Category:Without Training
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category highlights the absolute necessity of systematic training and discipline in both spiritual and material spheres of life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that without being trained by a bona fide spiritual master in the regulative principles, one cannot attain the status of a cultured human being or a pure devotee. Jumping prematurely into advanced spiritual topics like Kṛṣṇa's conjugal love without proper training is dangerous and leads to degradation. Materially, the consequences of a lack of training are seen in modern democratic systems, where unqualified, lower-class men assume powerful administrative posts by popular vote rather than rigorous kṣatriya training, resulting in a chaotic and intolerable society. The only exception to this strict need for training is the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, which is so spiritually potent that even a small child can spontaneously participate and benefit without any prior education.
- The Necessity of Spiritual Training: To become a cultured human being and a bona fide devotee, one must undergo strict disciplinary training under an ācārya, following the regulative principles. Seeing God or understanding the Absolute Truth is impossible without this rigorous preparation.
- The Danger of Premature Advancement: Attempting to understand the intimate pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, such as the rāsa-līlā, or attempting to chant in a secluded place without foundational training in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is highly detrimental and leads to falldown.
- The Tragedy of Untrained Leaders: In modern democracies, unqualified men become leaders simply by gathering votes, without the traditional, rigorous training of a kṣatriya. These untrained administrators exploit the citizens and create an intolerable society.
- The Spontaneous Power of Chanting: While philosophical understanding and Vedic rituals require extensive training, the chanting of the holy names and participation in bhakti-yoga is so natural that even an uneducated child can spontaneously join in and experience spiritual joy.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: One Without Training Is Unlucky.
Pages in category "Without Training"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- In the so-called people's government there is no trained ksatriya king; as soon as someone strong accumulates votes, he becomes the minister or president, without training from the learned brahmanas expert in the sastras
- It's a farce condition. That so-called democracy is nonsense demoncracy. And by this demoncracy, it can be done. A demon may be, if he can simply secure votes. What is the position? Without any training
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- No one should be eager to understand the conjugal love of Krsna without undergoing disciplinary training under the six Gosvamis of Vrndavana
- Now the fault is without being trained, simply by votes one becomes prime minister or home minister, he has no training how to administer, but simply by vote, he occupies a big post. And that is his qualification
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- One cannot become a bona fide devotee without being trained up under the regulative principles of sruti-smrti-puranadi-pancaratra-vidhi
- One has to become mahatma, greater soul, great soul, must understand. So therefore there must be training. Without training, how... Because after all, we are coming from the lower grade of life, animal life
- One is not considered a perfectly cultured man without being initiated and trained by an acarya. It is said, therefore, that one who has approached an acarya is actually in perfect knowledge
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- The purpose of reading Vedanta means to understand Krsna. So without understanding Krsna, without being trained up how to understand Krsna, if one reads about Krsna's rasa-lila, he'll go to hell
- The Vedic mantras mostly begin with pranava omkara and it requires some training to pronounce the metrical accent, without which the mantras cannot be successfully chanted
- The word ksatra-bandhu refers to the so-called administrators or persons promoted to the post of the administrator without proper training by culture and tradition
- The word ksatra-bandhu refers to the so-called administrators or persons promoted to the post of the administrator without proper training by culture and tradition. Nowadays they are promoted to such exalted posts by the votes of the people
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- Without any training there is a natural attraction due to the sex impulse. This is a material example, but the devotee is praying that he may develop a similar spontaneous attachment for the Supreme Lord
- Without being trained in the philosophy of Krsna consciousness, it is not advisable to chant the holy name of Krsna in a secluded place where one may acquire only cheap adoration from the innocent public. BG 1972 purports