Category:So-called Religion
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes a clear demarcation between sentimental, materialistic faith and the genuine spiritual science of pure devotion. Through his penetrating analysis, Śrīla Prabhupāda exposes how various systems passing as religion are actually cheating processes driven by a desire for material gain, economic development, and sense gratification. He clarifies that true religious principles are not sectarian or blind dogmas; rather, they constitute a rigorous educational and cultural movement aimed at reawakening the eternal relationship between the soul and the Supreme Lord. By rejecting concocted faiths, one can fully surrender to the absolute reality.
- The Nature of Cheating Religion: Any religious system that aims at material prosperity, bodily comfort, or name and fame is considered kaitava-dharma, or a cheating religion. True religion is meant for emancipation, not simply for securing daily bread.
- Science Over Sentiment: The movement of pure bhakti is an educational and cultural science based solidly on profound philosophy. It is not a fanatical or blind faith driven by temporary human sentiment.
- Beyond Sectarian Boundaries: Real religion transcends superficial designations such as Hindu, Muslim, or Christian. It is the universal, eternal function of the soul to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Ultimate Instruction: To establish genuine dharma, the Supreme Lord descends to teach the world to abandon all concocted, so-called religious systems and fully surrender unto Him.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Rejecting So-called Religion and Embracing the True Science of Bhakti.
Pages in category "So-called Religion"
The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
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- I will request you to study what is bhakti, what is pure devotion, what is Vasudeva. Everything is there. It is a science, great science. It is not sentiment, neither it is so-called religious faith
- If we go on preaching vigorously as we have been for another 25 year then all these other so called religions will disappear
- In the beginning He said that "I appear to reestablish the principle of religion." So at the last stage He said, sarva-dharman parityajya. That means the so-called dharmas, or religion, which is going on in the world, they are not real
- It is cultural movement, educational movement. It is not so-called religious movement. Religious movement is sentiment. Generally, religion is taken as a kind of faith but it is not a kind of faith
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- King Arhat, being bewildered, gave up the Vedic principles, which are free from risk, and concocted a new system of religion opposed to the Vedas. That was the beginning of the Jain dharma. Many other so-called religions followed this atheistic system
- Krsna appeared for reestablishing the real principles of dharma, or religion. So He did not come or did not appear for establishing the so-called religion system - Hindu religion and Muslim religion or Christian religion or this religion
- Krsna consciousness movement means to give people right knowledge. Don't think that it is a sentimental so-called religious movement
- Krsna did not come to establish the so-called Hindu religion or Muslim religion or Christian religion. No. He came to establish real religion. Real religion means we have to submit, surrender to the real person
- Krsna, when He appeared on this planet, He, last instruction was that, You just surrender to Me, and after giving up all your mental speculation, so-called religious system . . . This is real religious system
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- Of course when we accept Krishna's instructions perfectly we become automatically perfectly religious person. Therefore Krishna consciousness movement is not a sentimental fanaticism of so-called religion
- Our movement is revolutionary to so called religious principles, gurus and swamis. This fact is being appreciated even in India
- Our so-called religion is unique in the world, simply because we stand solidly on philosophy, and because we are strong in that way, no one can refute or defeat us, so we are wiping out sentimental religion wherever we penetrate
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- 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
- People are trying to bring in peace and prosperity in the world by so many activities - philanthropism, altruism. And so-called religion also, they are trying to bring in. The whole idea is the human society should remain in peace and prosperity
- People in general also think that this is also another type of so-called religion. So, gradually, they will take steps for banning our propaganda also, unless we present our system very scientifically based on philosophy
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- The ISKCON branch, being directly watered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is becoming undoubtedly successful, whereas the disconnected branches of the so-called Hindu religion that are envious of ISKCON are drying up and dying
- The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate people about this science, how to go back to home, back to Godhead. It is not a so-called religious movement
- The present so-called Hindu religion, which, being predominantly conducted by the Mayavada philosophy, has become a hodgepodge institution of various concocted ideas
- The so-called religion, so-called economic development, so-called sense gratification, so-called liberation, they're all cheating
- The so-called religious system which is full of matsarata, jealousy, that is called kaitava-dharma, cheating in the name of religion. So this God consciousness is not a cheating religion. It is very broad-minded
- The ultimate goal of so-called religious people is sense gratification of various kinds. For sense gratification, material prosperity is necessary, and therefore they perform religious rituals with a view toward the resultant material name, fame, & gain
- These rascal may understand this fact, that this Krsna consciousness movement is not a sentiment, so-called religious movement. It is a scientific movement to solve all the problems of life. This is Krsna consciousness
- They must be finished, all over the world. So-called religionists, so-called philosophers, so-called avataras, swamis, yogis - finished. Our program should be like that
- Thinking themselves all in all, not caring for any authority or scripture, the demoniac sometimes perform so-called religious or sacrificial rites. And since they do not believe in authority, they are very impudent. BG 1972 purports
- This (bhagavata-dharma) is the best of all religious systems. Whereas so-called religions are meant for a particular type of person who believes in a particular way, such discrimination has no place in Krsna consciousness, or bhagavata-dharma
- This (Krsna consciousness movement) is very important movement. Try to understand and broadcast it. It is not a sectarian, so-called religious movement. It is a scientific movement
- This (no illicit sex life, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication) is the beginning of religious life. Those who are so-called religious and indulge in these four principles of prohibited activities are pseudoreligionists
- This is Krsna consciousness movement, that we are inducing people to understand the problem. It is not a sectarian movement or so-called religious movement. It is not a religion. It is educational cultural movement
- This Krsna consciousness movement is giving that education. Therefore it is not a sentimental so-called religious movement, it is a scientific movement of real education, to solve the problems of life
- To become Krsna conscious means we have to give up all these so-called or cheating type of religious system
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- We are against all so-called cheating religion. The Hinduism is also a cheating religion. We are preaching Bhagavata, and Bhagavata beginning that "We have kicked out all cheating religion." What is cheating religion? That one has to understand
- We are embarassed by establishing artificial relationship with my family, country, and society, and so-called religions. These are all artificial. Real relationship, that "God is great and I am His servant," that is real religion
- We are not presenting any blind, so-called religious faith. No. That is not our business. Our business is caitanyera-daya katha karaha vicara
- We are not simply so-called religious people. We know everything in right way. Everything, what is to be . . . that is Krsna consciousness - all round, all included
- Whichever religion you may like, you can follow, but we want to see whether you are God conscious. If you are not God conscious, then we take it simply useless waste of time, these so-called religions