Category:So-called Advancement
Theme Analysis
In the modern age, human civilization falsely equates technological innovation, widespread education, and economic development with actual progress. Analyzing this profound misconception, Śrīla Prabhupāda exposes "so-called advancement" as a complete illusion born of the bodily concept of life. Rather than solving the fundamental problems of birth, death, old age, and disease, this godless progression merely increases human suffering and binds the conditioned soul tighter to māyā. True advancement is never found in the temporary comforts of the material world or the empty promises of mundane science, but only in the revival of eternal Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- The Illusion of Material Progress: Modern society focuses exclusively on bodily comforts and space travel, remaining entirely ignorant of the spiritual planets and the eternal nature of the soul.
- The Failure of Science: Despite immense technological achievements, so-called scientific advancement has completely failed to stop the inevitable miseries of death, disease, and old age.
- A Society of Blind Leaders: Politicians, scientists, and philosophers lacking spiritual knowledge are no better than blind men leading other blind men into a chaotic, godless civilization.
- The Resulting Degradation: As society abandons God for material growth, it inevitably falls victim to immorality, intense anxiety, corruption, and the loss of genuine Vedic culture.
- The Only Real Solution: The ultimate purpose of human life is not to work exhaustively like an ass for economic development, but to stop this suicidal path and utilize one's time for advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: How Godless Society Is Misled by So Called Advancement.
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Pages in category "So-called Advancement"
The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
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- A godless civilization directed toward the so-called advancement of education is more dangerous than a civilization in which the masses of people are less "educated"
- A spiritual master needn't be very enthusiastic for constructing temple buildings simply in the name of so-called spiritual advancement. Rather, his first and foremost activity should be to preach
- All these habits (drinking wine, smoking, drinking tea, chewing tobacco), or so-called advancement of civilization, are the root causes of all irreligiosities, and therefore it is not possible to check corruption, bribery and nepotism
- All these habits, or so-called advancement of civilization, are the root causes of all irreligiosities
- As long as human society works on the basis of false material identification, all the so-called advancements of science and philosophy are simply useless. They only serve to mislead human society. In the material world, the blind simply lead the blind
- At the present moment so-called advanced civilized men are trying to go to other planets, but they do not know that even if they go to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, they have to come back again to this planet
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- If Maharaja Priyavrata could condemn himself in spite of his wonderful activities, how condemned we are in our so-called advancement of material civilization
- If somebody does not know what is atma-tattva, what is the science of soul, then whatever he is making so-called advancement, that is all defeat
- If the so-called advanced in education they speak so irresponsibly, naturally, others will follow. Therefore, at the present moment, the whole generation is covered with ignorance and darkness. No clear knowledge
- In spite of so-called advancement of education, culture, science, philosophy, the result is when you go to the airport you are proved you are a dishonest man. Everyone is checked means everyone is dishonest, it is to be supposed
- In the spiritual world there are many Vaikuntha planets, and the topmost planet is Krsnaloka, Goloka Vrndavana. Despite the so-called advancement of civilization, there is no information of the Vaikunthalokas, the spiritual planets
- In this verse (SB 7.6.16) it is clearly stated that despite their so-called advanced knowledge, they actually have the same mentality as cats and dogs
- Is it possible to make this world comfortable by the so-called advancement of science? No, this is not possible. As a result, we do not even wish to know what these miseries are
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- Neglect of following the regulative activities and so-called advancement on the basis of self-motivation are both offensive
- No one wants to change his birthright, no one wants to meet death, no one wants to be old or invalid, and no one wants diseases. But these problems are solved neither by the grace of any demigod nor by the so-called advancement of material science
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- So-called advancement of civilization in knowledge means that the populace is becoming more mad. Instead of being cured, the disease is being increased
- So-called advancement of civilization means the living entity is always compared as an ass, mudha. So instead of becoming intelligent, by material education one becomes more and more first-class ass, jada-vidya saba mayara vaibhava tomara bhajane badha
- So-called advancement of education means mayaya apahrta-jnana. The maya, the illusory energy, is plundering the real purpose of knowledge
- Spiritual well-being, that is our Krsna consciousness movement, that if the society becomes Krsna conscious, or spiritually advanced, the so-called material advancement will automatically be there. There will be no scarcity
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- The devotees of Lord Siva are opulent only in terms of the material qualities. Factually, such so-called advancement of civilization is the cause of entanglement in material existence
- The inherent principle is eternally a fact, his obedience to God. But artificially he has covered it. The God consciousness is there in everyone, but by so-called material advancement, he has forgotten
- The living entity is already illusioned when he comes into the material world, and so-called advanced education simply increases his illusion
- The modern, so-called advanced boys and girls (in India), they are now after divorce. But before that, even there was misunderstanding between husband and wife, quarrel, there was no question of divorce
- The negative side is described that he (a grhastha) is not interested with this worldly, so-called advancement of social position or advancement of economic problem
- The prakrta-sahajiyas exhibit these symptoms to advertise their so-called advancement in love of Krsna, but instead of praising the prakrta-sahajiyas for their symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, pure devotees do not like to associate with them
- The so-called advancement of human civilization has engaged a human being in the work of an ass
- The so-called material advancement is not the solution because God is eternal, we are eternal, and in the material condition we are changing our body
- The Srimad-Bhagavatam affirms that life is not meant for so-called economic development or advancement of materialistic science for the hedonistic philosophy of eating, mating, drinking and merrymaking
- These (mayayapahrta-jnanah) rascals are themselves blind, and yet they are leading others who are blind. When people follow such leaders, they suffer unlimited pains in the future. Despite so-called advancement, all this is happening
- This so-called advancement of civilization is maya. It will be finished at any second, but they do not know. They do not know. It will be finished at any second
- To attain freedom from material life, one must take to Krsna consciousness. Otherwise, if one very busily engages in the so-called advancement of science, what benefit will he derive?
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- We can see in the material world that the conditioned soul acts so powerfully that he is playing wonderfully in creating the so-called advancements of material civilization for sense gratification
- We don't want to stop the modern advancement of technology, although the so-called advancement technology is suicidal; we don't talk of this
- When there was no so-called advancement of civilization, people used to eat on utensils made of silver, gold, at least metal. Now they're using plastic. And still, they are proud of advancement of civilization
- Whether he is an impersonalist or a devotee, one who is actually interested in advancing spiritually should not mingle with those who are simply interested in maintaining the body by means of the so-called advancement of civilization
- Without knowledge of the presence of God in every living entity, any so-called advancement of human civilization, either spiritual or material, is to be understood as being in the mode of ignorance