Category:Natural Disturbances
Theme Analysis
The material world is characterized by threefold miseries, one of which is adhidaivika-kleśa, or suffering caused by natural disturbances such as earthquakes, severe weather, and famines. Throughout his teachings, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that these calamities are not random occurrences but direct reactions to the increasing demoniac population and godless activities, particularly in the current age of Kali-yuga. While foolish materialists attempt to manufacture temporary remedial measures to combat these forces, they cannot escape the stringent laws of nature. The only true relief from these overwhelming miseries is to take complete shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. By awakening Kṛṣṇa consciousness, a sincere soul attains the transcendental platform and remains undisturbed by all worldly afflictions.
- The Threefold Miseries: Every living entity in the material world is subjected to miseries arising from the body and mind (adhyātmika), other living entities (adhibhautika), and natural disturbances (adhidaivika).
- The Demoniac Cause of Calamities: Severe weather, earthquakes, and pestilence are directly correlated with the rise of godless populations. In Kali-yuga, natural disasters increase proportionally with the sinful activities of human society.
- The Futility of Mundane Solutions: Materialists foolishly invent various technological and political remedies to counteract the forces of nature, but their attempts only lead to further anxiety and frustration.
- The Shelter of Transcendence: A sincere devotee who takes full shelter of the Supreme Lord is elevated above the influence of material nature. On the transcendental platform, they remain peaceful and completely undisturbed by natural calamities.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Natural Disturbances - One of the Threefold Material Miseries.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Natural Disturbances"
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- An intelligent person knows that he does not want miseries, but they are inflicted upon him by force. As stated before, we are always in a miserable condition due to this mind, body, natural disturbances, or other living entities
- As long as the body is there it is subjected to the influence of climatic changes, disease and natural disturbances, the threefold miseries of material existence. We cannot avoid them
- As soon as you become submissive, surrender to Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there will be no more natural disturbances
- At the present day, especially in this age of Kali, these disturbances (natural disturbances) are always visible, which indicates that the demoniac population has certainly increased
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- Due to the gross and subtle bodies, he (nitya-baddha jivas) is subjected to the threefold miseries, miseries arising from the body and mind, other living entities and natural disturbances caused by demigods from higher planetary systems
- Due to this supernatural power of Svaphalka, his son Akrura was considered equally powerful, and people were under the impression that wherever Akrura or his father stayed there would be no natural disturbances, such as famine or drought
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- Emotion is caused by something very dear, by something very detestable, by fire, strong wind, strong rainfall, by some natural disturbance, the sight of a big elephant, or the sight of an enemy
- Even people have no idea what he's going to eat tomorrow. Actually, these things are coming. Manda-bhagya, most unfortunate. And upadrutah, always disturbed by many natural disturbances, health disturbances, political disturbances. This is the position
- Every living entity within this material world is always afflicted by some kind of miseries, pertaining either to the body, the mind or natural disturbances
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- He (who took complete shelter of the Lord) is transcendental to all these miseries - due to the body, the mind, or natural disturbances of summer and winter
- He is thus ready to suffer the threefold miseries - miseries brought about by the body and mind, the inimical behavior of other living entities and natural disturbances caused by the demigods
- He's not disturbed by mental anxieties, bodily disease, natural disturbances and fighting or quarreling with other living entities
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- If you waste time in foolish activity, then there will be anxiety, there will be disease, there will be enemies, there will be disturbance. Natural disturbance, disturbance by other living creatures, disturbance by your body. This world will become hell
- If you waste your time in foolish activity, then there will be anxiety, there will be disease, there will be enemies. Natural disturbance, disturbance by other living creatures, disturbance by your body. So this world will become hell
- In former days there were only two demons (Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa) - those born of Diti - yet there were so many disturbances
- In the present age the number of demoniac people is increasing; therefore natural disturbances are also increasing. There is no doubt about this, as we can understand from the statements of the Bhagavatam
- It is to be understood that the demoniac population is increasing and so the natural disturbance is also taking place. There are many countries on the globe, even at the present moment, where all these disturbances are current
- It is to be understood that the demoniac population is increasing and so the natural disturbance is also taking place. This is true all over the world
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- Natural death means I will be encumbered with so many things, natural disturbance of this body, the disturbance, they'll be choked up, and cough, mucus, so many things
- Nature is always troubling you, either by excessive heat or either by excessive cold or by some by natural disturbance - some earthquake, some famine, some pestilence; then there are bodily disturbances, disease, mental disturbances
- No one can escape the threefold miseries of materialistic life, namely (3) miseries inflicted upon us by natural disturbances from earthquakes, famines, droughts, floods, epidemics, and so on
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- On the birth of the two demons (Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu) there were many natural disturbances, all very fearful and wonderful, in the heavenly planets, the earthly planets and in between them
- One who has completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord in Krsna consciousness is in the transcendental stage; he is not disturbed by any miseries, either due to the body, the mind, or natural disturbances of summer and winter
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- The citizens of Dvaraka felt themselves threatened with pestilence and natural disturbances due to the absence of Akrura from the city
- The conditioned soul suffers many miserable bodily conditions, such as being affected by severe cold and strong winds. He also suffers due to the activities of other living beings and due to natural disturbances
- The gopis prayed to the demigods to create some natural disturbance, such as a hurricane, storm or heavy rainfall, so that Krsna could not go to Mathura
- The living entity can attain the transcendental happiness of being freed from the three kinds of material miseries - miseries arising from the body and mind, from other living entities and from natural disturbances
- The material world, or material existential life, is filled with threefold miseries: miseries pertaining to the body and mind, miseries pertaining to natural disturbances and miseries inflicted by other living entities
- The three kinds of miserable conditions-adhyatmika, adhibhautika & adhidaivika (miseries inflicted by the body & mind itself, those inflicted by other living entities & natural disturbances) - were all absent during the reign of Ramacandra or Yudhisthira
- The threefold material miseries are miseries arising from the body and the mind, miseries arising from dealings with other living entities, and miseries arising from natural disturbances
- The threefold miseries are (1) those miseries which arise from the mind and body, (2) those miseries inflicted by other living beings, and (3) those miseries arising from natural catastrophes over which one has no control
- The Visnudutas are worshiped with respectful obeisances by the demigods and are always very alert to protect the devotees of the Lord from the hands of enemies, from natural disturbances and from all dangerous conditions in this material world
- There are multifarious miseries in material existence - those pertaining to the body and the mind, those imposed by other living entities and those imposed by natural disturbances. But a sadhu is not disturbed by such miserable conditions
- This is an instance of emotion resulting from a natural disturbance
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- We can learn from the description of the Srimad-Bhagavatam that it is because of the birth of two great demons that there were so many natural disturbances
- We shall enjoy material life at the same time become God. These cheap things are exhibited by the demons, and when a demon is born,the natural disturbances are there
- When natural disturbances occur on a planet, one should understand that a demon must have taken birth there
- When there are natural disturbances like blowing cyclones, too much heat or snowfall, and uprooting of trees by hurricanes, it is to be understood that the demoniac population is increasing
- When there are natural disturbances, we must know that there is some demonic principle. That is stated in the all vedic scriptures