Srila Prabhupada Training Disciples - on what we are not: Difference between revisions

(Created page with "Category:Srila Prabhupada Training Disciples <!----------------------- edit below this line -----------------------> <!------------------------ begin introduction text ---...")
 
(Vanibot #0041: Moves Choose Another box to the end)
 
Line 2: Line 2:
<!----------------------- edit below this line ----------------------->
<!----------------------- edit below this line ----------------------->
<!------------------------ begin introduction text ------------------------>
<!------------------------ begin introduction text ------------------------>
INTRODUCTION TEXT TO BE WRITTEN
As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on on what we are not is found within this Vaniquotes category '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:We Are Not (Disciples of SP)| - We Are Not (Disciples of SP)]]'''.


As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on XXXXXXXXX is found within this Vaniquotes category '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:CATEGORYNAME| - CATEGORYNAME]]'''.
An introduction is given below in the following 8 quotes.   
 
An introduction is given below in the following NUMBER quotes.   
<!-------- end introduction text and don't touch next three lines --------->
<!-------- end introduction text and don't touch next three lines --------->
----
----
{{PrabhupadaTrainingDisciplesnav}}
== Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings ==
== Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings ==


<!----------------- edit quote boxes below this line ----------------->
<!----------------- edit quote boxes below this line ----------------->
{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When one is in Krishna Consciousness, he no more feels any bodily pains and pleasures. After all, we are not this body. But we should make progress steadily by following the rules and regulations, not making experiment|When one is in Krishna Consciousness, he no more feels any bodily pains and pleasures. After all, we are not this body. But we should make progress steadily by following the rules and regulations, not making experiment. Just like Haridasa Takhur was beaten in 22 market places and he felt no pain. Prahlada was boiled in oil. So we have to take instruction from them, but not to imitate. '''(Letter, 28 July 1971, New York)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When he develops attachment for Krsna. Nobody can certify him. He will certify himself. If you have got attachment for any other thing, then you are not in samadhi. If you have only attachment for Krsna, then you are in samadhi|When he develops attachment for Kṛṣṇa. Nobody can certify him. He will certify himself. If you have got attachment for any other thing, then you are not in samādhi. If you have only attachment for Kṛṣṇa, then you are in samādhi. You don't require certificate from others. You know yourself. Just like while eating you can understand whether you are satisfied or not. '''(Bhagavad-gītā Lecture, 17 March 1968, San Francisco)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When one is devotee, he'll chant more and more. He'll aspire, "If I could get millions of tongues and trillions of ear, then I could finish." That is devotee. And one is thinking how to finish it by chanting once, he's not devotee. That is neophyte stage|When one is devotee, he'll chant more and more. He'll aspire, "If I could get millions of tongues and trillions of ear, then I could finish." That is devotee. And one is thinking how to finish it by chanting once, he's not devotee. That is neophyte stage. Therefore the regulation is you must chant sixteen rounds at least. Because he'll simply try to avoid it by his so-called intelligence. '''(Conversation, 14 June 1976, Detroit)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The impersonalist takes unnecessary trouble to meditate upon or worship something impersonal, and the path is very precarious. We are not advised to follow the impersonalist way of meditating on or worshiping the Lord|The impersonalist takes unnecessary trouble to meditate upon or worship something impersonal, and the path is very precarious. We are not advised to follow the impersonalist way of meditating on or worshiping the Lord. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.56)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not sentimental, simply chanting and dancing. We have got more than two thousand volumes of books. If you want to learn it through science, philosophy, it is also there. Otherwise, the simple method - simply chant Hare Krsna|We are not sentimental, simply chanting and dancing. We have got more than two thousand volumes of books. If you want to learn it through science, philosophy, it is also there. Otherwise, the simple method—simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma, Rāma, Hare Hare, and you'll realize the whole thing. '''(Lecture, 18 May 1972, Los Angeles)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not starving, but our eating Krsna-prasadam means just to live nicely for executing Krsna consciousness|We are not starving, but our eating kṛṣṇa-prasādam means just to live nicely for executing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We are not meant for going to the cinema or for other sense gratification purposes, but because we have got this body, there is no question that we shall stop eating. We eat prasādam, kṛṣṇa-prasādam, and that is very palatable. Kṛṣṇa-prasādam. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 26 December 1972, Bombay)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not preaching this vegetarianism. Just like there are Jains or many other religious system, Buddhism. They are after making people vegetarian. But the law of nature is that one living entity is the food for another living entity|We are not preaching this vegetarianism. Just like there are Jains or many other religious system, Buddhism. They are after making people vegetarian. But the law of nature is that one living entity is the food for another living entity. That is the law of nature. You will find even in the lower animals, they are eating one another. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 6 May 1976, Honolulu)'''}}


{{VaniQuotebox|VANIQUOTESPAGETITLE|QUOTESEENBYTHEREADER. '''(REFERENCE)'''}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not propagating the philosophy of ahimsa, or nonviolence, because in some way or other, there is violence, either you take fruit or grain or animal. But the principle is that you have to take prasadam|We are not propagating the philosophy of ahiṁsā, or nonviolence, because in some way or other, there is violence, either you take fruit or grain or animal. But the principle is that you have to take prasādam, the foodstuff which is offered to Kṛṣṇa, and then eat. So these things, fruits, grains, are accepted by Kṛṣṇa. We offer to Kṛṣṇa and then eat them. '''(General Lecture, 26 April 1969, Boston)'''}}
<!----------------- edit quote boxes above this line ----------------->
<!----------------- edit quote boxes above this line ----------------->




Srila Prabhupada's instructions on '''XXXXXXX - [[Vaniquotes:Category:CATEGORYNAME|explore more within this category]]'''.
Srila Prabhupada's instructions on '''on what we are not - [[Vaniquotes:Category:We Are Not (Disciples of SP)|explore more within this category]]'''.


{{PrabhupadaTrainingDisciplesTotal}}  
{{PrabhupadaTrainingDisciplesTotal}}


<div style="float:left;">
{{PrabhupadaTrainingDisciplesnav}}
</div>
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__
__NOEDITSECTION__

Latest revision as of 19:25, 22 November 2020

As a well-wishing teacher, guide, and guru, Srila Prabhupada constantly trained students to progress to more mature stages of discipleship. His numerous instructions were recorded in his books, letters, lectures, and conversations. After many years of thematically mapping those instructions, Vanipedia now offers these introductory articles showing the training Srila Prabhupada personally imparted to his disciples. A delightful presentation of his instructions on on what we are not is found within this Vaniquotes category - We Are Not (Disciples of SP).

An introduction is given below in the following 8 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings


vanipedia.org 		When one is in Krishna Consciousness, he no more feels any bodily pains and pleasures. After all, we are not this body. But we should make progress steadily by following the rules and regulations, not making experiment. Just like Haridasa Takhur was beaten in 22 market places and he felt no pain. Prahlada was boiled in oil. So we have to take instruction from them, but not to imitate. (Letter, 28 July 1971, New York)



vanipedia.org 		When he develops attachment for Kṛṣṇa. Nobody can certify him. He will certify himself. If you have got attachment for any other thing, then you are not in samādhi. If you have only attachment for Kṛṣṇa, then you are in samādhi. You don't require certificate from others. You know yourself. Just like while eating you can understand whether you are satisfied or not. (Bhagavad-gītā Lecture, 17 March 1968, San Francisco)



vanipedia.org 		When one is devotee, he'll chant more and more. He'll aspire, "If I could get millions of tongues and trillions of ear, then I could finish." That is devotee. And one is thinking how to finish it by chanting once, he's not devotee. That is neophyte stage. Therefore the regulation is you must chant sixteen rounds at least. Because he'll simply try to avoid it by his so-called intelligence. (Conversation, 14 June 1976, Detroit)



vanipedia.org 		The impersonalist takes unnecessary trouble to meditate upon or worship something impersonal, and the path is very precarious. We are not advised to follow the impersonalist way of meditating on or worshiping the Lord. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.56)



vanipedia.org 		We are not sentimental, simply chanting and dancing. We have got more than two thousand volumes of books. If you want to learn it through science, philosophy, it is also there. Otherwise, the simple method—simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma, Rāma, Hare Hare, and you'll realize the whole thing. (Lecture, 18 May 1972, Los Angeles)



vanipedia.org 		We are not starving, but our eating kṛṣṇa-prasādam means just to live nicely for executing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We are not meant for going to the cinema or for other sense gratification purposes, but because we have got this body, there is no question that we shall stop eating. We eat prasādam, kṛṣṇa-prasādam, and that is very palatable. Kṛṣṇa-prasādam. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 26 December 1972, Bombay)



vanipedia.org 		We are not preaching this vegetarianism. Just like there are Jains or many other religious system, Buddhism. They are after making people vegetarian. But the law of nature is that one living entity is the food for another living entity. That is the law of nature. You will find even in the lower animals, they are eating one another. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture, 6 May 1976, Honolulu)



vanipedia.org 		We are not propagating the philosophy of ahiṁsā, or nonviolence, because in some way or other, there is violence, either you take fruit or grain or animal. But the principle is that you have to take prasādam, the foodstuff which is offered to Kṛṣṇa, and then eat. So these things, fruits, grains, are accepted by Kṛṣṇa. We offer to Kṛṣṇa and then eat them. (General Lecture, 26 April 1969, Boston)


Srila Prabhupada's instructions on on what we are not - explore more within this category.

Vanipedia has now over 458 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's teachings from the series Srila Prabhupada Training Disciples. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the many various kinds of instructions given by Srila Prabhupada to his disciples. - There is a subject for everyone.


   
 

HOME

Choose Another
Srila Prabhupada Training Disciples

   


Retrieved from "https://vanipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Srila_Prabhupada_Training_Disciples_-_on_what_we_are_not&oldid=532327"