Category:Whole Population
Theme Analysis
The category Whole Population examines the condition and possible transformation of society at large. Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the present population as fallen, largely without spiritual guidance, and increasingly shaped by ignorance, sinful habits, and bodily identification. At the same time, he does not present the situation as hopeless, because even a small percentage of genuine Kṛṣṇa conscious people can change the direction of the world. The quotes show that the whole population needs real knowledge, proper social organization, sufficient food production, brahminical instruction, and the chance to glorify Kṛṣṇa. When devotees preach, leaders become purified, and society accepts Kṛṣṇa consciousness even partially, the whole population can be uplifted from animalistic life to spiritual purpose.
- A Few Devotees Can Transform Society: Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that it is not necessary to expect the whole population to become Vaiṣṇava. Even a small percentage of Kṛṣṇa conscious people can change the face of the world by giving spiritual direction and example.
- Real Knowledge Must Be Restored: The whole population becomes perplexed when real knowledge is covered by ignorance and misinterpretation. Bhagavad-gītā and Kṛṣṇa consciousness restore the understanding that the living being is not the body and must act in relation to the Lord.
- Fallen Society Needs Compassion: The population of Kali-yuga is described as fallen, manda, and in need of treatment through God consciousness. Compassion means helping those in distress by giving spiritual knowledge and rescuing them from sinful habits.
- Food and Social Duties Support Human Life: The earth can produce enough food for the whole population when properly used according to God's arrangement. Proper social divisions and responsible production allow people to live comfortably and discharge the duties of human life.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: When Few Become Devotees the Whole Population Will Change.
Pages in category "Whole Population"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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- A Vedic statement is accepted in Indian spiritual society. There are hundreds and thousands of men who are still dedicated. Practically the whole population of India, they are dedicated to spiritual life
- As soon as the women is polluted, strisu dustasu, the woman is polluted, varsneya, "My dear Krsna," jayate varna-sankara, - Then the whole population will be varna-sankara
- As stated (kalau sudra-sambhavah), practically the whole population of the world will be sudra. A sudra is a fourth-class man who is only fit to work for the three higher social castes. Being fourth-class men, sudras are not very intelligent
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- If actually we produce foodstuff in the ordinary way, then we can produce foodstuff so much that ten times of the whole population of the world can be fed
- If Americans can take up this movement seriously why not Bangladesh people? Try to meet with educated public & if you can convince them it will be a great service. We are trying to unify the whole population of the globe by this cultural movement
- If I (Krsna) do not set examples in this way, then the whole population of the world will be contaminated, and there will be unwanted population and the whole world will appear just like hell. It will not be inhabitable for good men
- If there is something to be done, we divide the task, "Mr. You, you do this. And you, you do this. You do this." Similarly, all these qualities must be divided amongst the whole population
- If we actually utilize the whole land of this earthly planet, we can produce ten times the necessity of the whole population. Where is the question of scarcity?
- If you analyze the whole population, you will find that we are simply a crowd or assembly of so many animals, that's all. This is fact. Because we not know beyond this body. So you cannot expect any peace and prosperity in the animal society
- In the present age, because society is not guided by brahminical instruction, the whole population is only absorbed in sinful activities. Consequently, everyone is deservedly being punished by the laws of nature. This is the situation in this age of Kali
- It is the statement of the sastras that in this age the whole population is sudra. And formerly also, by birth everyone was considered sudra; but there was training, samskara
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- The fact that India is poverty-stricken has not caused the whole population to die for want of food. The four principal bodily demands - eating, sleeping, mating and defending - can be satisfied under any circumstances
- The laborer, the worker in the factory, all of them are sudras, and the capitalist of the industry they are vaisyas, so the whole population is now composed of vaisyas and sudras, which means the quality of passion and ignorance is now prominent
- The mercantile class is meant for producing food grains and distributing them to the complete human society so that the whole population is given a chance to live comfortably and discharge the duties of human life
- The Yamaduta, they come to take to the sinful, sinful person, not devotees. Just like the whole population of the city, they are not all subjected to the prison laws. Some criminals. Similarly, these Yamaduta goes to such sinful persons
- They are very few, always. You cannot expect that the whole world, whole population of the world, will become Vaisnava. That is not possible
- They're as good as animal. You cannot expect any good behavior from animals. This is going on. They want to keep the whole population animal
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- Unfortunately, these impersonalists have spread all over the world. They have no sharp brain to understand the Supreme Person, and they are misguiding the whole population that either impersonalism or voidism
- Unfortunately, unscrupulous and rascal so-called scholars, religionists and philosophers have misinterpreted the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, and they have misled the whole population
- Unfortunately, we are very, very slow, manda. Manda means bad, fallen, abominable. The whole population in this age, they are very, very fallen, manda. Why manda? They have advanced so much in material comforts. That is not required
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- We don't expect that cent percent people will be Krsna conscious, but simply a few percent, say five per cent. If the people of the whole population, they become Krsna conscious, then the face of the world will change
- When the whole population becomes naradhama, naturally all their so-called education is made null and void by the all-powerful energy of physical nature. BG 1972 purports
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- You cannot expect any good behavior from animals. This is going on. They want to keep the whole population animal, and they're making big, big plans - United Nation, this, that
- You were saved from a commitment of suicide. So you have seen the mantra in Isopanisad: ye ke catma-hano janah So not only you, but almost all the conditioned souls within this material world, practically 99% of the whole population is committing suicide