Category:Precarious Condition
Theme Analysis
The fundamental nature of material existence is highly unstable and fraught with danger. In his compassionate teachings, Śrīla Prabhupāda meticulously explains how the conditioned soul suffers continuously from the womb to the grave under the influence of karma and māyā. Society's rejection of spiritual principles has only worsened this situation, leading to a godless and intolerable civilization. The only viable escape from this perpetual misery is the revival of transcendental consciousness and full surrender to the Supreme Lord.
- The Illusions of Modern Civilization: A society bereft of God consciousness plunges itself into a soul-killing and precarious state, mistaking technological advancement for true progress and security.
- The Torment of the Womb: The suffering of the living entity begins in the mother's womb, an agonizing environment that briefly forces the soul to remember its spiritual identity and pray to the Supreme Lord.
- The Bondage of the Material Modes: When controlled by the lower modes of passion and ignorance, the conditioned soul finds material life completely intolerable and miserable.
- The Necessity of Pessimism: A realistic appraisal of material life requires one to recognize its inherent dangers, prompting a sincere desire to seek out a genuine spiritual solution.
- The Only Path of Deliverance: Surrendering to Lord Viṣṇu and embracing the chanting of the holy names is the sole remedy to overcome the constant threats and fears of the material world.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Surrendering to Kṛṣṇa to Escape This Precarious Condition.
Pages in category "Precarious Condition"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- Actually we are in a very precarious condition, the modern civilization, I mean to say, manipulated by the Western people. It is a soul-killing civilization, this civilization
- After Lord Brahma understood the precarious condition of the earth, he first visited the demigods headed by Lord Indra, who are in charge of the various affairs of this universe, and Lord Siva, who is responsible for annihilation
- As long as the child is within the womb of his mother, he is in a very precarious and horrible condition of life, but the benefit is that he revives pure consciousness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord and prays for deliverance
- As soon as the living entities are subjected to the control of the other two qualities, namely passion and ignorance, their precarious conditional life becomes intolerable
- As soon as they (the living entities) are subjected to the control of the other two qualities, namely passion and ignorance, their precarious conditional life becomes intolerable
I
- If a man is thrown into this dark well as he is in this precarious condition of life, similarly, anyone who is in the material world, he is put into the dark well
- If you want to bend bamboo, do it while it is green. And when it is dried, oh, it is not possible. So now the whole society is faithless, godless, very precarious condition
- Ignorant personalities, or conditioned souls, have no choice but to accept their precarious condition under material nature. The only remedy is to surrender to Visnu and always pray to be excused
- In the human form of life, where there is chance of getting the real light, if they spoil in this way like cats and dogs, the whole world, what is the position of the world? Very precarious condition
- In times of distress the government artificially inflates the currency by simply printing papers, and this artificially raises the price of commodities, and the general condition of the citizens becomes very precarious
- It is an unfortunate civilization in which these matters are not plainly discussed to make people understand the precarious condition of material existence
O
- One asura defeats another asura, but the public continues to suffer. Therefore the entire world is in a precarious condition, and the only hope is this Hare Krsna movement
- One should be very much pessimistic. Otherwise, he'll have to remain in the darkness of ignorance of this material nature. One should thoroughly understand that we are in a very precarious condition
P
- People are becoming godless more and more. So this is very, very precarious condition of life. Therefore Krsna consciousness movement is essential. It is not a fashion
- People are so degraded, and there is no education, and there are so-called leaders, they are themselves degraded, they are themselves blind. So what is the position of the present society? It is very precarious condition
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- The child is put into such a precarious condition externally, but internally he is the same, and the Lord is there
- The King (Dhrtarastra) is reminded of his precarious condition, influenced by cruel time, and by his past experience he should have been more intelligent to see what was going to happen to his own life
- The precarious condition of a householder's life is described herein (SB 5.13.18). A householder's life is full of misery, and the only attraction is sex with the wife who kicks him during sexual intercourse, just as the she-ass does her mate
- The precarious condition of the living entity within the womb of his mother is described here - in SB 3.31.17
- The world is in a very precarious condition simply for lack of God-consciousness, so this should be our point of stressing
- They (women) have to go and to become a secretary of a third-class person, and unless he gives job, her life is in precarious condition. So is that emancipation? But it was advertised as emancipation
- This is the position of the modern Hindus. They have lost their own culture, and they wanted to imitate Western culture. That they could not do, neither they could maintain their own culture. Therefore in the wilderness, very precarious condition