Category:Our Whimsicalness (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
In the pursuit of pure devotional service, acting on mental concoction or sudden emotional urges is a major stumbling block. Śrīla Prabhupāda strictly warns his followers against behaving capriciously, whether in their personal spiritual lives or in managing the affairs of the society. He explains that taking serious vows like marriage or sannyāsa, opening and closing centers, and spending Kṛṣṇa’s money must be done with deep consideration and proper consultation, never on a sudden impulse. Furthermore, philosophical understanding must be firmly rooted in the authorized siddhānta passed down by the previous ācāryas, completely free from speculative interpretations of the Bhagavad-gītā. By rejecting mental speculation and strictly following the regulated guidance of the spiritual master, devotees protect the movement from losing its spiritual strength and ensure their own steady advancement back to Godhead.
- Firm Philosophical Conviction: Philosophical understanding must never be based on whimsical imagination or sentiment. Devotees are instructed to strictly present the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā exactly as approved by the previous ācāryas, without adding or subtracting anything.
- Responsible Management and Leadership: Leaders are strictly forbidden from whimsically opening and closing temples or spending funds without proper consultation. All major decisions must be solidly discussed among the leaders to maintain the society's spiritual strength and avoid chaos.
- Honoring Sacred Vows and Duties: Accepting spiritual responsibilities such as marriage, sannyāsa, or initiation is a serious commitment that cannot be taken up and thrown off impulsively. A practitioner must follow the guidance of the guru and remain tightly fixed in their duties rather than changing their schedule capriciously.
- Obedience over Personal Desire: Returning to old, degraded habits or manufacturing new ideas destroys one's chances of finding true happiness. By surrendering to Kṛṣṇa's desires instead of personal whims, the devotee remains perfectly protected and spiritually effective.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Instructs His Disciples to Avoid Acting Whimsically in Devotional Service.
Pages in category "Our Whimsicalness (Disciples of SP)"
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- Devotees like to increase, that is very nice, but this whimsically changing, now one way, now another way, now this schedule, now that one, this is not good
- Do not do anything whimsically, like taking these drugs, that will ruin everything. Because you are imperfect you require help from the Perfect, and anything material like drugs is imperfect, so do not be distracted by contemplating in this way
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- I am also asking that they write a statement in all seriousness stating they have not broken promises of first initiation & they will go on steadfastly chanting the prescribed rounds. I am hoping to stop whimsical recommendations for second initiation
- I am more impressed if someone has opened one centre and that he has stayed there tightly and developed nicely, not going away whimsically
- I made the GBC to give me relief, but if you do like this, then where is the relief. It is anxiety for me. This is the difficulty, that as soon as one gets power, he becomes whimsical and spoils everything. What can I do?
- I never believed that again you would go back to your old habits, giving up the Krsna Consciousness Movement in a whimsical way
- If you are at all interested, you can return. Your service was there. Why did you leave, and now you are whimsically asking for service. You never asked me before leaving. How can I guide you? If you act whimsically, nobody can make you happy
- If you manufacture whims and disagree and fight amongst yourself, then it will be another edition of these so-called movements. It will lose the spiritual strength. Always remember it
- If you study according to the Vedic conclusion, don't manufacture ideas and whims and sentiments. If you go through siddhanta, then you'll be more and more firmly fixed up
- It does not mean that because occupation duty is not the real consideration, that I should give it up and do something else, thinking that devotional service may be carried on under whatever circumstances which I may whimsically decide
- It is not that because there is no stock we can do whimsically as we like and lose the idea; that is rasa-bhasa. Because there is no bread, you take stone to eat?
- It must be approved by great acaryas. We are pushing on this Krsna consciousness not by whims. It is approved by great acaryas. We are following their footsteps. That's all. That is our business
- It must be solidly discussed. We can consider at the GBC meeting. Things cannot be whimsically proposed and adopted
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- The varnasrama-dharma system is scientifically arranged by Krsna to provide facility for delivering the fallen souls back to home, back to Godhead. And if we make a mockery of this system by whimsically disrupting the order, that we must consider
- There are two kinds of following. You want to do something by your whims and you could not fulfill that whim in one life. So Krsna is so kind, He gives you opportunity to fulfill that desire in this next life
- This taking of sannyasa should not be a whimsical proposition, and should not be an excuse for becoming irresponsible, no responsibility of grhastha, brahmacari, etc. Sannyasis also have great responsibility to become fearless preachers
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- We are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is. We do not change by our whimsical imagination, concoction. We do not interpret the words of the Bhagavad-gita according to our own desire
- What you have said about considering a thousand times before opening a temple, that I want. Not that you should open a temple whimsically, and then close whimsically
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- You have my authorization to open centers as you see fit after considering twice and thrice. Do not whimsically open or establish any center and then close it down later on
- You must all jointly make these decisions about my program there, not that whimsically one man shall decide one thing another man shall decide another thing
- You should always inform me before sending the Deities to the Temples. We cannot send them indiscriminately to anyone who has the whim of worshiping the Deities
- Your question in regard to marriage, we must impress upon the parties involved that Krishna Conscious marriage is not some cheap thing that may be embraced whimsically and at any time thrown off