Compelled
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 5
SB Canto 6
SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Devotion
Renunciation Through Wisdom
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
So it appears that Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira knew how to practice the yoga. Not only Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, practically any high-class man, especially the brāhmaṇas and the kṣatriyas, every one of them knew this practice, yoga practice. So at the time of death they could utilize, how to give up this body. That is perfection of yoga. The yogis, they can give up the life or give this, relinquish this body, according to his own desire, not compelled by the material condition. That is yoga system. Generally, a man dies under the obligation of material laws. But a yogi, he controls in such a way that he leaves the body...
Just like Bhīṣmadeva.Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Unconscious falldown, that... Suppose I am prone to... I was very much fond of smoking, but I have given up. So in a society there is smoking, so I become induced. He offers me cigarette, and unconsciously I smoke. Then I must repent, "Oh, what I have done?" That is excused. But if I secretly smoke and outwardly I show I am a devotee, then what is this? This is cheating.
Devotee (1): Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā that sometimes the living entities are compelled to act because of lust.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee (1): Even unwillingly.
Prabhupāda: That is... Unwillingly, when it is done, that is excused. And willingly, when it is done, it is cheating. That in your America there was a Moral Rearmament Movement. So it flourished for some days. Their process was admit, admission of sinful activities, that Christian method. "So I will admit. That's all. Again I do. 'Yes, I have done this.' Then my all reaction is gone. Then again I do it." That is described in the Bhāgavata, kuñjara-śaucavat, the elephant, elephant's cleanliness. Elephants cleanse very nicely in the water, and as soon as come on the land, they will take dust and throw, immediately. So what is the use of cleansing? Kuñjara-śaucavat. You cleanse; again you become unclean. Then what is the use of cleaning?Correspondence
1947 to 1965 Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
Page Title: | Compelled |
Compiler: | Archana, RadhaMadanGopalDas |
Created: | 28 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=2, SB=5, CC=0, OB=2, Lec=4, Con=1, Let=2 |
No. of Quotes: | 16 |