Category:Wanting to Associate
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the conditioned souls have an intrinsic desire to associate. In the material world, this propensity manifests as wanting to associate with mundane organizations or seeking the company of others for sense gratification. However, when a person becomes fortunate, this desire is elevated, and they want to associate with a sadhu or pure devotee who can help cut the knot of material attachment. The ultimate perfection of this desire is to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. While some aspire to associate with Lord Narayana in the Vaikuntha planets, the highest ambition of a pure Vaisnava is to associate with Lord Krsna in His eternal pastimes in Goloka Vrndavana, entering into the loving atmosphere of the gopis, Nanda Maharaja, mother Yasoda, and Srimati Radharani.
- Seeking Genuine Spiritual Association: Instead of looking for mundane society or organizations, a sincere person wants the association of a pure devotee to learn how to end material existence, not how to improve it.
- Elevating the Desire for Association: Even if one initially approaches a great soul with material motives, that pure association can lead to liberation. Ultimately, the true devotees want personal, eternal association with the Lord rather than merging into His impersonal effulgence.
- The Aspiration of the Goddess of Fortune: The attraction to Kṛṣṇa is so great that even Laksmi, the chaste goddess of fortune, wanted to associate with Him in His cowherd boy form, recognizing Him as the original form of her husband.
- The Highest Ambitions in Vṛndāvana: A pure devotee surpasses the desire for Vaikuntha opulence. Their highest ambition is to associate with Krsna and His intimate devotees in the beautiful, unalloyed atmosphere of Vrndavana.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Wanting to Associate with Lord Kṛṣṇa in His Eternal Pastimes.
Pages in category "Wanting to Associate"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
A
- A person becomes interested in devotional service by some good fortune. Eventually he becomes interested in pure devotional service without material contamination. At that point, a person wants to associate with devotees
- Although only some of these (God's transcendental qualities) are aspired for by persons who hanker after the pleasure of merging in the impersonal Brahman, there are other aspirants who want to associate with the Lord personally as His servants
D
- Devahuti expressed her gratefulness, for although she wanted to associate with Kardama Muni only for sense gratification, because he was spiritually great she was sure to be liberated by his benediction
- Devotees of Lord Visnu may aspire for a position in Vaikunthaloka, but a devotee of Krsna never aspires even for the facilities of Vaikuntha; he wants to return to Goloka Vrndavana and associate with Lord Krsna in His eternal pastimes
H
- He (the pure devotee) simply wants to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead like the inhabitants of Vrndavana - Srimati Radharani, the gopis, Krsna's father and mother (Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda), Krsna's friends and Krsna's servants
- He (the pure devotee) wants to associate with Krsna's atmosphere of Vrndavana's beauty. These are the highest ambitions of a devotee of Krsna
- However, my Lord is Lord Sri Krsna, a cowherd boy who is engaged in tending cows. Why is it that Laksmi, being such a chaste wife, wants to associate with My Lord
I
- If we living entities want to actually associate with Radharani, that may be possible, although She is not an ordinary woman. We can become associates of Radharani by qualifying ourselves in advanced devotional service
- If we want to associate with a sadhu, we cannot expect him to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition, but he will give us instructions on how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction
- It is understandable that a chaste woman wants to associate with her husband in all his different dresses. Therefore one should not criticize Laksmi for wanting to associate with Krsna
- It was in great fun that the goddess of fortune wanted to associate with Lord Krsna. The goddess of fortune considered that her vow of chastity would not be damaged by her relationship with Krsna
T
- The bhaktas, the devotees, want to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally and serve Him
- The gopis of Vrndavana were so attached to Krsna that they were not satisfied simply with the rasa dance at night. They wanted to associate with Him and enjoy His company during the daytime also
- This is the symptom of this age: "I want to associate with some organization"
- Those who want to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His transcendental form as Narayana in the Vaikunthas, or with Krsna in Krsnaloka, go to those abodes, wherefrom they never return