Category:Wanting Liberation
The ultimate goal of spiritual life transcends the mere desire for freedom from material suffering, which is often the focus of those wanting liberation. Through a comprehensive study of the Vedic literature, one learns that a pure devotee is entirely satisfied serving the Supreme Lord and does not covet mystic perfections or merging into the impersonal brahmajyoti. Although the Supreme Lord easily grants mukti to anyone who desires it, He keeps pure devotional service hidden. True liberation naturally follows a devotee because engaging in unalloyed bhakti inherently means one is completely freed from the bodily conception of life.
- Rejecting Mystic Powers and Salvation: A pure devotee does not desire any of the five kinds of liberation or material prosperity, remaining perfectly satisfied as long as they are engaged in the loving service of the Lord.
- The Easy Attainment of Salvation: If someone approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead merely wanting liberation from material entanglement, the Lord easily delivers this benediction, whereas pure devotion is rarely achieved.
- Freedom from the Bodily Concept: Real liberation means becoming completely free from material consciousness and realizing that one is a spiritual soul, not the material body.
- Service Surpasses Salvation: Even without achieving so-called liberation, a surrendered soul remains aspirational for the satisfaction of the Lord, dedicating their life to serving His lotus feet life after life.
- The Compassion of the Sages: Instead of going to the Himālayas solely for their personal spiritual benefit, great devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja refuse personal liberation until they can deliver all the fallen souls of the world.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Wanting Liberation Means Freedom From Material Consciousness.
Pages in category "Wanting Liberation"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- A devotee does not want mystic powers or liberation or material prosperity. He is satisfied in any condition of life, as long as he is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord
- A devotee, not to speak of rejecting material sense gratification, does not even want any of the five kinds of liberation
- A pure devotee also does not want liberation. He is a soul completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord, and he does not demand anything from the Lord. This position was realized by Dhruva Maharaja when he saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead present
- A pure devotee does not want liberation so that he may be relieved from the miseries of life. Even without so-called liberation, a pure devotee is aspirant for the satisfaction of the Lord
- Almost all the sages go to the Himalayas for their personal benefit, but Prahlada Maharaja said that he did not want liberation alone. He decided to wait until he was able to deliver all the fallen souls of the world
- Although those who are interested only in worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not desire anything material from the Lord and do not even want liberation, Lord Krsna fulfills all their desires
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- I do not desire to be master of the powers of mystic yoga, nor do I want liberation if I have to give up Your lotus feet
- I do not even want liberation. All I want, life after life, is to be a faithful servant of Your Lordship
- If a devotee wants liberation or material sense gratification from the Lord, Krsna immediately delivers it, but pure devotional service He keeps hidden
- If a devotee wants simple liberation, he gets it very easily from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed by Bilvamangala Thakura
- If one wants liberation and wants to return home, back to Godhead, he should prepare himself for that purpose
- If one wants material happiness like the King of heaven, he can derive that benediction from the hand of Krsna; if one wants liberation from the pangs of material existence, he can also get that benediction from the hand of Krsna
- If one wants to be liberated from the clutches of material existence, then one has to associate with great souls, and if one wants to continue one's material existential life, then one may associate with persons who are materialistic
- If one wants to be liberated from the pangs of material existence, he should take to devotional service for quick attainment of this goal
- If you want liberation from this material entanglement, then you must take to mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh. You must. There is no alternative
- If you want to get liberation from this material world, then that attachment (between man and woman) should be reduced to nil
- In Bhagavad-gita the Lord affirms: anyone who wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world is given liberation by the Lord
- It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one actually wants to be liberated he must render service to the devotees; but one who associates with materialistic people is on the path leading to the darkest region of existence. BG 1972 purports
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- One has to get free from the bodily conception of life. That is the preliminary activity for a transcendentalist who wants to get free, who wants to be liberated. And he has to learn first of all that he is not this material body
- One Vedic mantra says: tam ha devam atma-buddhi-prakasam mumuksur vai saranam aham prapadye. One must surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he at all wants liberation. BG 1972 purports
- One who actually wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world and go back home, back to Godhead, is actually a mystic yogi
- One who wants to become free, who wants to become liberated, must first of all learn that he is not this material body. Mukti or liberation means freedom from material consciousness. BG 1972 Introduction
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- The contact of the spiritual spark with material elements creates a knot which must be cut if one wants to be liberated from the actions and reactions of fruitive work. Liberation means freedom from the cycle of reactionary work
- There is a similar prayer by a brahmana who says, "Let others worship the Vedas and the Upanisads, and let others worship the Mahabharata if they are afraid of material existence and want to become liberated from that condition"
- These processes (ritualistic sacrificial performances) are mentioned in the Vedas, and one can take advantage of them. It is similar with those who want to be liberated from this material world