Adharma - an essential subject

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Adharma is the opposite of dharma, or religion. It means every manufactured thought or activity that makes us forget our eternal relationship with Krishna. Dharma means to love, serve, and execute the orders of the Supreme Lord which bring us back to our original Krishna consciousness. Adharma, or irreligion, means everything but that. It means denying the revealed scriptures; disobeying or ignoring God and His orders and how to become fit to execute these orders. As soon as we neglect our eternal occupational duty in relation with Krishna, we are liable to be punished and are subjected to the miseries of conditioned life. Modern civilization concocts defective religious principles through speculation, but in truth, it’s not possible to become independent of God’s laws. If one doesn’t surrender to Krishna’s authority, then whatever one’s doing is adharma, nonreligious. It is by accepting Krishna’s supremacy and surrendering to Him, and doing what He asks, that makes us happy.

Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Adharma category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 8 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books


vanipedia.org 		The creation takes place on the basis of goodness, but devastation takes place because of irreligion. That is the way of material creation and devastation. Here it is stated that the cause of devastation is Adharma, or Irreligion. The descendants of Irreligion and Falsity, born one after another, are Bluffing, Cheating, Greed, Cunning, Anger, Envy, Quarrel, Harsh Speech, Death, Fear, Severe Pain and Hell. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.5)



vanipedia.org 		Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhu, therefore, affirms that recommendations in the scriptures for a certain class of men are never to be considered adharma, or irreligious. But such activities are factually adharma, and they are never to be encouraged. The recommendations in the scriptures are not meant for the encouragement of such adharma, but for regulating the necessary adharma gradually toward the path of dharma. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.38)



vanipedia.org 		It is understood herein that Adharma, Irreligion, was also a son of Brahmā, and he married his sister Mṛṣā. This is the beginning of sex life between brother and sister. This unnatural combination of sex life can be possible in human society only where there is Adharma, or Irreligion. It is understood that in the beginning of creation Brahmā created not only saintly sons like Sanaka, Sanātana and Nārada but also demonic offspring like Nirṛti, Adharma, Dambha and Falsity. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.2)



vanipedia.org 		One who understands Kṛṣṇa and abides by His order is a candidate for returning home, back to Godhead. It may be concluded that dharma, religion, refers to that which is ordered in the Vedas, and adharma, irreligion, refers to that which is not supported in the Vedas. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.40)



vanipedia.org 		The members of modern civilization manufacture defective religious principles through speculative concoction. This is not dharma. They do not know what is dharma and what is adharma. Therefore, as stated in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra: (SB 1.1.2) dharma not supported by the Vedas is rejected from śrīmad-bhāgavata-dharma. Bhāgavata-dharma comprises only that which is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.40)



vanipedia.org 		The real dharma is to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa, but the rebellious living entity, instead of surrendering to Kṛṣṇa, engages in adharma, in a struggle for existence to become like Kṛṣṇa. Therefore out of compassion Kṛṣṇa creates this material world to give the living entity a chance to understand his real position. Bhagavad-gītā and similar Vedic literatures are presented so that the living being may understand his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.24.58)



vanipedia.org 		The Sudarśana cakra is always concerned with annihilating the demons. Therefore he is described as adharma-śīlāsura-dhūma-ketave. Those who are not devotees are called adharma-śīla. The Sudarśana cakra is just like an inauspicious comet for all such demons. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.6)



vanipedia.org 		Whenever men neglect the authority of the Lord, nature and her laws are there to penalize them. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā in the well-known verse yadā yadā hi dharmasya glāniḥ. "Whenever there is a decline of dharma and a rise of adharma, O Arjuna, then I incarnate Myself." (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.1)


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