Category:Should Not Desire
Theme Analysis
The path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is defined as much by what one must reject as by what one must accept. While desire is the symptom of life and cannot be artificially stopped, Śrīla Prabhupāda strictly delineates specific categories of desire that are destructive to spiritual progress. This category serves as a boundary line for the practitioner, warning against the craving for material fruits, the subtle ambition for liberation, and the infringement upon the rights of others. The central principle is that a devotee should not desire anything separate from the will of the Supreme Lord, understanding that true happiness lies in accepting only what is divinely allotted.
- The Prohibition of Material Fruits: A devotee must act out of duty but must not desire to enjoy the results (phala) of his activities, nor should he crave economic development or sense gratification.
- Rejection of Liberation: Unlike the monists or yogis, a pure devotee considers mokṣa (liberation) to be insignificant and should not desire to merge into the Absolute or transfer to heavenly planets.
- The Īśopaniṣad Principle: Spiritual communism dictates that one should accept only the quota allotted to him by the Lord; one must strictly avoid the desire to encroach upon the property or share of others.
- Responsible Parenthood: In Vedic culture, the desire for children is restricted by heavy responsibility; one should not desire to become a mother or father unless one is capable of stopping the child's cycle of birth and death.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: What a Devotee Should Not Desire.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: We Should Not Desire the Fruits of Action.
Pages in category "Should Not Desire"
The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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- A devotee should not desire anything except this, that "Let me live with the society of devotees and chant Hare Krsna maha-mantra." This is our life
- A devotee should not desire even for moksa. What is moksa? Moksa is very insignificant thing for a devotee
- A man should not desire to become a father and the woman should not desire to become a mother unless both of them have taken the vow that - I shall beget a child and stop his cycle of birth and death
- Actually the living entity is not intended to achieve success in religious rituals, economic development or sense enjoyment. The living entity should not even desire success in liberation, what to speak of success in religion, economics & sense enjoyment
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- In devotional life, one should not desire anything, since everything depends on the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Indirectly, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami affirms that Maharaja Pariksit, in the last stage of life, should not desire to transfer himself to the so-called heavenly planets, but should prepare himself for going back home, back to Godhead
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- One has got the desire, but he should not desire unnecessarily. Everyone has got the right to eat, even the animals
- One should accept only that which is allotted to him; one should not desire to infringe upon the property of others
- One should follow the regulative principles and not desire illicit sex, gambling, intoxicants or meat
- One should not desire any sort of material enjoyment, being sensible enough to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- One should not desire to do anything else, even to earn his livelihood. There are many, many examples of this attitude. Madhavendra Puri, for instance, would never go to anyone to ask for food
- One should simply endeavor to increase his Krsna consciousness. One should not desire to do anything else, even to earn his livelihood
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- The position is sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah (Bs. 5.1), eternal life of bliss & knowledge. If we want to come to that, then the process is, we should not any more desire or manufacture some ideas for becoming happy in this material world. This is intelligence
- The theory of becoming desireless is untenable because the mind cannot be made desireless. When it is recommended that one be desireless, it is understood that one should not desire things which are destructive to spiritual values
- To desire like the dog, that is other desire, and to desire like a human being, that is real desire. Our philosophy does not teach to become desireless. That is not possible. Desire must be there. But it should not be other desire
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- We should not any more desire or manufacture some ideas for becoming happy in this material world
- We should not desire anything except serving Krsna. That is our fulfillment of life
- We should not desire anything except we simply desire how to serve Krsna, how to remain a pure devotee of Krsna. Then our life is successful
- We should not desire separately for material comfort. We should simply depend on Krsna and be satisfied. In whatever condition He keeps, be satisfied. Then He will look after whether you are comfortable or uncomfortable
- When the human society becomes civilized, he can grow so many foods, he can keep the cows; instead of eating the cows, he can get milk, sufficient milk. We can make so many preparation from milk & grains. We should not desire unnecessarily to enjoy more
- When there is a recommendation to become desireless, it is to be understood that this means that we should not desire anything for our sense gratification. For a devotee this state of mind, nihsprha, is the right position
- While chanting the holy name of the Lord, one should not desire the material advancements represented by religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and ultimately liberation from the material world
- Within this universe, the SPG in His Supersoul feature is present everywhere, wherever there are animate or inanimate beings. Therefore, one should accept only that which is allotted to him; one should not desire to infringe upon the property of others