. . . Duskrtina means very intelligent, but the intelligence is being misused in mischief-mongering. They are called duskrtina. Krti. Krti means very nice brain, but duskrti - the brain is used for creating misgivings
- Through association of devotees, one is placed in devotional service, and by this service Krsna's activities, form, pastimes, name, etc., become clear, and all misgivings are dispelled. BG 1972 purports
- Thus the knot in the heart is pierced, and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions is terminated when one sees the self as master.
- To follow the instructions of a Spiritual Master is to follow the instructions of the Supreme Person. And as soon as we are accustomed to this habit, then all our misgivings of material existence are over
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- When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation. BG 5.17 - 1972
- When we are out of misgivings, we come to the platform of increasing attachment for God. So this attachment, when it is perfectional stage, it is called love of God
- Within one hour, the whole Bhagavad-gita was discussed, and Sri Krsna set forth the perfection of all yoga systems to His friend Arjuna. At the end of this great discourse, Arjuna set aside his misgivings and fought