Category:Real Position
Theme Analysis
This category elaborates on the constitutional identity (svarūpa) of the living entity as an eternal, subordinate servant of God. It explains that forgetting this relationship leads to entanglement, while awakening to this reality grants ultimate liberation.
- The Fundamental Identity: The intrinsic, unchangeable nature of the living entity is to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa; any attempt to act as the supreme master is an unnatural illusion.
- Forgetfulness and Suffering: When a soul forgets its original, constitutional position, it falls into the material world and becomes forced to serve the dictates of the illusory energy.
- The Cleansing Process: Associating with pure devotees and hearing the transcendental vibration of the holy name cleanses the heart, allowing the individual to clearly perceive their spiritual identity.
- Liberation Means Service: True liberation (mukti) is not merging into a void, but rather being completely re-established in one's original position of joyful, loving service to the Supreme Lord.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Reviving the Real Position as Servants of God.
Subcategories
This category has only the following subcategory.
Pages in category "Real Position"
The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
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- A common man cannot understand the Lord. He must first know the real position of his life under the influence of the illusory energy
- A conditioned living entity should become aware of his real position and should pray to the Lord, How much longer will I be under the rule of all these bodily functions such as lust and anger?
- A devotee of the Lord naturally does not like to see anyone falling down from his real position
- A devotee, therefore, is always conscious of his real position. Only by his full surrender to the Lord, by the Lord's grace, are his sufferings made shorter
- A distressed man, when he is put into opulence, may forget God (Krsna), but a jnani, who knows the real position of God, will never forget Him
- A materialistic rascal does not know that he is not the body but a spiritual soul within the body. However, one should understand his real position and cultivate knowledge by which to get free from bodily entanglement
- A rich man's son, he has forgotten that his father is very rich, or his father has left immense property. But forgetting his real position, he's loitering in the street, hungry. You can call him, "All right, you take some food." That is not real benefit
- Actually our position is to serve Krsna. That is real position. Caitanya Mahaprabhu starts His instruction from this point, that we are eternal servant of Krsna
- Actually, we are servants of God. That is our real position. But we sometimes become envious, that - Why shall I become servant of God? This is slave mentality
- After the appearance of these two brothers (Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda), people’s hearts are becoming cleansed, and they are again becoming situated in the real position of Krsna consciousness
- As an obedient servitor of the Lord, Brahma creates all these (five nesciences) as a matter of necessity, but he is not happy in doing so because a devotee of the Lord naturally does not like to see anyone falling down from his real position
- As long as the living entity is not enlightened so that he may understand his real position, he will be attracted to materialistic life, to house, country or field, to society, sons, family, community, bank balance and so on
- As soon as a person is awakened to the pure knowledge of understanding that he is an eternal servitor of the Lord, his own real position is revived
- As soon as one comes to know his real position as transcendental servant, he at once becomes free from all miseries
- As soon as one comes to know his real position in transcendental service, he at once becomes freed from all these miseries. The position of servitor is wasted in the material conception of life
B
- Being forgetful of his real position, the conditioned soul may take help from sastra, guru and the Supersoul within his heart. Krsna is situated within everyone’s heart as the Supersoul
- By Krsna consciousness, he (conditioned soul) can revive his real position and thus come out of his embodiment. Therefore, when one takes to Krsna consciousness, one at once becomes completely aloof from bodily activities. BG 1972 purports
- By Krsna consciousness, the embodied soul can revive his real position and thus come out of his embodiment
- By my (Narada's) special favor, after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods, they (Nalakuvara and Manigriva) will be able to see the SPG, Vasudeva, face to face, & thus revive their real position as devotees - SB 10.10.20-22
- By the actions of Kardama Muni we can understand that in spite of his immense mystic power, he remained a devotee of the Lord. That is the real position of every living entity
C
- Civilization is that you must know what is your real position and act accordingly, and then you become liberated
- Consider where you have come from, where you are going after giving up this body, and why you are under the control of material lamentation. Try to understand your real position in this way, & then you will be able to give up your unnecessary attachment
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- Every living entity is by nature joyful, spiritually, and because he is materially covered, his joyfulness is hampered. That is the real position
- Everyone should be given the chance to hear the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for thus one will gradually come to understand his real position in life and be elevated to the transcendental position above the mode of goodness
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- For those who are actually not able to follow the principles of Krsna consciousness, it is better to cultivate knowledge because by knowledge one can be able to understand his real position. BG 1972 purports
- From the platform of the material world, one cannot estimate the real position of the antimaterial world
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- He (one who understands his real constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the Lord) becomes qualified to enter into the Vaikuntha planets, where there is neither material, miserable life, nor the influence of time and death. BG 1972 purports
- He (the living entity) is helpless, being in the grip of these modes (of material nature), but when he can see his real position, then he can attain to the transcendental platform, having the scope for spiritual life. BG 1972 purports
- He (Yamaraja) will explain what his real position is and how everyone is controlled by the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead
I
- If one is engaged in hearing the glories of the Lord, gradually he realizes his real position
- If you are thinking that you are the master of your wife, children, of your servants, of your business, that is false. You are the servant of your wife, you are servant of your children, you are the servant of your servants. That is your real position
- If you associate with persons addicted to so many drugs or brothel men, then you will become like that. And if you associate with the Krsna conscious men, then you become Krsna conscious; you understand what is your real position
- If you want real love, real position, then you have to transfer your, these loving propensities in five different kinds of mellows to Krsna. Then it will be permanent, and you'll be happy
- Illusioned by the external energy of the Lord, he (the conditioned soul) is forced to become a servant of the material world. That is the real position of the conditioned soul
- In order to fulfill their (living entities) desire to lord it over the material energy of material forms and names, they are given a chance for such false enjoyment, and a chance to understand the real position through the revealed scriptures
- In order to realize the real position of the antimaterial principle, one must rise to the transcendental plane of superior energy. Bhakti-yoga is the very activity of superior energy
- In order to save him from the cycle of birth and death, one has to understand God, or Krsna. Krsna means God. Then he comes to his real, identical position as spiritual body, and then he lives forever
- In other words, she (Rukmini) displayed her real position as a woman. She was happy to get Krsna as her husband at the moment when her marriage to another was to be performed
- In the beginning, of course, a neophyte devotee must try to keep himself apart from all kinds of alluring attachments, but the real position of a mature devotee is that even in the presence of all allurements, he is not at all attracted
- In the preliminary stages we require to stick to the formulas of religious scripture. But we must know that the whole idea is targeted to understand my real position. That is the whole idea of all scripture
- In the superior life forms, spiritual consciousness is fully awakened. Then the living entity understands his real position and tries to escape the influence of material energy by developing Krsna consciousness
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- Mad-yaji. "You worship Me (Krsna). You offer your obeisances unto Me." Persons who are in poor fund of knowledge, they think, "It is too much. Krsna is demanding too much. It is sophistry." No, no. That is not sophistry. That is the real position
- Maya means this maya, illusion, can be rejected by advancement of knowledge. That is jnani. Jnani means this is real knowledge, to understand his real position
- Mirror, when it is dusty, you cannot see your face nicely, similarly, when our heart is contaminated with the material infection, we cannot understand our real position. But if we chant this Hare Krsna mantra, then it will be possible to understand
- Mukti means that we have lost our original, constitutional position. Because here Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that the real position of the living entity is that he is eternal servant of Krsna
- My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge? Under whose protection are you standing? And under whom are you working? What is your real position? Do you alone create all entities with material elements by your personal energy
O
- One who fully understands the real position of his life adopts devotional service and realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- One who understands his real constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the Lord, and thus knows the position of the Personality of Godhead, engages himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. BG 1972 purports
- One will gradually come to understand his real position in life and be elevated to the transcendental position above the mode of goodness. Thus all impediments to his progress will be cut to pieces
- Only in ignorance does a living entity think that he is lost. If by attainment of knowledge he comes to the real position of his eternal existence, he knows that he is not lost
- Our Krsna consciousness movement is not a process of trying to convince people of some speculative idea. This movement is actually bringing people to their real position - that they're all part and parcel of Krsna
- Our philosophy is different. We do not wish to become enjoyer. We want to be enjoyed. That is our real position. We want to serve Krsna. We want to offer everything to Krsna
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- Real position is we living entities, are eternal servant of God. As soon as we forget this formula, we are in the material existence. And as soon as we revive this original consciousness, that is called spiritual platform. Therefore we are propagating KC
- Real sense is within. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam (CC Madhya 19.170). We have to serve Krsna, Hrsikesa... Krsna is real, and we have to come to that position of reality. Then we can serve Krsna
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- Sanjaya informed the King (Dhrtarastra) that his son, Duryodhana, after seeing the military force of the Pandavas, at once went to the commander-in-chief, Dronacarya, to inform him of the real position. BG 1972 purports
- Sankara said, "No, matter is our false position. Spirit is real position." But he did not say anything, what are the activities of the spiritual life
- Since time immemorial each living entity has accumulated the various reactions of his good and bad work, As such, he is continuously ignorant of his real constitutional position. BG 1972 purports
- So this is our position. Without understanding our real position we are perplexed with these all worldly problems, which are all false
- Sometimes the servant of God becomes the master of God. The real position of the living entity is to be the servant of God, but in the Bhagavad-gita we can see that the master, Krsna, became the servant of Arjuna
- Sometimes water becomes hard, very hard, ice. So that is not the natural position of water. Artificially, on account of excessive cold or by artificial means the water becomes solid. But the real position of water is liquidity
- Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami confirms that this is the real position of a bona fide spiritual master - being simultaneously one with and different from Krsna
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- The American government may create prison departments, but why you are interested there? Why you are going there? The real position is: because you are criminal, therefore government has to create such department
- The difference between animal society & human society is that a human being, whoever he may be, he can, if he is taught, trained and educated, he can understand his real position, that he is not this body, but he is pure consciousness; he is spirit soul
- The guru is the servant of Krsna, and if we become his servant, we become an actual bona fide servant. That is our real position
- The impetus for activities is generated from the self, but such activities become illusory due to ignorance of the real position of the self
- The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading to enlighten people about their real position, their original relationship with Krsna. One requires Krsna’s special power in order to be able to do this
- The materialist is benefited by association with devotees because his life then becomes regulated so that his chance of becoming a devotee or making the present life successful for understanding the real position of the living entity is increased
- The mundane qualities do not allow a living entity to understand his real position. The qualities of both ignorance and passion strongly bind one to the illusory bodily conception of the self
- The real constitutional position of the living entity is that of subordination to the Supreme Lord, who is pure knowledge. When one is deluded into separation from this pure knowledge, he becomes controlled by the illusory energy
- The real position is that every living entity is female, originally. But falsely he is imitating to become a male, enjoy
- The real position is that He is the original source of all qualities. All qualities are emanating constantly from Him. How, therefore, can a limited person count the qualities of the Lord?
- The real position of the living entity is a servant of God, but in Bhagavad-gita we see that the master, Krsna, has become the servant of Arjuna
- The real position, as explained by the Lord Himself, is that although nothing can exist without Him, it is not a fact that everything is Him. He is different from everything
- The scriptures, however, supply the clue for understanding the real position, but men are reluctant to take lessons from the scriptures created by the Lord for different places and times
- The Vedas give the direction tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet: (MU 1.2.12) in order to reach the perfection of life or to understand the real constitutional position of the living entity, one must approach the spiritual master
- The whole process is to understand the real position of the self in relation to the Superself. BG 1972 purports
- They (Mayavadis) wrongly think that everyone is God or that everyone is equal to God. Therefore, since the real position of the living entity is not clear to them, how can they advance further
- They cannot understand Your real position & therefore they conclude that the cosmic manifestation is independent of Your opulence. My Lord, You are the supreme pure, & You are full in all six opulences. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You
- This human form body should be utilized fully for understanding our real position, our relationship with God, and our transaction, our dealings, and the basis of our relationship with God, and what is the real goal of life
- This inquiry (about one's real position) is the beginning of the Vedanta-sutras, wherein it is said, athato brahma-jijnasa: one should inquire into the Supreme. BG 1972 purports
- This is our real position, to be servants of the servants of the servants. And by your quiet and humble attitude, you shall set the example of Vaisnava so that all may learn from you
- This is very simple thing, that "I am simply changing body. Then what is my real position?" This is intelligent. When a man comes to this position or this platform, to inquire, "Actually what I am?" that is beginning of human life
- This vibration of transcendental sound, Hare Krsna, will cleanse the dust. And as soon as the dust is cleared, then, as you can see on the mirror the nice face of yours, similarly we can see our real, I mean to say, constitutional position, - What I am
- Those who are not conversant with factual knowledge put forward many speculative propositions about the real position of the living entity. It is admitted, however, by all schools of philosophy, that the living being is eternal
- To think falsely that one is the Supreme Soul and that one is all-pervading is not svarūpa. This is not realization of his actual position. The real position is that one is part and parcel
- Transcendental personalities are full of transcendental bliss, knowledge & life eternal. That's the real position of spiritual existence & as soon as he's fully cognizant of this transcendental position, he at once surrenders unto the lotus feet of Krsna
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- We have forgotten real position, sanatana-dharma. We have forgotten. Sanatana-dharma means a living entity is meant for serving the whole. Living entity's a part, part of the whole. So the living entity's business is to serve the whole
- When one actually awakens from material life, one understands his real position as an eternal servant of Krsna. This is called liberation. Muktir hitvanyatha rupam svarupena vyavasthitih - SB 2.10.6
- When the heart is cleansed we can understand our real position, and how we are suffering, and how to take steps against this suffering. This is called bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence
- When the inferior swan hears the instructions of the other swan, he understands his real position and is again revived to his original consciousness
- When the living entity prefers to misuse his independence & glide down towards nescience, the all-merciful Lord first of all tries to protect him from the trap, but when he persists in gliding down to hell, the Lord helps him to forget his real position
- When the living entity understands his real position by the grace of Krsna, he keeps himself always fit in Krsna consciousness and acts accordingly. Thus he gradually becomes completely free from the clutches of maya
- When they (the conditioned souls) are completely baffled by prolonged lustful activities, the living entities begin to inquire about their real position. BG 1972 purports
- When we forget our real constitutional position and wish to enjoy the material resources, our material desires manifest, and we associate with varieties of material enjoyment
- Whenever there is a discrepancy in our constitutional position, the Supreme Lord either comes Himself or sends His representative to inform us of the real position of the living entity
- Whether one is engaged in material activity involving pounds, shillings and pence or is in the renounced order, he should always think that he is an eternal servant of God, for that is the real position of the living being
- With the association of a bona fide spiritual master, he (the living entity) can see his real position, and, by such an understanding, he can become fixed in full Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- Without understanding our real position we are perplexed with these all worldly problems, which are all false
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- You do not know your real position. That is ignorance. And that is dog mentality. The dog cannot understand that he is not body; he is something else
- You may stop the political program. It will not benefit our real spiritual position
- Yudhisthira said, "Your (Krsna's) real position is always exalted, exactly like that of the sun, which always remains at the same temperature during both the time of its rising and the time of its setting. But we feel the difference"