Category:Will Be A Failure
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category highlight a fundamental spiritual truth: without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, every endeavor in the material world is destined to fail. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that whether one is pursuing scientific advancements, mystic yoga, political diplomacy, or even philanthropic activities, ignoring the Supreme Personality of Godhead leads to frustration and defeat. Artificial attempts to control the mind and senses, or whimsical concoctions of spiritual paths outside the bona fide disciplic succession, cannot yield true success. To achieve genuine perfection and avoid the ultimate failure of returning to the cycle of birth and death, one must follow authorized scriptural injunctions, surrender to a bona fide spiritual master, and place Kṛṣṇa at the center of all activities.
- The Futility of Material Endeavors: No matter how expert or technologically advanced society becomes, attempting to conquer nature or find happiness without God will always result in failure.
- Artificial Yoga and Meditation: Trying to control the senses mechanically without engaging them in devotional service is an artificial endeavor that inevitably leads to falldown.
- The Necessity of Authorized Guidance: Concocted or whimsical spiritual paths are misleading; one must follow the scriptural injunctions and the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master.
- Defeating Empirical Knowledge: Attempting to understand the Supreme Lord through limited human speculation and mundane arguments is impossible and destined to fail.
- Watering the Root: True success in any field—whether social, familial, or personal—is only achieved when everything is utilized according to the instructions of Kṛṣṇa.
- The Ultimate Consequence: Remaining in the bodily concept of life and ignoring devotional service ensures that one's entire human life becomes a tragic failure.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Without Krsna Consciousness Everything Will Be a Failure.
Pages in category "Will Be A Failure"
The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
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- A devotee cannot be defeated by a so-called mystic yogi. This will be proved by the failure of Durvasa Muni's endeavor to chastise Maharaja Ambarisa
- Anyone who does not follow the scriptural injunction, his attempt will be failure. He'll never be happy. And what to speak of being promoted to the spiritual world
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- If I am not fit for a certain thing and if I am engaged in that business, that will be failure. That will be failure. For a particular type of business, occupation, one must have particular type of brain. So therefore this is division
- If one follows bona fide guru's instruction, and he is engaged in devotional service, then it is possible. Then it is possible. Otherwise, if he does whimsically, then it will be a failure
- If one remains in the bodily conception, one must rot within this material world, and his life will be a failure
- If one wants to artificially stop the activities of the senses, his attempt will be a failure. Even the great yogi Visvamitra, who was trying to control his senses by the yoga process, fell victim to the beauty of Menaka
- If we do not follow strictly our regulative principles, routine work, then the whole scheme will be failure. Then, instead of Christianity it will be "churchianity." Everywhere this churchianity is going on. And the real aim is how to enjoy sense
- If we follow the pasandis who are mayayapahrta jnana, then any attempt to ameliorate the condition of the general people will be a failure
- If we simply become inactive out of frustration, then it will be failure. We must engage with activities. That activity is devotional service. This is Brahman activity. The Mayavadis, they do not know
- If we try to understand God by our limited knowledge, it will be a failure. We have to understand God from God. Then that will be perfect knowledge. So this Bhagavad-gita is the science of God where God is speaking about Himself
- If you imitate spiritual life for material benefit, then it will be failure. So the Gosvamis did not do so. They gave up this material opulence for spiritual advancement, positive
- If you manufacture your own way of life, if you do not take it from the authority, then it will be failure
- If you remain blind, don't try to lead other blind men. That is misleading. First of all open your eyes. Everything is there. Nobody can do anything whimsically. If you do whimsically, concoctedly, that will be failure. It will not be effective
- If you want really good leader, and if you want to become yourself also good, then you must give up these four sinful activities. Otherwise, all your scheme will be failure
- If you want to explain something artificially, how long you'll do it, it will be failure
- It is not possible at the present moment that you can go to a secluded place and peacefully sit there and meditate upon . . . it is not possible in this age. It is impossible. If you try artificially, it will be failure
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- One increases the attraction for Krsna, they will never be happy. simply changing attraction on the material platform under different names, that will be failure
- One should have unflinching faith in God and spiritual master. Don't jump over God, crossing the spiritual master. Then it will be failure. You must go through. We are observing Vyasa-puja ceremony, the birth anniversary of our Guru Maharaja
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- Simply chant Hare Krsna mantra. This will clarify your heart. Then you can understand who is guru, where to surrender, where to take lesson. In this way we can make . . . haphazardly, if we accept, then there will be failure
- So long they'll insist upon this point, that "Without Krsna consciousness we shall do everything successfully . . ." That is durasa. As long as they persist on this, they'll remain rascals. Every plan will be failure
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- The jnanis, they are simply trying to get out of the material world, but their attempt will be failure because they do not catch up the real spiritual work. Real spiritual work is Krsna
- The material world is so made that unless one becomes a clever diplomat, his life will be a failure
- The whole Vedic philosophy is that if you want to go to some planet - just like people are trying to go to moon planet - so you have to create a body like that. You cannot go in this body. They're attempting to go with this body. That will be failure
- Their (of the scientists) attempts will be failures because no one can enter the moon or sun so easily. Like the attack of Rahu, such attempts will certainly be failures
- There are four sampradayas: Brahma-sampradaya, Rudra-sampradaya, Kumara-sampradaya and Laksmi-sampradaya. And if we do not take either of these sampradayas in disciplic succession, then our attempt to advance in spiritual life will be failure
- There must be engagement, proper engagement. If the engagement is not Krsna consciousness, then this so-called sannyasa will be failure
- They do not know that although whatever they are doing may be very good, if it is not ultimately sanctioned by God, by Krsna, it will all be a failure
- This Mars expedition will be a failure. Let them spend millions of dollars. I told about moon planet ten years ago. Simply it is childish, simply a waste of money and energy. I told this. Now it has proved
- Those who are going to religious life making God as their servant, they will be failure. You must approach God as master. You should become servant
- Those who are practicing yoga, they must be devotee of God. Otherwise, yoga will be a failure
- Today I am a human being, but tomorrow I may become a dog, and then whatever activities I have performed in this life will be a failure. This simple truth is now rarely understood, but one who is a dhira can understand this
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- Unless we make our program in an authorized perfect way, anything we try to do will be a failure
- Unless you voluntarily give, it will be failure. You will try to find out ways how you can take everything . . . just like income tax. The government is trying to take more money from the public, & public is hiding them in black market. This is going on
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- We have to follow the principles laid down in the Bhagavad-gita. That will make our life successful. Practically we have to apply this, have to apply the principles. Otherwise the whole attempt will be failure
- Whatever they are busy now in the material world, everything will be failure. And Krsna consciousness movement, if you execute a little bit of it, it can save you from the greatest danger
- Without Krsna consciousness everything will be failure. Therefore Bharata Maharaja, er, Rsabhadeva Maharaja is advising that, You concentrate your service to Bharata
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- You can be engaged in everything but if you utilize everything according to the instruction of Krsna then it will be successful. Otherwise it will be failure
- You have to take experience from the perfect person, Krsna. Then your knowledge is perfect. That I have already said. Don't try to understand with your teeny experience everything. Then you will be failure
- You may have tractor, you may have very good arrangement for producing food, machinery; but still, if the land or earth does not produce food, your this tractor or all other arrangements will be failure
- You try to understand this simple fact, that without God consciousness, you may prescribe so many things - they will be all failure, all failure. And God consciousness cannot be achieved without being pure. This is the problem