Prabhupāda: A brāhmaṇa is expected to be truthful, to be self-controlled, to be fully cognizant of spiritual life, practical application in life, jñānam, vijñānam, āstikyam, to have complete faith in the statement of the śāstras.
Self-control (Conv and Letters)
Expressions researched:
"control of the self"
|"control the self"
|"self-control"
|"self-controlled"
|"self-controlling"
Conversations and Morning Walks
1970 Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Śrutakīrti:
- śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ
- kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
- jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ
- brahma-karma svabhāva-jam
- (BG 18.42)
"Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work."
Prabhupāda: So those who will act as brain, they must possess these qualities. But who is being taught these qualities? This modern civilization is teaching people how to steal, how to cheat, how to satisfy your own sense gratification. You see? No tolerance, no complete knowledge.
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: At the present moment there is all over the world... We are touring all over the world. It is very hard to find out ideal class of men. That is the defect. In the Vedic culture the ideal class of men were the brāhmaṇas. Their qualification was: truthful, self-controlled, mind and the senses, and then tolerant, very simple life, full of knowledge, practical application of knowledge in life and full faith in God. These are ideal character. But such men are not available at the present moment. So therefore the social idealism is defective.
Page Title: | Self-control (Conv and Letters) |
Compiler: | Labangalatika, ChandrasekharaAcarya, MadhuGopaldas |
Created: | 10 of Feb, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=36, Let=5 |
No. of Quotes: | 41 |