Category:Well-behaved
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category highlight the central importance of being susīla (well-behaved) and practicing sad-ācāra (good behavior) in both human civilization and spiritual life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that true good behavior cannot be artificially manufactured by mundane rules; it naturally manifests when a person becomes God conscious. A sincere devotee automatically develops the good qualities of the demigods—becoming peaceful, tolerant, clean, and obedient. Even if someone is initially ill-trained or not perfectly behaved, the purifying process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will quickly elevate them to the status of a gentleman. Consequently, the greatest duty of society is to train individuals in God consciousness, as this is the only way to ensure genuine peace, progress, and universal welfare.
- The Root of Good Behavior: True good behavior and saintly qualities (susīla and sādhavah) manifest automatically when a person becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious.
- The Definition of Sad-ācāra: Spiritual progress depends on maintaining good behavior (sad-ācāra), which is strictly defined by following the four regulative principles: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, and no gambling.
- The Purifying Power of Bhakti: Even if a person is initially ill-trained, unclean, or not well-behaved (su-durācāra), engaging in unalloyed devotional service will swiftly purify them and elevate them to the standard of a perfect gentleman.
- The Key to Societal Peace: When human society is trained to be well-behaved through God consciousness, everyone—including the animals and the environment—becomes happy, prosperous, and peaceful.
- The Standard for Devotees: Those living in the temple or claiming to be devotees must strictly embody well-behaved, self-controlled qualities to prove the authenticity of their spiritual advancement.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Root of True Good Behavior.
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Pages in category "Well-behaved"
The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
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- A brahmacari should be quite well behaved and gentle and should not eat or collect more than necessary. He must always be active and expert, fully believing in the instructions of the spiritual master and the sastra
- A devotee can be recruited from any section of human society, although it is not expected that everyone in all segments of society is well behaved
- According to the order of their father (Rsabhadeva), they became well cultured, well behaved, very pure in their activities and expert in Vedic knowledge and the performance of Vedic rituals
- Ajamila was well behaved, neat and clean, and very kind to everyone
- All the good ideas we are manufacturing, they will be manifested in God consciousness automatically. Therefore our duty should be, if we want to make all human being well-behaved, then we must try to make every one of them God conscious
- Although King Puranjana had begotten so many children, they were not varna-sankara. All of them were good, well-behaved children, and they had good qualities like their father and mother
- Although Prahlada is only five years old, even at this young age he has given up his affectionate relationship with his father and mother. Therefore, he is certainly untrustworthy. Indeed, it is not at all believable that he will behave well toward Visnu
- As mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (9.30-31), a devotee may appear to be su-duracara, not well behaved, in the beginning, but he should be accepted as pure because he is on the right path. This is due to the prophylactic nature of the Lord's association
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- If He (Lord Caitanya) wants, by His mercy He can convert even a yavana, an unclean follower of non-Vedic principles, into a perfectly well behaved gentleman. This is actually happening in our propagation of the Krsna consciousness movement
- If we want to make all human beings well-behaved, then we must try to make every one of them God conscious
- In Bhagavad-gita, it is clearly stated that even though a man is not well behaved, if he simply takes to Krsna consciousness he is understood to be a saintly person
- In the Adi-lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Chapter Eight, there is a description of some of the qualities of devotees. For example, Sri Pandita Haridasa is described as being very well-behaved, tolerant, peaceful, magnanimous and grave
- In the Vedic civilization two things are very much stressed: to teach the man from childhood how to become expert in sad-acara, and woman trained up how to become chaste
- It is clearly mentioned herewith that Narada is not only well behaved, meek and obedient, but also self-controlled. One who is not self-controlled, specifically in sex life, can become neither a disciple nor a spiritual master
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- Let them be either well behaved or ill trained, let them be either learned or fools, let them be either grossly attached or in the renounced order of life, all of them can be elevated to the supreme position by discharging DS under the proper guidance
- Live in the village, produce your own food, your own cloth, and drink milk sufficiently - all economic questions solved. Then you become susila, well behaved
- Lord Krsna was pleased with them (the gopis), and since they all desired to have Him as their husband, He told them, "My dear well-behaved girls, I know of your desire for Me and why you worshiped goddess Katyayani, & I completely approve of your action"
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- Maharaja Yudhisthira further inquired: How was it possible for a father to be so violent toward an exalted son who was obedient, well-behaved and respectful to his father?
- Mayavadis may be susilah sadhavah (well-behaved saintly persons), but there is nevertheless some doubt about whether they are actually making progress, for they have not accepted the path of bhakti
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- Sad-acara lost means your progress in spiritual life is lost. Therefore we are stressing so much on the four points: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. This is the way
- Sadhavah (meaning "pious" or "well behaved") is very important, especially at the present moment. It is derived from the word sadhu. A perfect sadhu is one who is always engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Sadhu means one who is fully engaged in the service of the Lord. He's sadhu. Api cet su-duracarah. Even if he's not very well behaved, su-duracara, still he's sadhu. Why? Bhajate mam ananya-bhak. He has no other business than to love Krsna
- Sadhu means those who are well behaved in Krsna consciousness, not upstarts. They are called sadhu. So those who are living in this temple, they must be strictly very well behaved
- So much stress is given that wife should be chaste and the husband should be very well behaved, then life will be successful
- Sometimes a person melts and manifests these transcendental symptoms (standing of the hairs on end, etc.) yet at the same time is not well behaved in his personal transactions. This indicates that he has not reached complete perfection in devotional life
- Susila, well behaved. The behavior should be so nice. That is the test how you have become Krsna conscious
- Suta Gosvami said: Draupadi then saw Asvatthama, who was bound with ropes like an animal & silent for having enacted the most inglorious murder. Due to her female nature, & due to her being naturally good & well-behaved, she showed him due respects
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- The Haryasvas, the sons of Prajapati Daksa, were certainly well behaved, learned and advanced, and in accordance with the order of their father they went to perform austerities to beget good sons for their family
- The inhabitants of the heavenly planets, aside from being very beautiful, both in complexion and bodily features, are well behaved and long-living, and they eat first-class food in goodness
- The people in general on the western side of India were neither intelligent nor well behaved, but by the influence of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami they were trained in devotional service and good behavior
- There (Naihati, in Bengal) he (Padmanabha) had five sons, of whom the youngest, Mukunda, had a well-behaved son named Kumaradeva, who was the father of Rupa, Sanatana and Vallabha
- These (being very well-behaved, tolerance, peacefulness, magnanimity and graveness, free from duplicity, patience, respecting everyone) are all originally qualities of Krsna, and when one becomes a devotee they automatically become manifest
- They (forefathers of King Yudhisthira) were all saints on the royal throne. And therefore all the members of the state were happy, pious, well behaved, prosperous and spiritually enlightened
- This chaste woman and this sad-acara, brahmana - ideal is brahmana - if they combine then there will be peace, there will be progress, there will be peace in the society, peace in the family
- Those who follow the path of the acaryas are susilah and sadhavah, but furthermore their path is akuto-bhaya, which means free from fear
- Those who stay with us must be well behaved. From our side we will attend to their needs and make them comfortable, and from their side they must be clean and attend the aratis. Somehow or other they must be induced to take interest in spiritual life
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- When human society becomes asat, or ungodly, or devoid of Krsna consciousness, the entire world suffers. If human beings are well-behaved, animals will also receive sufficient food and be happy
- When one is materially opulent, he should learn to be sober and well-behaved toward Vaisnavas and saintly persons; otherwise he will fall down
- Whenever and wherever there are peaceful, equipoised devotees who are well behaved and decorated with all good qualities, that place and the dynasties there, even if condemned, are purified
- Within the hearing of the citizens, Rsabhadeva instructed His sons, although they were already very well behaved, devoted and qualified. He instructed them so that in the future they could rule the world very perfectly. Thus he spoke as follows