Category:Should Tolerate
Theme Analysis
The spiritual path is fraught with tests, and learning to tolerate the dualities of material life is a mandatory qualification for advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Through his teachings, Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that physical pains, pleasures, happiness, and distress are simply temporary conditions of the material body, likening them to an external skin disease. A sincere devotee must endure these bodily fluctuations and tolerate any personal insults or misbehavior from asuras without losing focus on their ultimate goal of returning to Godhead. However, this profound tolerance has a strict boundary: while one must be as patient as a tree regarding personal affronts, a genuine devotee must never tolerate blasphemy directed against the Supreme Lord or His pure devotees.
- The Illusion of Material Duality: Pains and pleasures are temporary conditions arising from the physical body, and the practitioner must learn to endure them calmly (sama-duḥkha).
- The Principle of Humility: When faced with envious individuals or personal attacks, a devotee is instructed to remain undisturbed, tolerant as a tree, and devoid of the urge to retaliate.
- Zero Tolerance for Blasphemy: True spiritual humility does not equate to cowardice; a devotee acts like fire to counteract insults and blasphemy committed against Kṛṣṇa or His Vaiṣṇava servants.
- Unwavering Spiritual Focus: By keeping one's attention fixed entirely on executing devotional service, all bodily inconveniences and social discomforts fade into insignificance.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Understanding Why We Should Tolerate Hardships in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Pages in category "Should Tolerate"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- A devotee should be so advanced that in spite of being troubled by the asuras, he should tolerate, titiksavah, and still he should be kind upon him, not that "This man is talking against me, against God. Therefore I shall be angry and drive him away." No
- A devotee should be tolerant and should be very much compassionate toward others. For example, if he suffers personal injury, he should tolerate it, but if someone else suffers injury, the devotee need not tolerate it
- A devotee should lead a very simple life and not be disturbed by the duality of opposing elements. He should learn to tolerate them
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- If one is engaged in his cultivation of spiritual life, then he should tolerate all these bodily pains and pleasure, because they come and go
- In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna informs Arjuna that the pains and pleasures experienced in relation to the body are temporary; they come and go. One should not be disturbed by them but should tolerate them and continue with spiritual realization - BG 2.14
- It should be noted herewith (in SB 4.6.47) that a Vaisnava should not tolerate the blaspheming of Visnu or Vaisnavas, although he should tolerate personal insults to himself
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- One may then ask why the Lord exhibited His anger. The point is that one should be ready to tolerate all insults to one's own self, but when Krsna or His pure devotee is blasphemed, a genuine devotee becomes angry & acts like fire against the offenders
- One should tolerate insults against oneself, but when there is blasphemy committed against superiors such as other Vaisnavas, one should be neither humble nor meek: one must take proper steps to counteract such blasphemy
- Our business is how to go back to home, back to Godhead. If there is some difficulty you should tolerate and go on with our business
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- We insist our students that "Don't go out." Even you are discomfortable, you should tolerate, but you should not go out of the society. Then you will surely fall down, surely fall down
- We should be very much careful. Our Krsna consciousness cannot be diverted. Then you are gone to hell. Even there is danger, even there is suffering in Krsna consciousness, we should tolerate
- What is the problem of life? Not that "I have got some pain here, I have some trouble or some . . ." These are not problems. This problem one should tolerate