Category:Wasting Valuable Time
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda imparts a severe warning regarding the fleeting nature of the human lifespan. Time is the ultimate, unrecoverable resource; as Cāṇakya Paṇḍita observed, a single lost moment cannot be repurchased with millions of dollars. Therefore, wasting our brief existence on temporary material pursuits constitutes an immeasurable tragedy. The materialistic masses unknowingly squander their days by over-endeavoring for economic development, sleeping excessively, indulging in sex, and maintaining a network of relatives who will eventually vanish into oblivion. Even those attempting spiritual elevation often waste their years by engaging in dry philosophical speculation, Mayavadi debates, or useless gymnastic yoga feats without the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. The true mandate of human life is athāto brahma jijñāsā—the urgent inquiry into the Absolute Truth. A genuine Vaiṣṇava, particularly one on the intermediate level of madhyama-adhikārī, deeply understands this urgency. They exhibit the exalted quality of avyartha-kālatvam, remaining fiercely alert to ensure that not a single heartbeat passes without being consciously engaged in the loving devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Unimaginable Cost of Time: Death begins the exact moment a living entity takes birth. Because time constantly expires and can never be bought back, wasting it is the greatest possible loss for the soul.
- The Trap of Economic Development: Pouring vital energy into increasing one's standard of living is a futile distraction. Material conditions are already dictated by destiny, making such grueling endeavors a tragic misuse of advanced human intelligence.
- Fruitless Esoteric Paths: Attempting to bypass devotional service through empiric speculation or mystic yoga exercises provides no actual relief from material miseries and only serves to drain one's limited lifespan.
- The Prime Directive: The human body is not meant for maintaining temporary flesh; it is explicitly designed for spiritual inquiry. Discovering our relationship with the Supersoul is our most pressing business.
- The Mark of an Advanced Devotee: An authentic Vaiṣṇava is characterized by an absolute refusal to waste time. They reject the distractions of mundane society, sense gratification, and impersonal liberation, dedicating every second solely to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: One Cannot Calculate the Amount of Loss There Is in Wasting Valuable Time.
Pages in category "Wasting Valuable Time"
The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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- A pure devotee of the Lord no longer wastes valuable time in discriminating the Brahman from non-Brahman because he knows perfectly well that the Lord Para-brahman, by His Brahman energy, is interwoven in everything
- A sadhu is suhrdah sarva-dehinam (SB 3.25.21), the friend of everyone. Why then should the rich, instead of associating with sadhus, waste their valuable time in association with other rich men who are averse to spiritual life
- A Vaisnava must be very alert not to waste even a second of his valuable lifetime. This is a symptom of a Vaisnava
- As Krsna conscious devotees, we do not like to converse with Mayavadi philosophers simply to waste valuable time, but whenever there is an opportunity we impress our philosophy upon them with great vigor and success
- Athato brahma jijnasa, this is our business, not to waste our valuable time for searching after sense gratification
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- Empiric philosophical speculation cannot give one relief from the threefold miseries of material existence. Simply to endeavor for knowledge without devoting oneself to the Lord is a waste of valuable time
- Every human being should understand his position. Every human being should not waste his valuable time
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- He also wants to see that not a moment is wasted without engagement in Krsna consciousness. He is always careful not to spoil life's valuable time. That is the first qualification of a madhyama-adhikari
- His (Krsna's) eternal pastimes have no beginning or end, and one has to learn of them from the pure devotee only and not waste valuable time in so-called research work
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- I think you should not waste your time in any other thing except Devotional service and maintain the body in proper order. Unnecessarily you should not waste your valuable time
- If one gets another chance in a human body and wastes his valuable time in the association of persons who are concerned with sexual life and palatable dishes, then naturally he again glides down to the same Andha-tamisra and Tamisra hells
- If one gives up the auspicious path of devotional service and simply tries to know things by speculation, one wastes his valuable time. The result of such a labor of love is simply labor; there is no other result
- If we increase our love for Krishna we shall be able to get out of this maya. People who are not exerting to improve Krishna Consciousness are simply wasting their valuable time and human life
- If you don't accept spiritual master, how you'll get transcen... You'll be taught here and there, here and there, and waste time. Waste time for the teacher and waste your valuable time. Therefore you have to be guided by an expert spiritual master
- Ignorant of their real master, the foolish workers waste their valuable time serving mammon. Unfortunately, they never surrender to the supreme master of all masters, nor do they take time to hear of Him from the proper sources. BG 1972 purports
- In other words, if one practices yoga mysticism and does not accept a bona fide spiritual master, he will surely fail. He will simply waste his valuable time
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- Men are naturally apt to hear histories and narrations of various personalities performing mundane activities, without knowing that by such association one simply wastes valuable time and also becomes addicted to the three qualities of mundane nature
- Men are wasting their valuable time in the improvement of the material conditions of life by sleeping, indulging in sex life, developing economic conditions and maintaining a band of relatives who are to be vanquished
- Men who are ignorant cannot appreciate activities in Krsna consciousness, and therefore Lord Krsna advises us not to disturb them and simply waste valuable time. BG 1972 purports
- Mucukunda continued, "my dear Lord, I wasted so much of my valuable lifetime with no benefit. As my misconception of life intensified, I began to think of this material body, which is just a bag of flesh and bones, as the all in all"
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- One may go on speculating and waste the valuable time of his human life, but that will not help anyone to enter into the precincts of the Lord
- One should be very practical in every field of activities and should not waste his valuable time in practicing useless gymnastic feats in the name of yoga. Real yoga is to search out the four-handed Supersoul within one's heart
- Our opportunity, is obtained in this human form of life. We should not waste our valuable time in any other occupation or business
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- Sanatana Gosvami considered himself fallen, for in the association of such men (meat-eaters, drunkards and materialists), he also fell victim to material enjoyment. Having passed his life in that way, he considered that he had wasted his valuable time
- Sastra says - Don't waste your valuable time in that way (by finding out cure for diseases). Try to understand God. Use your intelligence for this purpose
- Sastra says, - Don't waste your valuable time in that way. Try to understand God. Use your intelligence for this purpose
- Simply laboring, simply wasting your valuable time. That's all. Don't waste your time. You have got very precious life in this human form of existence. Don't waste your time. Just try to increase your love of Godhead. That is the perfection of your life
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami has described how the foolish materially attached men are wasting their valuable time 2) by developing economic conditions and maintaining a band of relatives who are to be vanquished in the air of oblivion
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami has described how the foolish materially attached men are wasting their valuable time in the improvement of the material conditions of life 1) by sleeping, indulging in sex life
- Srila Rupa Gosvami states in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, avyartha-kalatvam: (CC Madhya 23.18-19) A Vaisnava must be very alert not to waste even a second of his valuable lifetime. This is a symptom of a Vaisnava
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- That kundalini process of yoga is not possible in this age. It is a very difficult process. So we should recommend not to waste your valuable time following something which is not possible to be done by you
- The devotee of the Lord does not seek them (material enjoyment, salvation and mystic powers) separately, wasting his valuable time in life. The valuable time of one's life must therefore be fully engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord
- The duty of those advanced in knowledge in human society is to study the constitutional position of the imperishable soul and not waste the valuable time of human life in merely maintaining the body and not considering life's real responsibility
- The great politician-pandita named Canakya said that even one moment of time cannot be returned even if one is prepared to pay millions of dollars. One cannot calculate the amount of loss there is in wasting valuable time
- The perfect knower, without wasting his valuable time, engages directly in Krsna consciousness, the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Throughout the whole of Bhagavad-gita, this fact is being stressed at every step. BG 1972 purports
- The pitiable impersonalists pity those who are influenced by the modes of ignorance and passion, but the pure devotees of the Lord take pity on them both because both waste their most valuable time in the human form of life in false pursuits
- The word prajna refers to one who is experienced and who can distinguish right from wrong. Such a person should not waste his energy and valuable human lifetime simply working like a cat or dog to develop his economic condition
- They (American boys and girls) do not know what is happening from day to day, and it does not matter. All of this is a waste of time. It is better that they read literatures like Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Why waste one's valuable time
- They (gold, jewel, pearl and valuable stones) are all nature's gifts and are produced by the hills, oceans, etc., by the order of the Lord, when man does not waste his valuable time in producing unwanted things in the name of necessities
- This life was meant for understanding KC & the pastimes of Krsna with Radharani, but I did not take care of this important business of life. Therefore I have not only wasted my valuable time, but also I have willingly drunk poison for committing suicide
- Those who want to live forever without changing their material bodies should not waste valuable time with topics other than those relating to Lord Krsna and His devotees
- To us everything material, without connection to Krsna, is to be rejected as stool, otherwise we will waste valuable time needed to solve the real problems of life, namely, birth, death, disease, and old-age
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- We are simply requesting people that - You don't waste your valuable time
- We shall be sorry for Kirtanananda's plight under Maya and may not waste our valuable time talking about him. The best thing that you have done is that he should no longer speak in our temples. We shall all pray to Krishna for his recovery
- We should not be wasting our valuable time of human life simply for economic development. We should be inquisitive about "What I am." This is the first inquiry. Athato brahma jijnasa
- We should not waste our valuable time in any other occupation or business. Simply inquire and be ready how to serve Krsna