Category:Our Preparing (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The concept of preparation within the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement extends far beyond simple, everyday readiness. In training his followers, Śrīla Prabhupāda demands absolute, multi-dimensional preparedness to execute the spiritual mission. On a daily, practical level, the devotees are taught to prepare hundreds of varieties of pure food to offer for the Lord's enjoyment, while simultaneously preparing philosophical pamphlets and dynamic temples to invite the masses. Internally, the disciples must prepare themselves to strictly follow the regulative principles and transcend the miserable conditions of material existence. However, the most striking element of this training is the intense, martial preparation required for preaching. The spiritual master warns his preachers that they must be ready to tolerate extreme social whims, defeat scholars with strong arguments, and fearlessly risk their lives. By accepting that anger, harm, and even violence may come from a demoniac society, the devotees are perfectly prepared to fight illusion at all costs.
- Spiritual Qualification: Preparing for initiation requires a firm agreement to follow the strict regulative principles and abandon material enjoyment to escape material existence.
- Preparing Divine Offerings: Because Kṛṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer, devotees must carefully prepare hundreds of palatable varieties of food, utilizing grains, ghee, and milk.
- Equipping for Preaching: Preachers must be thoroughly prepared to defeat opposing philosophies with strong arguments, answer all inquiries, and distribute introductory literature.
- Inviting the Masses: The society prepares itself to rescue the entire population from degradation by openly inviting everyone to take spiritual food, chant, and hear the philosophy.
- Fearless Readiness: True preaching is highly dangerous; disciples must be trained and prepared at all risks to face anger, aggression, and even physical violence from envious people.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Instructs His Disciples to Be Prepared at All Risks to Spread Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Pages in category "Our Preparing (Disciples of SP)"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- Ananda, pleasure, means varieties. Variety is the mother of enjoyment. Without varieties . . . just like we prepare from grains, sugar, ghee, hundreds of varieties. If you simply give grain, ghee and sugar, it will not be enjoyable
- Another difficulty is that in modern civilization everyone is independent spirited. The girls are no longer very much humble and submissive to their husbands. So you must be prepared to tolerate such whims of your future wife
- Another point is I want to prepare a small pamphlet for Krsna book, giving the description in nutshell with some important pictures
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- I (Prabhupada) heard from Sivananda that you had left him without his knowledge. That is not very good. When he wrote me twice "my wife has left me and there is no trace" then I advised him that instead of marrying again, better to prepare for sannyasa
- If Mr. Renovich is interested only in philosophical discussions, we are prepared for that. But at the same time we are concerned mostly with the mass of people, therefore Hare Krishna kirtana is our life and soul
- If they (government) give us financial help in this matter of human welfare activities, we are prepared to save or rescue their entire population from the clutches of ruin and degradation of all sorts
- If you prepare yourself as the karmis do, to be elevated to the higher planetary system - Svargaloka, Janaloka, Maharloka, Tapoloka, Brahmaloka - that is very good
- If you want to inquire. We are prepared to answer your inquiries. But we request you, please take seriously about this (Krsna consciousness) movement and you'll be happy, sarve sukhino bhavantu
- In this temple, who is the enjoyer? Krsna is the enjoyer. We are helping to Krsna's enjoyment. Krsna will eat something very nice. Our business is to prepare it nicely and offer to Krsna
- In Western countries especially, we first observe whether a potential disciple is prepared to follow the regulative principles. Then he is given the name of a Vaisnava servant & initiated to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, at least sixteen rounds daily
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- Of course, we must be careful to prepare foodstuff, because we are going to offer to the Lord, and we must offer things which is acceptable by the Lord, at least
- Our aim should be how to get out of this miserable condition of this material existence. And we should prepare ourself for that purpose. And the best and easiest method is this Krsna consciousness
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- So if Krsna wants we shall be prepared to become violent also. And Krsna, that is open secret. Two business of Krsna, two side. So those who are devotees of Krsna, they should be trained up both ways, they should be prepared
- Such gun shots could have taken place long ago since we are challenging everybody. So we must be prepared to fight
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- The preachers of Krsna consciousness should be prepared to defeat others by argument, just as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did
- These rascals will be angry, will sometimes do harm to you, and still, you have to do it. That is preaching. Are you understanding what is preaching? Yes. You have to prepare like that. At all risk you have to preach
- They (these boys and girls) agreed, "No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. If you are prepared, then I accept you." They are prepared. They have given up. I accept them. That's all
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- We can prepare hundreds of nice preparations from milk. Therefore cow protection is required
- We invite everyone, "Please come here, chant Hare Krsna mantra, dance with us, and when you are hungry, take some food. We are prepared to give you." So our program is very easy
- What are ISKCON's future plans here? Will a temple be built? - Yes, temple is already there. Here is a temple. Unfortunately, nobody coming. What can I do? We are prepared to give this nice philosophy to everyone