Category:Real Thing
Theme Analysis
The concept of the real thing is deeply tied to our understanding of spiritual reality versus material illusion. The material world constantly presents facsimiles of happiness, such as temporary bodily beauty and false ownership, which ultimately leave the soul dissatisfied. Genuine spiritual life, however, involves awakening our dormant love for the Supreme Lord and engaging in His devotional service. Through his extensive preaching, Śrīla Prabhupāda repeatedly emphasizes that the true, eternal reality is only experienced when the mind is absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, primarily through the chanting of the holy names.
- The Illusion of Material Beauty: Material forms are compared to mannequins in a store window, possessing only a temporary, false beauty that disappears once the spirit soul leaves the body.
- The Supreme Value of Devotion: Above all elaborate religious rituals and palatable material offerings, the most essential ingredient is pure bhakti, or unalloyed love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Real Meditation in the Modern Age: While traditional yoga systems require immense physical control, the authentic meditation for this era is simply hearing and chanting the holy names to absorb the mind in Kṛṣṇa.
- The Duty to Distribute Truth: A bona fide spiritual teacher does not compromise the absolute truth to please the masses but instead presents the pure science of God realization straightforwardly.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Real Thing Means Loving Kṛṣṇa.
Pages in category "Real Thing"
The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
A
- A woman is very beautiful, but as soon as the spirit soul is gone, if somebody says that, "You can take this woman at your house," nobody will like. Nobody will like, because the real thing is gone. It is false beauty
- According to Vyasadeva, dharma artha kama moksa, that is not very essential thing. Real thing is how to advance in the science of loving God, Krsna
- Always stick tight to the point of our philosophy. We should not compromise in any way just to accommodate the public idea, but we can so tastefully present the real thing that we will change the people to accommodate us
- As in a cinema we simply see a show or facsimile of the real thing, in Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this material world is but a combination of matter modeled after the reality, just as a mannequin of a girl in a store window is modeled after a girl
- As soon as he is on the lap of his mother, immediately stops, crying. Why? He can understand, "Now I have got the real thing." Other woman taking, he still continues crying. You have seen it?
- As we are servant of Krsna, it is our duty to present the real thing. Now you accept, not accept. That is not my business
B
- Because I want to deliver the real thing, therefore in my feeble health I am prepared to go. If one man can understand, that I want to see. I am traveling all over the world to see that at least one man may understand
- Bhakti is main thing, not your palatable dish. Visnu is quite competent to prepare thousand times better palatable dishes than you can offer. But the real thing is bhakti
- By propaganda you can establish a false thing as real. That's all. This is going on
- By this astanga-yoga system, by sitting posture, by controlling the breathing, by modes of different posture of seeing, so many things there are. The real thing is to control the mind and concentrate it on the form of Visnu
D
I
- I am very glad to learn that Govardhana dasa has become a leader in the deity worship, due to his inspired service. That is the real thing - one who has inspiration of life, he can do anything. Rupa Goswami explains this as "utsaha'', enthusiasm
- I cannot establish it (right path) by my imperfect arguments. I cannot consult even the scriptures. Neither I can take real instruction from different philosophers. Then what is the way of having the real thing
- If somebody is imitating, that is simply imitation. So imitation has no value. The real thing is this meditation: you chant and hear. This meditation. Meditation means to absorb your mind in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- If we do not follow sixteen rounds, where is the question of chanting Hare Krsna? So don't be artificial; don't be, I mean to say, a show bottle. Be real thing. And that is wanted. If you want real benefit of spiritual life, don't be show bottle
- If you make propaganda, if he's not ghost, you can make him ghost. This is propaganda. This is called propaganda. By propaganda you can establish a false thing as real. That's all. This is going on. They know how to do it. They're expert
K
- Krsna consciousness movement is trying little bit. Success or no success does not matter. As we are servant of Krsna, it is our duty to present the real thing. Now you accept, not accept. That is not my business
- Krsna is not hankering after your patram puspam. He has created patram puspam phalam toyam, He can enjoy. Why He should ask from you? But the real thing is bhaktya
- Krsna says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me. The real thing is whether you are lover & devotee. Then Krsna will accept anything you offer. It is not you have to cook very sumptuously, very rich food, then Krsna you'll offer. Krsna is not after your food
P
- People are after these books, they are hankering for them. We don't need to take cheating method. I never had to use any cheating method when I first began. I simply presented the real thing
- People are becoming advanced. How long you can cheat them with so-called science, so-called religion? Now you take up this Krsna consciousness movement seriously. He will give real thing. Try to understand
R
T
- The GBC meeting (Mayapur 1975) should be held five days before the actual festival is to begin and it will be held in my presence. As far as your proposals are concerned the real thing is that we must make broader constitution of the management by GBC
- The Kali-yuga is so powerful that it will not allow you to accept the real thing. You will be after non-real thing and waste your time and valuable life
- The real thing is that we want satisfaction of our self, so if we want actually satisfaction of self then we shall take to this devotional service without being checked by any material condition or for without any material reason, then you shall be happy
- The real thing is that you are feeling alone, and because you are so to say, child, you have become nervous. Otherwise for a preacher there is no difficulty anywhere, irrespective of climate and conditions
- The real thing is this meditation: you chant and hear. This meditation. Meditation means to absorb your mind in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is meditation, real meditation
- The real thing is wanting that the human life is meant for understanding God, there is no such organization. This is the only organization, Krsna consciousness movement
- The real thing is, they do not retire on account of their strong sense of gratification. That is the reason, not that poverty-stricken. Even though poverty-stricken, still they want to enjoy
- The spirit soul wants happiness in a different way, in society, in friendship and love. This is the real thing
- The whole world is full of cheaters and cheated. Because they want to be cheated, there are so many cheaters. They don't want real thing. Here is the real thing: Bhagavad-gita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead speaking personally about Himself
- This (spreading of Krsna Consciousness movement) is marvelous. You give the real thing, and it will act. If you give false things, nasta, so superficially it is (Sanskrit), but if it is spoiled, it will create disease
- Those who are actually sincere about spiritual life will gradually see the purity of our movement as you are conducting it and they will become attracted to the real thing
- To become agitated is not very unusual thing, but to control it, that is the real thing
Y
- Yo me bhaktya prayacchati. The real thing is love. Patram puspam is no value. Or luci puri is no value. The real value is love
- You are attracted to something for getting some pleasure. So that pleasure is interrupted because we have posed our attraction in some false things. You have to change that attraction to the real thing, Krsna. Then you'll be happy
- You are falsely claiming that you are God. That is not your position. You are servant of God, that is your position. That is real jnana. Therefore Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that don't talk all nonsense thing. Simply say the real thing