Category:Worldly People
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda frequently contrasts the pure consciousness of a devotee with the anxious, duplicitous mentality of materialistic individuals. Worldly people are driven by sense gratification, false prestige, and the endless endeavor to accumulate wealth for societal show. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that associating with such individuals or eating food prepared by them severely pollutes the consciousness. To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one must give up the association of worldly people. However, saintly persons occasionally visit their homes solely to bestow causeless mercy and deliver them from their materialistic entanglement.
- The Illusion of Material Labor: Worldly people work tirelessly for sense enjoyment and the false prestige of showing off their accumulated wealth to friends and relatives.
- The Danger of Mundane Association: A defining characteristic of a pure Vaisnava is the strict avoidance of worldly people, as even eating food prepared by them can make the mind wicked.
- The Causeless Mercy of Saints: Pure devotees and great sages do not associate with materialistic householders for personal gain; they visit their homes exclusively to neutralize their sins and bestow spiritual mercy.
- Acting Without Material Anxiety: Unlike worldly men who suffer constant anxiety over their possessions, a devotee accepts everything for the service of the Lord, rendering their actions completely free from karmic reactions.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Avoiding the Association of Worldly People.
Pages in category "Worldly People"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- Actually, that is the fact. We work so hard, accumulate money for showing to our relatives, to our friends: "Now, just see how I have become rich." But if they are all gone, then "Whom shall I show this kingdom?" thinking like ordinary worldly man
- After the last great war the existing body of the present United Nations was formed, but what real benefit there has been to be mentioned of for the worldly people. The ISKCON movement has got together all nations in the world & spreading Krishna's name
- Although it (Srimad-Bhagavatam) is especially meant for the paramahamsas, or those who are totally engaged in self-realization, it works into the depths of the hearts of those who may be worldly men
- And what to speak of worldly women, who may be very, very beautiful according to material estimation
- Arjuna is saying that "How can I kill my kinsmen? There is my grandfather, there is my teacher, there are my kinsmen." It is not bad. For worldly men this is very nice consideration, that - I am not going to kill my kinsmen
- Artificially, one may establish a mental equilibrium toward both friend and enemy, but ultimately no worldly man can do so, for this is more difficult than controlling the raging wind. BG 1972 purports
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- If one finds himself entangled in worldly connections, one should behave outwardly like a worldly man but remain inwardly faithful for spiritual realization. That will help one on the progressive march of life
- If saints appear in the homes of worldly people, certainly the accumulated sins of such worldly enjoyers become neutralized. Therefore, the holy saints actually have no self-interest with the householders
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- Karma means these people, these worldly people are working hard, they are called karmis, because they are expecting some good result for sense enjoyment. That is called karma
- Krsna inspired Maharaja Yudhisthira to ask Bhismadeva in the presence of many great sages, indicating thereby that the Lord's devotee like Bhismadeva, although apparently living as a worldly man, is far superior to many great sages, even Vyasadeva
- Krsna's service is so sublime that even if we cheat, you are not culprit. But because we have to deal with the worldly man, we have to go according to their rules and regulation on cheating
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- Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was astonished because such determination is not possible for a worldly man (king Prataparudra) attached to material enjoyment
- So-called worldly honest men
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has also warned, visayira anna khaile dusta haya mana: "By eating food prepared by worldly people, one's mind becomes wicked
- Strong mind is supposed to be controlled by the practice of yoga, but such practice is never practical for a worldly person like Arjuna. And what can we say of modern man? BG 1972 purports
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- The activities of the Lord (Krsna), in His dealings with worldly people, create a subject matter for discussion by His pure devotees
- The almighty Personality of Godhead, by His causeless mercy, descends on the earth and manifests activities almost on the line of the worldly men, but at the same time extraordinarily, because He is almighty
- The transcendentalist has no responsibility for the results of his work, may those results be good or bad in the estimation of worldly people. The transcendentalist acts under the impetus of his obligation to do everything for the sake of Sri Krsna
- These are worldly great men. Who? One who performs great penance, one who is very charitably disposed, one who is very famous, one who is very mentally advanced, he can think nice things, writes philosophical thesis, write nice poetry. Manasvinah
- Those who are following (sannyasa) strictly, they don't make themselves dependent on the householders or on the worldly people. So Sanatana Gosvami did not accept that new clothing, and when it was heard by Lord Caitanya, He was very glad
- Thus the acquisition of wealth by a devotee is not a source of anxieties, as is the case for a worldly man. And because a pure devotee accepts everything in the sense of serving the Lord, the poisonous teeth of accumulation of wealth are extracted
- To become liberated from material bondage, one must give up the association of worldly people and accept the association of devotees
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- What is the hankering? Why shall I be hankering? I know Krsna will give me all protection; otherwise, why shall I hanker? Without hankering. Simple; no duplicity. Simple. The worldly men, they are duplicitous, speaking something cheater
- Worldly men are all engaged in sense gratification. But even such men will find in this Vedic literature a remedial measure for their material diseases