Category:Talking about God
Theme Analysis
Talking about God is the essential method for reviving the soul's dormant God consciousness and escaping the "animal society" of modern materialistic life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that human speech is a unique privilege meant for discussing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His pastimes, and the science of self-realization. While secular society and materialistic scientists often consider talking about God to be crazy or unprofessional, these transcendental discussions are actually the highest form of kīrtana. By engaging the tongue in talking about Kṛṣṇa and the ears in hearing about Him, the living entity creates an immediate spiritual association that transforms any environment into Vaikuṇṭha and halts the wastage of one's limited lifespan.
- Reviving God Consciousness: Just as a psychiatrist cures a patient through talk therapy, the living entity is cured of the "material disease" by associating with devotees and constantly talking and hearing about God. This process allows the human form of life to fulfill its unique potential for understanding the Absolute Truth.
- The Highest Form of Kīrtana: Kīrtana is not limited to musical performances; discussing the pastimes of the Lord and the science of self-realization is also kīrtana. Such talk is so potent that it creates the atmosphere of Vaikuṇṭha wherever devotees assemble, making the place transcendental to the material world.
- A Distinction from Animal Society: Human society that forbids or neglects talk of God is compared to animal society, which is preoccupied only with eating, sleeping, and sex. Modern "secular" states and conferences that avoid the subject of God are described as non-gentlemanly or atheistic, leading to a waste of human life.
- The Value of Time: Every sunrise and sunset diminishes the life of those engaged in "croaking" like frogs—talking nonsense. However, for those who spend their time talking about Kṛṣṇa (kṛṣṇa-kathā), time cannot take away their life, as they are engaged in eternal service.
- The Requirement of Love: To be truly progressive, talking about God must be accompanied by actual love for Him. Without love, such talk is a waste of time. When devotees are captivated by love, their minds and speech naturally and effortlessly focus on Kṛṣṇa's transcendental activities.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Talking about God - Reviving our Original Consciousness.
Subcategories
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Pages in category "Talking about God"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- A crazy fellow goes to the psychiatrist and he talks with him; gradually, he cures him - similarly, these living entity, if they associate with devotees and they constantly talk and hear about God, then again he revives his God consciousness
- Amongst the scientists this is an etiquette, not to talk of God. Everything science. Means everything nonsense, passing on as scientist
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- Either you chant the holy name of Rama or you see the statue of Rama or you talk of His pastimes, transcendental pastimes, everything, that means you are associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Every state is trying to become secular: "Don't talk of God." "Don't talk of God," then what you are? That is animal society. The animal society has no talk of God. There is only talk of how to fill up the belly. That's all
- Everyone is keeping a dog, very favorite pet. And in church, they'll talk of God, but practically they love the dog. Is it not? This is going on, in the name of religion
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- If we call all the dogs of your country, "Come here. We shall talk about God," no, there is no possibility of understanding. But in the human form of life there is possibility
- If you are talking of God, then you must love God. That is progress. But there is no love of God, there is love of something else, so what is the use of talking about? Hmm? What do you think? Is it not waste of time?
- In this way the minds of great personalities are always engaged in Krsna. With their minds engaged in Krsna, naturally the captivated devotees simply talk of Krsna
- It is mentioned here (in SB 3.22.35) visnoh kurvato bruvatah kathah. When he (Manu) talked, he talked only of Krsna and Visnu, the Personality of Godhead; when he heard something, it was about Krsna; when he meditated, it was upon Krsna and His activities
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- So many paraphernalia how to engage your mind. Hearing and chanting about Krsna, thinking of Krsna, worshiping Krsna, talking about Krsna, writing about Krsna, selling the books about Krsna, eating Krsna prasadam. In this way you become Krsna-ized
- So-called human society is generally engaged at night in sleeping and having sex and during the daytime in earning as much money as possible or else in shopping for family maintenance. People have very little time to talk about God
- Sravanam - hearing. Somebody is speaking, and somebody is hearing. So both speaking and hearing, both of them are in the process of devotional service. But that talking or speaking and hearing, not about newspaper, Nixon news - Visnu
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- The essence of everything is the Supreme Lord: He is called the saram. And those who sing and talk about Him are called the sarangas, or the pure devotees
- The frogs, frog's tongue, very busy in croaking. But it, it, it is means inviting death. Similarly, by talking nonsense we allow our span of life being diminished by the sunrise and sunset, but if we talk about the SPG, then our life cannot be taken away
- The most heinous type of atheist; not gentlemen. Whenever they hold some conference they say, "Don't talk of God. Then you cannot come to the conference." Do they not? What is that principle?
- There are many students of my ISKCON institution. This institution is open a little over a year; but some of the students, by simply chanting, by the grace of Krsna, have advanced in such a way that they can talk about the science of God
- This verse is very important. Ayur harati vai pumsam udyann astam ca yann asau tasyarte yat-ksano nita. Simply krsna-katha, chanting. If you have no time, don't sit idly. If there is no facility for reading books or talking about Krsna, chant Hare Krsna
- Those who are attending this meeting, they have got a little faith: "All right, let us go to this meeting. They are talking about something about God. Let us hear." This is called faith, little faith. So you have to increase this faith. That is required
- Transcendental subject matter is so nice that no one becomes tired of hearing or speaking. Others, who are not devotees, may think, "How can people devote so much time simply to talks of God
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- We can imagine the potency of advanced devotional service, especially when devotees sit together and engage in talking of the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- We speak about God, they think that "These people have become crazy. They are, in this modern civilization, talking of God. What is this nonsense?" This is the position. But that is not the fact. God is there
- When the pure devotees assemble to chant, hear and talk about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the place where they assemble becomes Vaikuntha. For the devotee there is no need to pray to the Lord for transferal to the Vaikuntha world
- With the tongue begins spiritual life. If we restrict our tongue not to talk uselessly, simply talk of Krsna or chant Hare Krsna, read Krsna books, and when you are hungry, take krsna-prasadam, then it will be possible, you can control the tongue