Category:We Cannot Change
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category address the absolute and unalterable realities of material and spiritual life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that we cannot change our material destiny—the specific amount of happiness and distress allotted to us by the stringent laws of material nature. Furthermore, we cannot change our eternal dharma, which is our constitutional position as servants of the Supreme Lord, just as water cannot lose its liquidity. Most importantly, we must never attempt to change the absolute words, meaning, or authorized rules of the Supreme Lord as presented in scriptures like the Bhagavad-gītā. While our material circumstances remain rigidly fixed by past karma, true liberation is found by accepting these unchangeable truths and taking full shelter of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- The Fixed Law of Material Destiny: The specific amount of happiness and distress we experience is predetermined by nature's laws and cannot be artificially altered by mundane endeavor.
- The Unchangeable Nature of Dharma: Unlike a temporary faith that one can switch at will, our true religion or dharma is our eternal identity as Kṛṣṇa's servant, which can never be changed.
- The Absolute Words of the Lord: We have no right to change the meaning, words, or instructions of the Bhagavad-gītā to suit our own mental speculation or modern conveniences.
- Strict Adherence to Preaching Policy: The mission of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness must proceed without compromising or changing the core philosophy, regardless of the world's opposition.
- The Spiritual Exception: While material destiny is rigidly fixed, dedicating oneself to unalloyed spiritual life is the only authorized way to transcend these unalterable material laws.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: We Cannot Change Our Eternal Dharma and Material Destiny.
Pages in category "We Cannot Change"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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- A pig has a certain type of body, and his eatable is stool. This is destined. You cannot change it - "Let the pig eat halava." That is not possible
- Although we know that in this world it is faulty and also next world it is faulty, but because we have our senses uncontrolled, we cannot change. Asanta kamo harate kutumbi
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- Dharma is generally translated by the English word "religion." But religion is misunderstood. It is taken as a faith. Faith I may believe, faith, or may not believe. But actually, dharma does not mean. Dharma means occupation, which you cannot change
- Dharma is translated in English as "religion," but actually, it does not convey the real import of dharma. As I have many times explained in these meetings, that dharma means some particular characteristic which you cannot change
- Dharma you cannot change. Just like water. Water is liquid. You cannot make it solid. If water becomes solid, then it is not in the natural state
- Dharma, it cannot be changed. Either you are Hindu, either you are Muslim, either you are Christian, either you are Buddha, the dharma, the implication of the word dharma, that you cannot change
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- If destiny cannot be changed, then why was Prahlada Maharaja urging this (taking up KC)? Generally, "destiny" means your material future. That you cannot change. But even that can be changed when you are in spiritual life
- If you accept Bhagavad-gita as the book of authority, you cannot change the meaning. That is not allowed. What right? If you have got some opinion, if you have got some philosophy, you can write in your own book
- In the very beginning, you may remember, that the constitutional position of the living entity is to serve. This point we have explained several times. So we cannot change that position. If you don't serve Krsna, then we have to serve maya
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- One may become a Christian from Hindu, or from a Hindu to Christian. Generally, we find these changes. But a dharma does not mean like that. Dharma means which you cannot change. It is the constitutional part of your life
- Others may cooperate or noncooperate, we don't mind. But we cannot change our policy. Our policy is: Krsna says, "I am the Supreme"; we must declare throughout the whole world that Krsna is the Supreme
- Our endeavor should be how to become Krsna conscious. Other things we cannot change. This is not possible. Sarvatra
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- We cannot change the arrangement of the nature. That is not possible
- We cannot change the original rules and regulation, but there is variety. We are not impersonalist. Every person has got to serve the Lord in a particular way, and that is allowed. The central point is Krsna
- We cannot change the quality of printing for the matter of a little change in the price. This printing is not approved by me. Repeatedly changing of printers is not at all good. We cannot approve any printing less than quality of printing of Dai Nippon
- We cannot do anything, because the bigger creative energy's there & we are simply trying to combat with him. Therefore, uselessly we're struggling. That's all. We can't change. Because the bigger creative energy is different, prakrti, the material nature
- We chant "Nitai-Gaura." This is the process. We cannot change this policy. Panca-tattva must be worshiped; otherwise wherefrom we shall get . . .? The spiritual master . . . Nityananda Prabhu is the spiritual master
- We have got our individuality. We cannot change it. This is our characteristic. And that individuality also meant for giving service. Just like you are all sitting here. Every one of us, we are giving service
- We have to learn from Bhagavan, the Supreme Person, full knowledge. This Bhagavad-gita is therefore full knowledge from the full Personality of Godhead. We cannot change even one word in this Bhagavad-gita. That is folly
- We have to meet rascals and we have to preach. The world is full of rascals, mudha. What can be done? But we cannot change our preaching because the rascals are many. That is not . . . we cannot make that