Category:Our Avoiding (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
To make steady progress on the path of pure devotion, practitioners must learn not only what to accept, but also what to strictly reject. Through his continuous and careful guidance, Śrīla Prabhupāda taught his followers exactly what they must be avoiding to protect their spiritual lives. He emphasized that steering clear of sinful activities, chanting offenses, mental speculation, and mundane literature is absolutely necessary for maintaining purity. By avoiding these material pitfalls and minimizing unnecessary entanglements, a devotee keeps their consciousness clear and focused entirely on the service of the Supreme Lord.
- The Four Pillars of Sin: True spiritual life cannot begin until one completely avoids the four abominable activities that anchor the soul to the lower modes of material nature.
- Chanting Offenselessly: Committing sins on the strength of chanting is the greatest danger; one must strictly avoid the ten offenses to ensure the holy name can purify the heart.
- Rejecting Mental Speculation: Advancement relies on practical adherence to the regulative principles and submissive hearing, not on manufacturing ideas or engaging in mental speculation.
- Mundane Distractions: Reading ordinary newspapers, consulting material astrologers, and engaging in grāmya-kathā (useless chatter) must be avoided to keep the mind fixed on absolute truth.
- Protecting the Mission's Prestige: Publishing in hodge-podge journals, accepting degrading advertisements, and exposing confidential topics to the uninitiated are practices that must be actively avoided to preserve the society's high standard.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Teaches His Disciples What They Must Be Avoiding.
Pages in category "Our Avoiding (Disciples of SP)"
The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
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- I have (Prabhupada) already explained the four kinds of sinful activities you should avoid. But if you think that you are chanting, therefore there will be no reaction of sinful activities, that is the greatest sin, greatest offense
- I have already explained the four kinds of sinful activities you should avoid. But if you think that you are chanting, therefore there will be no reaction of sinful activities, that is the greatest sin
- I must caution that we must be careful to avoid so far as possible affection for family based on sense gratification. Be happy in your family life by working cooperatively to please Krishna, and she should be your assistant
- I want that a high standard should be maintained, but unnecessarily changing and redecorating is also not good. So once you have established a very nice standard, avoid too much changing it again and again. That is wasting Krishna's money unnecessarily
- I wish to inform you that the advertisements are not very congenial to our prestige, especially the hippy kind of advertisements. So we have to think over how we can avoid the advertisements and publish at the same time
- If Hrsikesa writes you letter I think you may avoid reply. I do not approve both Hrsikesa's and Bon Maharaja's this offensive action
- If you actually follow all of the regulative principles and chant 16 rounds avoiding the offenses, and attend the mangala arati and classes, then Krishna will see that you are sincerely trying to follow the real process of Krishna Consciousness
- If you follow this simple process (chanting sixteen rounds & avoiding ten offenses) faithfully under the direction of your Spiritual Master & try to understand our philosophy by regular study, you will continue to progress your lives in KC
- If you simply do as I am doing, not avoiding anything which may have to be done for pushing on Krsna's movement, remaining always stuck up very tightly to the footsteps of Rupa Gosvami, then without any doubt you will remain always fresh and enthusiastic
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- There are ten kinds of offenses. You'll get the list. So we shall try to avoid. Then our chanting will be purified. And when the chanting is purified, then immediately you are liberated
- This (observing the regulative principles strictly & chant at least sixteen rounds of beads daily) is essential for understanding our philosophy practically to advance in Krishna Consciousness. And we should always avoid mental speculations
- Those who are in the modes of passion, they will remain here and those who are very addicted to all abominable habits, they are clearing their way to hellish life. So to abominable life is these four principles. That we are trying to avoid
- Try to avoid too much business as this distracts us from our real mission. If Krishna sees that we are very active to spread information about Him, He is Master of the Goddess of Fortune, He will give everything!
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- We always advise, "Don't read newspaper. Don't read any other book," because it is full of gramya-katha. These externally very attractive news, we should avoid it completely. We shall simply talk of Krsna
- We shall try to avoid the Beatles or hippy's articles, because they have no spiritual importance
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- Yes, avoid corresponding with your mother
- You know how the things are taken in India so be yourself very careful to always avoid these things and instruct others how to do it also
- You may name your daughter Mitra dasi, I have no objection. You may call your children as you like, but you should always inform my secretary to make sure the name is entered on our list to avoid repetition
- You should not listen to any of these so-called astrologers—strictly avoid. Don't even see them. What is the use of seeing them? Astrology is meant for the materialist, but a spiritualist does not care for the future.
- Your remark that we cannot make Krishna our order supplier is very appropriate. We should always try to supply everything to Krishna and we shall try to avoid any return by Krishna. That is Vaisnava philosophy