Category:Worldly Affairs
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that a pure devotee, while appearing to act within the material world, is never truly entangled in mundane worldly affairs. Instead of superficially renouncing the world or claiming incompetence, Vaisnavas are actually expert in managing worldly affairs by completely dovetailing them in Śrī Kṛṣṇa's service. The Vedic culture prescribes that one should not stick to worldly affairs up to the point of death; rather, one should gradually detach, as demonstrated by great kings like Uttanapada and Pariksit. While transcendentalists avoid nonsensical worldly talks, they recognize that taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not mean artificially abandoning one's duties, but expertly utilizing all worldly affairs to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Expert Management by Devotees: Taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not mean giving up all worldly affairs. Pure devotees like Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami demonstrate that a Vaisnava is expert in managing all affairs.
- Dovetailing Everything for Kṛṣṇa: A pure devotee remains untangled by dovetailing their actions. By accepting only what is necessary to please Kṛṣṇa, worldly affairs become happily situated.
- Aversion to Mundane Talks: While devotees manage the world expertly, they are completely detached from nonsensical worldly talks and the aggressive pursuits of materialists.
- Gradual Detachment in Vedic Culture: The Vedic system prescribes that one should not stick to worldly affairs up to the moment of death. Like Maharaja Pariksit and King Uttanapada, one must eventually detach and focus entirely on self-realization.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Managing Worldly Affairs in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Pages in category "Worldly Affairs"
The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
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- A pure devotee is never entangled in material worldly affairs even though he may remain in the world like an ordinary man
- After considering his advanced age and deliberating on the welfare of his spiritual self, King Uttanapada detached himself from worldly affairs and entered the forest
- All the Vaisnavas, they are expert. Just like Rupa, Sanatana, expert managment, even in worldly affairs. Not that "I am so much big devotee that I cannot manage worldly affairs." Expert. Must be expert
- Although Brahma had forced Priyavrata to accept the management of worldly affairs, thus breaking his vow to remain brahmacari and completely engage in devotional service, Narada and Priyavrata did not look upon Brahma with resentment
- As a devotee of the Lord, he (Maharaja Pariksit) could understand that the cursing of the brahmana boy, although unwise, was a blessing upon him, being the cause of detachment from worldly affairs, both political and social
- At the end of life, one must free himself from worldly affairs and completely engage in the service of the Lord
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- He (King Bahulasva) knew perfectly well that conditioned souls engaged in worldly affairs cannot be one hundred percent pure whereas the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees are always transcendental to worldly contamination
- However, persons who have given up stereotyped worldly affairs and the beastly followers of these affairs, can be freed from the primary necessities of the material body
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- I do not know why there are certain crazy men who think like that, that if a man becomes devotee, he will have no more interest in worldly affairs
- If the world affairs are adjusted according to our Krsna conscious plan, there will be no difficulty for all the nations, all the countries. They will be happy
- If you think that the world is so big, twelve members are insufficient, then you can increase more than that and make the zone similarly divided. It is world affair after all
- If you think that, "This material world is very nice. Let me stay here," Higher authorities in the management of these worldly affairs, Yamaraja, he'll not allow you to stay. You have to change your body
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- Kali, the predominating Deity of the present age, was peeping to infiltrate in the worldly affairs and later on it was complete through the exigency of an upstart Brahmana boy
- Kirtananda is a crazy man. That is proved. He says that he has become equal to the spiritual master but he is such a fool that he does not understand the principle of disciple even in ordinary worldly affairs
- Krsna says, vistabhyaham idam krtsnam ekamsena sthito jagat (BG 10.42): "The whole worldly affair is going on because I am there." Vistabhya: "I have entered into it." Don't you read in the Bhagavad-gita? Then
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- That (searching after spiritual realization, self-realization) is the way of Vedic culture, or Indian culture. Not that up to the last point of our death we shall stick to the worldly affairs
- The whole worldly affair is going on . . . the godless atheists, they cannot understand it, that behind this wonderful prakrti, so many things happening. It is not happening independently
- These all rascals are blind. They do not know how to direct. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya (SB 7.5.31). They are trying to adjust the world affairs blindly. They do not know
- They (mayavadis) say jagad mithya, and take sannyasa, and for some days they remain meditation or aloof from any worldly affairs, but later on, when they do not find Brahman, they come again to this maya to open hospitals, schools, as sannyasi
- This state of affairs in the world is not very satisfactory at least for the advanced and civilized human society
- This whole worldly affair is being managed by one Ksirodakasayi Visnu. This information we get from the sastras
- Those who are transcendentalist, they are not interested in these worldly talks. That is very disgusting to them. They avoid such company who talks nonsense about these worldly affairs
- Transcendentalists are not interested in worldly talks. Indeed, worldly talks are very disgusting to them, and they avoid the company of those who talk about nonsensical worldly affairs
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- We have got about 20 G.B.C.'s looking after the whole world affair, and above the G.B.C. I am there. Below the G.B.C. there are the temple president, secretary, treasurer in every centre
- When you return to India there are so many ways you can convince your parents that to take to Krishna Consciousness does not mean one has to give up his worldly affairs