Category:Wasting Money
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda strictly instructs that money collected for the service of the Supreme Lord must be managed with the utmost care and never squandered. Because all wealth ultimately belongs to Kṛṣṇa, and because it is gathered through the hard labor of sincere devotees, spending it irresponsibly is a grave offense. Proper management requires transparent accounting and a frugal attitude that prevents whimsical expenditures, such as unnecessary redecorating or luxurious travel. On a broader societal level, Śrīla Prabhupāda severely criticizes the modern world for wasting immense public funds on misguided endeavors. So-called scientists consume billions of dollars on futile space excursions and atheistic research, while politicians squander state resources on bloated organizations that fail to produce peace. Even in daily life, foolish people waste their hard-earned money on cinemas, clubs, and charity in the modes of passion and ignorance. True welfare work does not mean pouring money into broken social structures; it means funding the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. By applying our financial resources solely for spreading spiritual knowledge, all unnecessary economic and social waste can be permanently stopped.
- Protecting Kṛṣṇa's Wealth: Every farthing collected on behalf of the spiritual movement belongs to the Supreme Lord. Devotees must keep clear accounts and ensure that nothing is misspent or put at unnecessary risk.
- The Principle of Frugality: While spending money to improve the preaching mission is necessary, managers must prevent irresponsible individuals from spending hard-earned funds like princes on whimsical or unnecessary projects.
- The Futility of Mundane Science: So-called scientists and politicians mislead the public, taking huge salaries and research grants to conduct useless experiments—such as trying to go to the moon—while completely ignoring spiritual reality.
- Misdirected Charity and Welfare: Giving charity without spiritual discrimination, or pouring state funds into endless welfare programs, is simply a waste of money. True social relief is achieved only by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Materialistic Illusions: The general populace foolishly thinks that building a skyscraper is a solid investment while constructing a temple is a waste. They then squander their own wealth on temporary sense gratification, oblivious to the impending dangers of birth and death.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: We Must Spend Money Very Cautiously and Not to Waste.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "Wasting Money"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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- Charity in the mode of goodness is recommended by the scriptures, but charity in the modes of passion and ignorance is not recommended because it is simply a waste of money. BG 1972 purports
- Charity in the mode of goodness is recommended by the scriptures, but charity in the modes of passion and ignorance is not recommended, because it is simply a waste of money
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- I cannot close my eyes when there are big management difficulties, so when I see things going wrong, money mispent, things not used properly, then I have to take part
- I want that a high standard should be maintained, but unnecessarily changing and redecorating is also not good. So once you have established a very nice standard, avoid too much changing it again and again. That is wasting Krishna's money unnecessarily
- If we manufacture a skyscraper building, immediately there will be some income. But if I construct a gigantic temple, it will be simply waste of money. - They are thinking like that. That means the standard of understanding God is finished
- In the evening people go to restaurants and cinemas and waste time and money at clubs and dances. They are not aware of the fearful situation of birth, old age, disease and death
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- Mischievous, miscreants, simply wasting money. They're taking huge salary, huge research fees from the government, and simply misleading persons. That is their business
- My only request is we must spend money very cautiously and not to waste. For improvement we can spend. I am simply afraid that money may not be wasted
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- Tell them, this United Nation Organization, that "You are all bogus. You cannot do it. Come to this platform, and you'll be able." They have proved themselves bogus for the last twenty-five years, I think. Thirty years. Uselessly. Wasting money and time
- The accounts must be kept very clearly. Then everyone will be pleased with us. Not a single farthing should be wasted. That will be our credit
- The American government has stopped financing this foolish excursion, going to the moon planet. They have stopped. They have now come to sense that simply these so-called scientists, they're experi . . . experimenting on public money and wasting
- They will try to make a research and waste time and waste money, public money, and pass on as great scientist, philosopher, leaders, politician, and mislead people, without any factual knowledge
- Those who are responsible should be very frugal to see that not one penny is unnecessarily spent
- Those who collect contributions on behalf of ISKCON should be very careful not to use even a farthing of the collection for any purpose other than the transcendental loving service of the Lord
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- Wasting time and misleading person, and wasting hard-earned money of the state. And big, big foundation supplying them money. And if you ask, "Give us some money for Krsna consciousness," "No, no, we are not interested in religion
- We should consider the money, after all, is earned with hard labor. So somebody will bring money with hard labor, and another body will spend like irresponsible prince; that should be stopped. That is management
- Welfare is actually waste of money. But social construction is so bad they have to give welfare. If they take our Krsna consciousness movement, we can stop this welfare money, let them pay
- Whatever money we are getting it is from Krishna, so nothing should be misspent