Category:Natural Life
Theme Analysis
The concept of a natural life is often misunderstood by modern society. People mistakenly equate it with regressing to animalistic behaviors, such as abandoning clothing or living without basic human decency. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda explicitly clarifies that such artificial regression is madness. True natural life, as defined by Vedic civilization, means living responsibly with full knowledge, minimizing artificial, machine-driven amenities, and engaging in one's prescribed duties (svadharmācaraṇam) according to the modes of material nature.
On a deeper, spiritual level, natural life means recognizing our eternal constitutional position. Because the living entity is an inseparable part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, our true, original nature is to act as His loving servants. When we forget this and artificially try to become the predominator or the master of the material world, we invite endless problems, suffering, and botheration. The modern, godless civilization is entirely artificial and unnatural. In moments of extreme danger, even atheists instinctively turn to God, proving that God consciousness is the actual, default setting of the soul.
The ultimate perfection of natural life is fully realized when our energy is completely purified from material inebrieties and dovetailed in Kṛṣṇa's service. This pristine, natural state of life is eternally manifested in the spiritual sky, specifically in Goloka Vṛndāvana and the Vaikuṇṭha planets. By adopting Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the sincere soul escapes the miseries of the condemned, artificial society and joyfully reawakens their original, beautiful, and supremely natural life of devotion.
- The Artificial Civilization: Modern, godless society is entirely artificial, creating endless problems and botheration by ignoring the soul's relationship with God.
- Simplicity and Prescribed Duties: A natural life involves minimizing dependence on machines and luxuries while faithfully executing one's prescribed duties.
- The Spiritual Reality: The true, original natural life of every living entity is to act as the eternal, loving servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Perfection of Existence: By engaging the purified senses in Kṛṣṇa's service, the soul experiences the eternal, natural life of the spiritual sky.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Natural Life - The Revival of Spiritual Consciousness.
Pages in category "Natural Life"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- Artificially, if one wants to become something else which he is not, then it is simply botheration. There is no happiness. An artificial life is not happiness. Natural life is happiness. So naturally we are servant of Krsna
- As far as possible try to adjust to a natural way of life free from dependence on machines
- As far as you are able to adjust to a natural way of life, do it immediately
B
- Because we are developed consciousness, we do not keep in natural life. We accept so many unnatural things. Therefore our knowledge becomes covered by unnatural material nature
- Best intelligence is to accept Supreme Lord, Krsna, as the predominator and be predominated by Him. That is our natural life. One who does not know, he falls down
- Both the King & the subjects were happy in discharge of worldly duties, thus protection of the citizens & enjoyment of natural life, with full cooperation of material nature, followed in Yudhisthira's reign & his worthy descendants like Maharaja Pariksit
I
- I am very pleased that you are finding your life becoming more and more beautiful. Krishna Conscious life is our natural life
- If God is great, and we are part and parcel of the Supreme, so our natural sequence, natural life, is to render service. That is our nature
- If you take to natural life and live peacefully and take to Krsna consciousness, that is your real life. And if you simply increase botheration and problems, then you'll have to suffer. That is the position of modern civilization
- If you think that natural life, animal life, to become naked and do all nonsense, then "All right. You, next life you become a tree, naked. Stand up naked for ten thousands of years." You want to be naked? That's all right
N
- Natural life means there are three modes of material nature. So somebody is affected or infected by some modes of material nature
- No child used to eat meat from the very birth. It was milk. So this is all artificial, the so-called conventions of human society. Natural life does not allow all these things
T
- The best thing is to revive our original Krsna consciousness and be engaged in the service of the Lord. That is natural life and that is possible in the spiritual sky or the Goloka Vrndavana
- The cowherd men and women in the villages lived a very natural life, and the women developed a natural feminine beauty, with full hips and breasts
- The first step is given there, that sva-dharmacaranam. Sva-dharmacaranam saktya. As far as possible, be situated in your natural life. Natural life means there are three modes of material nature
- The problems for lower animal is there when they are in the city, but if they live natural life, there is no problem
- The same jungle - I don't speak of the city life - even in jungle life, the aborigines, still they have got some cover. Now they are becoming naked, natural life, nudism
- These godless persons, when they're actually in danger, they think of God. I have seen it. Automatically they think of God. So this godlessness is not our natural life. To love God, that is our natural life
- This description (in SB 10.5.10) of the village women gives a clear example of the contrast between natural life and the artificial life of a condemned society, such as that of the Western countries
W
- When he (the living entity) is entrapped by material energy, he is conditioned, and when he is Krsna conscious, or aware of the spiritual energy, then he is in his real and natural state of life. BG 1972 purports
- When our energy is utilized in that way (in Krsna's service), our energy is purified from the contamination of material inebrieties, and thus we become fit for our original natural life of service to the Lord
- When the senses are purified and it is used for God's purpose, that is natural life. That is natural life