Category:Our Protection (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
To navigate the perilous ocean of the material world, Śrīla Prabhupāda instructed his disciples that absolute safety is only found under the shelter of the Supreme Lord. He explained that mundane technology and independent endeavors ultimately fail to provide real security against the onslaughts of material nature. Instead, true protection is invoked by sincerely chanting the holy names, maintaining strict adherence to the regulative principles, and staying firmly within the association of devotees. By establishing practical systems of care for women, cows, and the devotees themselves, he created a spiritual oasis where his followers could fearlessly push on the preaching mission while depending entirely on Kṛṣṇa.
- The Supreme Shelter of the Holy Name: The most potent defense against the miseries of Kali-yuga is the sincere chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, which guarantees the direct personal intervention and protection of the Lord.
- Sincere Adherence and Resistance: Protection is not automatic; it requires the disciple's active cooperation through strictly following the regulative vows, chanting the prescribed daily rounds, and wearing tilaka to represent the body as a temple.
- The Safety of Devotee Association: Seeking solitude is dangerous for neophytes, as living cooperatively among pure devotees and following the footsteps of the previous ācāryas provides an impenetrable fortress against illusion.
- Establishing Social Protection: A spiritual society must provide practical, loving care, which includes husbands protecting their wives, the community protecting the cows, and leaders protecting the devotees from unnecessary heavy labor.
- Fearless Reliance on the Lord: When facing opposition or defending the properties of the movement, devotees must take all necessary practical steps for self-defense while remaining free from anxiety, knowing that the ultimate result depends on Kṛṣṇa.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Why Prabhupāda Tells His Disciples to Depend on Kṛṣṇa for Protection.
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Pages in category "Our Protection (Disciples of SP)"
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- Do it (kirtana, and book distribution) enthusiastically. Keep yourself pure. Nobody will be able to do any harm to you. Krsna will give you protection
- Don't be afraid if somebody tortures us, somebody teases us. We must go on with Krsna consciousness without any hesitation, and Krsna will give us protect. If you are more tortured, then Krsna will appear as Nrsimhadeva and give you all protection
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- I have suggested previously as they do in Christian religion they have so many convent where the women stay and they receive protection
- If Krsna protects, who can kill? And, if Krsna kill, who can protect? So, if we are sincere servants, then Krsna will give us protection
- If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk
- It is the duty of husband to protect wife in every way from the onslaught of material nature, and he must act always as her spiritual guide by being perfect example of devotee
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- Mrinalini, Jadurani & all other girls who are so qualified, good-looking, intelligent, educated & seriously engaged in Krishna Consciousness, should always be given protection from the attack of maya
- My position from the very beginning has been, give us our money back, we vacate, otherwise we take legal steps for acquiring the land according to the purchase agreement, as well as steps for insuring our protection, that's all
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- Offer something. Just be in love with Him. Then just see how much peaceful you feel. How much tranquility you feel and how you are protected by Krsna, how you avoid insufficiency, how you become pure and how you make your progress in spiritual life
- Our mission is to protect our devotees from unnecessary heavy work to save time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. This is our mission
- Our point should be that we shall take all necessary steps for self-protection, depending the result on Krishna
- Our strength is in following the regulative principles and chanting 16 rounds japa. Then Krsna will give you protection
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- The best thing is therefore not to seek solitude in the beginning but to remain in the midst of pure devotees so that even there is attack of Maya, their association will protect us
- The brainwash books are already there. Even if they stop externally, internally it will go on. Our first class campaign is book distribution. Go house to house. The real fighting is now. Krsna will give you all protection
- The devotees of Krsna should be trained up both ways: not only to give protection to the devotees, to give them encouragement, but if need be, they should be prepared to kill the demons
- The flies, they go in a nasty place. So you should be cleansed. You should take protection in that way. You cannot kill them
- The husband's duty is to give the wife all protection, even from the material maya, and the wife's duty is to see to the personal comforts of the husband
- The policy should be that all the women are given the utmost protection
- The real fighting is now. Krsna will give you all protection. So, chant Hare Krsna and fight. One movie expert has opined there are so many ideas in our movement. Try to get our ideas into movies
- The Tiloks on the forehead and other parts of the body are symbolic representation of Radha Krishna Temples. In other words by marking Tiloks on all parts of our body we become protected by the Lord from all sides
- This is the age of Kali which plunders away spiritual sense of the human being and it is only the Divine Grace of Lord Caitanya Who can protect us from all these dangerous pitfalls
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- We are anxious how to protect a property, how to push on this movement, how people will take it, what line of action we shall take; this is also anxiety, but that anxiety is for Krsna
- We do not believe. "Oh, God cannot give us protection. Let me try my own technology. I shall protect myself"
- We do strongly believe in Krsna's protection. Real, spiritual protection is firm faith in Krishna. So go on with your real life as Krsna's devotee
- We shall always pray to Krishna that we are weak and Maya is very strong. So seek for His protection in every step so Maya may not inflict upon us her trident injuries
- When a disciple misunderstands a bona fide spiritual master, the master regrets for his inability to protect the disciple and sometimes he cries with tears in the eyes. We had an experience while my Guru Maharaja was alive
- When they chant and dance, I simply remember Bhaktivinoda Thakura. That's all. I pray to Bhaktivinoda Thakura, "Now they have come to your shelter. Give them protection." That's all. What can I do more? I cannot do anything more
- When we are anxious how to protect a property, how to push on this movement, how people will take it, what line of action we shall take, this is also anxiety, but that anxiety is for Krsna. Therefore it is bhakti
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- You and your assistants have got my all blessings and encouragement, now go on with complete confidence and always praying for the protection and mercy of Lord Krishna, and there will be no impediments, rest assured
- You are welcome to take initiation, but if you are neglectful, if you want to make it a farce, that is your business. I cannot give you any protection