Category:That Is Success
Theme Analysis
In the modern world, success is typically measured by wealth, prestige, and material comfort. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda radically redefines this concept. True success, he explains, is not found in temporary material achievements but in the permanent liberation of the soul. The ultimate standard of success is to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death (ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ). This perfection is achieved through strict obedience to the spiritual master, becoming a "puppet" in his hands. For a scientist, success means using knowledge to prove the existence of God. For a human being, it means freedom from the animalistic propensities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Ultimately, success is defined by one's ability to please the Supreme Lord and return to the spiritual world.
- Obedience: Success lies in becoming a puppet of the spiritual master and strictly executing his orders.
- The Final Test: The real measure of success is remembering Kṛṣṇa at the moment of death.
- Control of Senses: Freedom from the four animal instincts—eating, sleeping, mating, and defending—is true human success.
- Missionary Success: Distributing books and maintaining purity is the success of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
- Scientific Success: A scientist is successful only if they use their education to prove the existence of God.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: That Is Success - The Definition of a Perfect Life.
Pages in category "That Is Success"
The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
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- Breathing exercise means if you can stop breathing, then you increase your life. That is called samadhi. No more breathing. That is yogic success
- By chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra - all one's sins are eradicated and one becomes fully reformed. In other words, one comes to the spiritual platform, and that is success in life
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- If by our symbolic representation one immediately remembers Krsna, that is our success
- If our books are distributed nationwide that is the success of our movement
- If we can introduce this hari-sankirtana, and if they have little taste, that is success. It's a great program
- If you are actually scientist, then prove that there is God. That is your success of education
- In future if it is so required you may have one or two more from London, but the best thing will be to recruit devotees locally - that is the success of preaching work
- It doesn't matter whether they are initiated or not. If they are coming in large number, that is the success of our mission
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- Offenseless is not yet pure - you're trying to make offenseless, but not yet offenseless. But when there is pure chanting, that is success
- On the Absolute world there is no such relativities as a success and failure. The one thing in the Absolute world is to serve Krishna. Don't care for the result. Krishna must know that we are working very seriously and that is our success of life
- One should be inquisitive on the spiritual platform. That is success of life
- Our real business is how we shall be successful to become an obedient servant of Krsna. That's all. That is real success
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- So accept Krsna as the supreme guru and follow His instruction and try to convince others. "Others" means even your family members. That is success of life
- Somehow or other you must engage yourself in loving Krsna. That is the success of life
- Spiritual revolution means the people should understand what is the Supreme Truth, and then mold their character and activities according to that relationship. Then that is success of human life
- Success is his who is pushing forward the preaching method. That is his success
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- Take prasada and chant Hare Krsna, that's all. And we have now nice buildings. Live there peacefully, chant Hare Krsna. This is my success. If I see that you are living very nicely, chanting very nicely, then all my labor is successful
- That is our success, when there is opposition. They are not going to oppose any such movement like Transcendental Meditation
- That is success. If we learn our failure and try to rectify it
- The best thing is that instead of becoming at last the servant of a dog, just immediately become servant of God. That is your success of life
- The modern civilization, everyone is thinking, "If I get a good wife and nice motorcar and a nice apartment, that is success." That is not success. That is temporary
- Their scientific knowledge will be successful when by scientific knowledge they prove that God is the origin of the universe. That is success
- There is a great need of the Krishna Consciousness movement all over the world. If educated persons like you take active interest in this movement, and preach the cult for the benefit of the mass of people, that is the success of life
- This is material life: eating, sleeping, mating, and always afraid of. And human life means to take freedom from these four things: no more afraid, no more sex, no more hankering after eating or sleeping. That is success
- This Krsna consciousness movement means to keep the mind attached to Krsna. That is success
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- We are not after many millions of disciples. I want to see that one disciple has understood Krsna's philosophy. That is success. That's all
- We should be accustomed to chant Hare Krsna that whenever the death point is there, he would chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Then that is success
- We should be searching after eternal happiness, eternal life, eternal engagement. That is success of life. And if we hanker after temporary things, that is not very good intelligence
- Whatever you do, you just become Krsna conscious, and at least he will feel that, "I am . . . my future hope is there. There is Krsna." That is successful life. At least he is hopeful that he is going to Krsna, even he is working very hard, never mind
- When I see so many boys and hundreds of centers, they are living very peacefully in a nice house, getting good prasadam, having good knowledge in the books, and reforming their character, and getting some good home, that is my success
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- You can eulogize your Guru Maharaja, but you have to learn it and face the public and be strong to defend yourself. That is success. Not by praising your Guru Maharaja
- You have got a tendency for sex life, take for example. This is your tendency. But if you can check it, that is your success
- You have got this facility of life, comfortable life. Do not misuse it for becoming next life a dog. Utilize it to become next life God. That is success. You have got advanced intelligence, but this intelligence is given to you for understanding God
- Your devotional service will be tested at the time of death. Because yam yam vapi smaram loke tyajaty ante kalevaram (BG 8.6). At the time of death, if we can remember Krsna, narayana-smrtih, that is all success