Category:Not Tolerate
Theme Analysis
While the spiritual path heavily emphasizes forgiveness and endurance, the teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda draw a definitive line regarding what a devotee must actively reject. Understanding this boundary is crucial, as the failure to protest offenses against the Supreme Lord or to overlook the hypocrisy of pseudo-religion actually constitutes a spiritual falldown. This uncompromising stance protects the sanctity of devotional service and the well-being of the innocent.
- The Sacred Boundary of Devotion: A Vaiṣṇava is instructed to be meeker than a blade of grass when facing personal insults, yet this tolerance evaporates when the honor of Kṛṣṇa or His pure devotees is attacked. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that remaining silent during blasphemy is a grievous error, and a genuine devotee must fiercely defend the Lord's supreme position.
- The Intolerance of Pure Love: On the platform of spontaneous devotion, the soul's attachment to the Supreme Lord is so intense that even a momentary separation is perceived as an eternity. The gopīs of Vṛndāvana exemplify this state, unable to tolerate the fraction of a second lost by the blinking of their eyes, showcasing that spiritual intolerance is a symptom of pure love.
- Higher Authorities and Universal Justice: The cosmic administration governed by Kṛṣṇa's potencies will not excuse cheating, hypocrisy, or the unnecessary slaughter of innocent creatures. Śrīla Prabhupāda warns that while humanity may attempt to justify sinful activities, the stringent laws of nature and agents like Yamarāja will severely punish such transgressions.
- Righteous Anger of the Kṣatriya: In a civilized society, the administrative class must utilize force to suppress irreligion and cruelty. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that a qualified kṣatriya cannot passively tolerate imposters, thieves, or those who terrorize the citizens, as doing so would violate their sacred duty to protect the state.
- The Demoniac Aversion to Piety: Those deeply engrossed in material sense gratification naturally harbor an intense envy toward spiritual progress. Consequently, atheistic individuals will gladly tolerate all varieties of mundane noise and vice, yet they cannot tolerate the sound of the holy name in kīrtana or the opulent sacrifices performed by a pure devotee.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Understanding When a Devotee Must Not Tolerate.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "Not Tolerate"
The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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- Additional principles (of devotional service) are as follows: (18) One should not tolerate blasphemy of the Supreme Lord or His devotees. (19) One should not indulge in idle talks, such as those about relationships between men and women
- Although Bali Maharaja fully surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he could not tolerate being defamed for cheating a brahmana-brahmacari
- Any imposter, pretender, representing as the incarnation of God or something like that, in those days, the king would not tolerate; immediately would cut his head, what to speak of thieves and rogues
- As a simple and staunch devotee of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Damodara Pandita could not tolerate criticism of the Lord, but unfortunately he himself was criticizing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his own way
- As Krsna was speaking with Rukmini, the commanders of the Yadu dynasty's soldiers, headed by Balarama, known as Sankarsana, by Gada, not tolerating the opposing soldiers' defiant attitude, began to strike their horses, elephants, & chariots with arrows
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- Balabhadra Bhattacarya told the Lord, "I can no longer tolerate the disturbance of the crowd. People are coming one after another to offer invitations"
- Because unpalatable truth is not tolerated. If we call a black man black, he will be angry because it is unpalatable. So we have to present our case very carefully
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- Cheating and hypocrisy are not tolerated by higher authorities
- Cheating and hypocrisy are not tolerated by higher authorities. If one understands what sin is, he should give it up with sincerity and regret and surrender unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through His agent, the pure devotee
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- Daksa, could not tolerate this, and he took it as an insult by his son-in-law. Previously, also, he was not very much satisfied with Lord Siva, for Siva looked very poor and was niggardly in dress
- Draupadi could not tolerate Asvatthama's being bound by ropes, and being a devoted lady, she said: Release him, release him, for he is a brahmana, our spiritual master
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- Every living creature is the son of the Supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even an ant's being killed. One has to pay for it. BG 1972 purports
- Everyone wants that his son should be hard working, just like hogs and dogs, and satisfy senses. That's all. Everyone wants. That is civilization. Nobody wants that his son should be a devotee. They will not tolerate that
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- I had to leave my own family and children because I was unable to tolerate seeing them remain servants of their senses. All the American children who are staying with me have shaved their heads, have mala and tilaka and always follow my orders
- If a human being were asked to stand like a tree for only three days or even less, he would not be able to tolerate it. The conclusion is that every living being feels happiness or distress according to the degree of development of his consciousness
- If you perform such activities again, I shall not be tolerant. At that time I shall kill you, your entire family and all the meat-eaters
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- King Prthu's opulence, however, could not be tolerated by the King of heaven, Indra, who tried to impede the progress of his opulence
- Krsna did not reply to even a single accusation made by Sisupala, but all the members except few, present in the meeting were very much agitated because it is the duty of any respectable person not to tolerate blasphemy against God or His devotee
- Krsna will not tolerate a defaulter, a pseudo devotee. Maya is very strong. Immediately capture him: "Come on. Why you are here? Why you are in this society? Get out." That is Yamaraja's duty
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- Lord Caitanya's behavior is very significant. It shows that a Vaisnava may be very tolerant and meek, foregoing everything for his personal honor, but when it is a question of the honor of Krsna or His devotee, he will not tolerate any insult
- Lord Sri Krsna is so attractive for the living beings, especially for the devotees, that it is impossible for them to tolerate separation. The conditioned soul under the spell of illusory energy forgets the Lord, otherwise he cannot
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- O hero Vidura, the greatly powerful heroes of the Yaksas, unable to tolerate the resounding vibration of the conchshell of Dhruva Maharaja, came forth from their city with weapons and attacked Dhruva
- One should not at any time tolerate blasphemy and insults against Lord Visnu or His devotees
- One should not tolerate blaspheming of the Lord or His devotees
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- The arinda pradhana, chief tax collector, although very learned, handsome and youthful, could not tolerate the statements of Haridasa Thakura
- The devotees, who could not tolerate even thinking of the Lord's lotus feet being pricked by a thorn, were again put into tribulation by thinking of the Lord's disappearance, for the Lord had to return to His abode after finishing His pastimes
- The gopis were so attached to Krsna that they could not even tolerate not seeing Him momentarily when their eyelids blinked and impeded their vision
- The Lord replied, "I cannot tolerate seeing the face of a person who has accepted the renounced order of life but who still talks intimately with a woman"
- They (demonic people) will tolerate so many different types of noise, but they'll not tolerate kirtana. That is from the very beginning
- They (Gopis) could not tolerate a moment's blinking of the eyes, for it kept them from seeing their beloved Lord Krsna. So what to speak of others, who are naturally very critical of every action of a responsible man
- This modern civilization is teaching people how to steal, how to cheat, how to satisfy your own sense gratification. You see? No tolerance, no complete knowledge. All fools and rascals, no knowledge