Category:No Control
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies a fundamental truth of material existence: the living entity actually has no control. Covered by illusion, we falsely think we are independent actors, but we are simply being tossed by the waves of material nature. We have no control over the mind, the senses, natural disasters, disease, or the specific body we are forced to accept in our next life. The stringent laws of material nature dictate all these outcomes. Furthermore, human society lacking the spiritual training to control the senses descends into chaotic, animalistic behavior. The only true controller is the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and those acting as His empowered agents. Therefore, the only way to escape the misery of the uncontrollable material ocean is to stop pretending to be the master, properly utilize our minute independence, and fully surrender to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- The Illusion of Independence: Rascals and demonic speculators falsely believe there is no supreme controller and that they are entirely independent, leading them to act whimsically without any control over their senses.
- Controlled by the Modes of Nature: Despite our grand plans, we are strictly under the grip of material nature. Our activities are automatically recorded, and we are forced by the laws of nature to accept our next body.
- Powerless Against Miseries: We have absolutely no control over the threefold miseries—specifically adhidaivika-kleśa, which includes natural disasters like snowstorms, earthquakes, famines, and the actions of the demigods.
- The Necessity of Sense Control: True yoga means indriya-saṃyama, or controlling the senses. A civilization or individual with no control over sex life or eating habits is considered fourth-class and cannot achieve liberation.
- The Supreme Controller: While there are many subordinate controllers (īśvaras) in the universe, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Īśvara. He has no controller above Him, and even the formidable material nature (Durgā) acts under His direction.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: We Have No Control Over the Waves of Material Nature.
Pages in category "No Control"
The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
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- A man who has no control over the tongue at first can hardly become a yogi. Yogi and bhogi are two opposite terms. The bhogi, or the merry man who eats and drinks, cannot be a yogi, for a yogi is never allowed to eat and drink unrestrictedly
- All their (human being's) activities are targeted towards the goal of sense gratification without control, and therefore by all this business they are unknowingly entering into the deep regions of darkness
- As soon as my money is gone out of my hand, I have no control
B
- Because people have no control over the senses and there is no institution to train them to control the senses, the poor fellows fall victim to the criminal offenses of sense gratification, and they are punished after death
- By the laws of nature, the living entity is forced to enter the semen of a father and be injected into the womb of the mother. He is not in control of selecting what kind of father he will accept
E
- Even you produce from your land, that is also God's mercy, because for agriculture, for example, if there is no rain, you cannot produce anything. Now, rain, you have no control over rain
- Everything is described in the Bhagavad-gita. You have no control. You are simply under the grip of material nature. Everything, whatever you are doing, immediately it is being recorded automatically
- Everything is under the laws of nature. You have no control over it, you are completely dependent. But people, on account of dull brain, they think that they are free. They are not free
I
- I also feel that I am controlling my bodily affairs to some extent, but because I am not the supreme controller, if there is something wrong in this body, I have to go to a physician. Similarly, I have no control over other bodies
- If there is no control of mind and no control of senses, the so-called yoga practice is bogus. It has no meaning. Yoga indriya samyama. Yoga means to control the senses. That is the real meaning of yoga
- In the present day, people who have no control over their senses, who have no understanding of philosophy and who do not follow religious principles or rules and regulations are nonetheless pretending to be yogis
- In the spiritual world there is undoubtedly time, but it has no control over activities. Time is unlimited, and the spiritual world is also unlimited, since everything there exists on the absolute plane
M
- Mainly the atomic bombs do harm to the innocent because there is no control. The brahmastra is not like that. It marks out the target and proceeds accordingly without harming the innocent
- Miseries in the form of famine, pestilence, scarcity, war, earthquakes and so on are caused by the demigods or other sources beyond our control
O
- One who is in a bodily concept of life has no control over sense gratification. Such a person can do anything sinful to eat, drink, be merry and enjoy a life of sense gratification, not knowing of the soul's transmigration from one body to another
- One who takes to the path of devotional service will never be vanquished, despite all miseries of the body and mind and despite all misery brought about by other living entities and providence, miseries which are beyond our control
- Others (those who are not advanced in yoga) have no control-if by accident they leave at an auspicious moment, then they will not return to the cycle of birth and death, but if not, then there is every possibility that they will have to return. BG 1972 p
- Our message is that here in this material world, there are many controllers, many governors, many isvaras, but nobody is the supreme isvara. Supreme isvara means He has no controller over Him
S
- Small attempts of fire brigade is useless to extinguish the blazing fire of this material existence. The water must come from the cloud. That is by Krsna's grace. You have no control over the cloud
- So how we can think that there is no control, there is no government, everything has come out of its own course? There is controller, and He is called Isvara. Isvara means God. There is management of God. It is very commonsense understanding
- Such a person (who is in a bodily concept of life) does whatever he likes, whatever he imagines, and therefore, being subject to the laws of nature, he suffers miserably again and again in different material bodies
- Sukadeva Gosvami warned that the conditioned followers, who are not actually in control, should never even imagine imitating the uncommon activities of the controller - Krsna
T
- The sages are called wise men, and there are different types of wise men for different branches of knowledge. Unless, therefore, the king or the head of the state is the wisest man, he cannot control all types of wise men in the state
- 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 waves of the (material) ocean are tossing him (the living entity), and he has no control over them. His best solution is to get out of the water by transcendental Krsna consciousness. That alone will save him from all turmoil
- The whole New York City is flooded with the snow, and we are all put into inconvenience. That's a sort of suffering. But you have no control. You cannot stop snow falling
- The whole New York City is flooded with the snow, and we are all put into inconvenience. That's a sort of suffering. But you have no control. You cannot stop snow falling. You see? If some, some, there is wind, cold wind, you cannot stop it
- The word dhvasta-tamasah is very important, for without being free of ignorance one cannot control the creation of different types of living entities. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam - bodies are awarded under the supervision of superior powers
- There are sufferings called adhidaivika, over which we have no control whatsoever. These are caused by the demigods or acts of nature, and include famine, pestilence, flood, excessive heat or excessive cold, earthquakes, fire and so on
- There is no ksatriya, there is no brahmana, there is no control of the candalas, and the whole world is in chaotic condition. So the Krsna consciousness movement is an attempt. Because the candalas are majority and we are very minority
- These (demoniac) speculators are envious of the existence of the Lord. Jagad ahur anisvaram: their conclusion is that the entire cosmic manifestation has no controller, but is just working naturally
- This is the greatest anomaly in the practice of mystic yoga - In the present day, people who have no control over their senses, no understanding of philosophy & not following religious principles are nonetheless pretending to be yogis
W
- We cannot control the force of our anger. Therefore when we look at material things, we cannot avoid feeling attraction or repulsion for them. But the Supreme Lord is never affected in this way
- We have no control in any kind of miserable condition, especially the miserable condition offered by nature. We cannot avoid it
- We have no control over the earth's productiveness, for it is naturally under the full control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His order, the Lord can make the earth produce sufficiently or insufficiently
- We have no control over these threefold miseries. They are controlled by Krsna's maidservant, Goddess Durga, who is material nature. She is not independent of Krsna
- When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited this verse, He immediately fell to the ground unconscious. He was overwhelmed and had no control over Himself
- When the atomic bombs are discharged they do not discriminate between the target and others. Mainly the atomic bombs do harm to the innocent because there is no control. The brahmastra is not like that