# Attachment *On material attachment and developing attachment for Kṛṣṇa* --- ### Attached to Family > Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamunā, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." That's all. Finished. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Test of Religion > You can adopt any means. There are different kinds of religious system all over the world. You can become Hindu, you can become Muslim, you can become Christian, you can become something else. But the test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Silkworm's Cocoon > A living being is entrapped by his fruitive activities, exactly like a silkworm trapped in its own cocoon. Foolish persons are generally encaged by their fruitive actions, or karma, because of a strong desire to enjoy this material world. Such attracted persons become involved in society, community and nation and waste their time. — [[spoken/1976/760630sb.nv|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.16, New Vṛndāvana, 1976]] --- ### Attachment Brings Suffering > Attachment means suffering. The more you are attached to material things, the more you will suffer. But attachment to Kṛṣṇa means liberation. The same attachment, if transferred to Kṛṣṇa, gives you liberation. — [[spoken/1970/700508ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 6, Los Angeles, 1970]] --- ### Transfer Attachment > You have to transfer your attachment. You cannot stop attachment. That is not possible. You are living being; you must be attached to something. But if you are attached to Kṛṣṇa, then you are liberated. If you are attached to māyā, you are conditioned. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Household Imprisonment > Therefore his household life also continues Kṛṣṇa conscious. Naturally, at the age of fifty he leaves the family connection and accepts the vānaprastha. And then, when he is fully trained, he accepts sannyāsa. — [[spoken/1970/701215sb.ind|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.27, Indore, 1970]] --- ### Cannot Forget Kṛṣṇa > So if a child is trained up in that way, then he becomes automatically Kṛṣṇa conscious. And if a child becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious up to the age of twenty, twenty-five years, then naturally he becomes a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. So when he enters his family life, although he accepts wife and children, he cannot forget Kṛṣṇa. — [[spoken/1970/701215sb.ind|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.27, Indore, 1970]] --- ### Higher Taste > Unless you get a higher taste, you cannot give up the lower taste. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate. When one gets a higher engagement, automatically the lower engagement is given up. So unless you are engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, you cannot give up sense gratification. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Return Stolen Property > Best thing is to return everything to Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And you will not be a loser; you will be gainer, just like Bali Mahārāja. Actually, if you think, everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Nothing belongs to you. This is māyā. Kṛṣṇa's property you are thinking "mine." — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Attachment to Devotees > If you associate with a bad man, then you become bad. If you associate with a saintly person, you become a saint. This is a fact. Therefore we recommend, "Always associate with devotees." Then you will be Kṛṣṇa conscious. — [[spoken/1970/701219sb.sur|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.34–39, Surat, 1970]] --- *10 quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on attachment* [[wiki/quotes|Back to Quotes]]