Category:No Hankering
Pages in category "No Hankering"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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- A devotee should not hanker after anything, but he should be satisfied with things that may automatically come to him by the will of the Lord. That should be the principle of a devotional life
- A person who is fully satisfied in himself, without any hankering, and who is not agitated even in the presence of serious cause for distress, is called self-satisfied
- A person who is highly advanced in spiritual knowledge and who has attained the brahma-bhuta (SB 4.30.20) stage neither laments nor hankers for anything material. That is the stage of spiritual realization
- A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities are as follows: 2) a well-wisher to all, satisfied, surrendered to Krsna, without hankering, simple
- Although a person in bhava is situated in the best position, he does not hanker after honor or personal respect
- Although Rantideva was personally able to see Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, he did not hanker to take material benefits from them. Rather, he fixed his mind upon Lord Vasudeva and rendered devotional service unto Him
- As a very rich man has no hankerings for small petty things, so also a devotee of Lord Krsna, who is guaranteed to pass on to the kingdom of God, where life is eternal, fully cognizant and blissful, naturally has no hankerings for petty material things
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- He (a Krsna conscious person) has no hankering for anything on his own personal account. He knows how to accept things in favor of Krsna consciousness and how to reject things unfavorable to Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- He (real Krsna conscious person) has no hankering. He has no lamentation. Samah sarvesu bhutesu. This is the highest stage of Krsna consciousness. Samah sarvesu bhutesu. Samah means equality; sarvesu, all; bhutesu, entities. This is third stage
- Human life means to take freedom from these four things: no more afraid, no more sex, no more hankering after eating or sleeping. That is success
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- If one wants to become a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, one should not hanker to take benedictions from the demigods
- In perfect determination, he (one who wants to concentrate the mind) should not hanker after unnecessary material things that entangle him by feelings of possessiveness. BG 1972 purports
- In the brahma-bhuta stage of life there is no anxiety and no hankering. This stage begins when one is equally disposed toward all living entities, and it then expands to the stage of Krsna consciousness
- In the Isopanisad it is clearly stated that one who has come to the stage of seeing all living beings equally does not hate anyone or favor anyone. The devotee does not hanker to possess more than he requires
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- One is authoritatively advised not to accept meat or similar uneatable things nor to allow the tongue to hanker to drink or smoke. Even the drinking of tea and coffee is not permitted
- One of the good qualifications of a devotee. He should not hanker to satisfy the tongue with a particular kind of foodstuff. He should be satisfied to eat whatever prasada is available by the grace of the Lord
- One should generally accept the following principles to properly execute devotional service: (7) live in a place where Krsna had His pastimes, (8) be satisfied by whatever is sent by Krsna for the maintenance of the body and hanker for no more
- One who wants to possess also laments when he loses his possession. Devotees have no hankerings for material possessions and no hankerings for spiritual salvation
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- Prabodhananda Sarasvati said, visvam purna-sukhayate: when one becomes Krsna conscious by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, for him the entire world appears happy, and he has nothing for which to hanker
- Prasanna means happy mode of life. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma. What is the happy mode of life? Na socati na kanksati. He does not lament. He does not hanker
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- The brahma-bhuta stage of life is also known as the atmarama stage, in which one is fully self-satisfied and does not hanker for the world of sense enjoyment
- The Lord does not hanker for a small leaf or flower; He has enough to eat. Indeed, He is feeding all living entities
- There it is said that in the brahma-bhuta stage of life there is no anxiety and no hankering
- This is material life: eating, sleeping, mating, and always afraid of. And human life means to take freedom from these four things: no more afraid, no more sex, no more hankering after eating or sleeping. That is success
- This is the joyfulness: no lamentation, no hankering. We hanker after something which we want, and we lament for something which we lose
- This son was equal to everyone and very peaceful. He could control His senses and His mind, and, possessing all opulence, He did not hanker for material enjoyment
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- What is the nature of joyfulness? Na socati. Even in the great loss, there is no lamentation. And big profit, there is no jubilation, or there is no hankering. That is called brahma-bhutah stage. Equipoised
- When one attains to the Brahman platform, he neither hankers nor laments. He actually partakes of transcendental, blissful enjoyment
- When one becomes Krsna conscious by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, for him the entire world appears happy, and he has nothing for which to hanker
- When one is actually situated on the transcendental platform, he has nothing for which to lament and nothing for which to hanker
- When one is situated in his own spiritual consciousness, then he will have no hankering and no lamentation. Lamentation is for loss, and hankering is for gain