Category:Accepted By Devotees of God
Theme Analysis
The vision of a devotee is defined by a fundamental shift from mental speculation to the voluntary acceptance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's transcendental status. While the materialist remains bewildered by the Lord's human-like appearance or His inconceivable potencies, the devotee accepts Krsna as the root of all existence and the supreme controller. This acceptance is not blind faith but a realization that allows the soul to transcend the influence of time and the illusory energy. By accepting the Lord in various rasas—as a friend, son, or master—the devotee enters a personal reality that is inaccessible to the faithless.
- The Vision of Certainty: Unlike the mudhas who are bewildered by the illusory energy, devotees accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead without doubt, recognizing Him even when He appears in a human-like form.
- Acceptance of Inconceivable Potency: Devotees immediately accept the Lord's inconceivable qualities and His ability to control both the finite and the infinite, such as His pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill.
- Philosophical Submission to Providence: A devotee accepts both hindrances and benedictions as the mercy of the Lord, understanding that nothing occurs accidentally but is orchestrated by the supreme controller.
- Relational Acceptance: Beyond mere awe, the devotee accepts the Lord in intimate relationships—as the dearmost friend, son, or preceptor—which marks the advanced stages of devotional service.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Transcending Doubt - Truths Accepted by Devotees of God.
Pages in category "Accepted By Devotees of God"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- A Krsna conscious person wants only to serve the foremost yogi, Yogesvara (varimnah sarva-yoginam). Because we are trying to become His devotees, we accept the Supreme Lord, Yogesvara, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- All devotees in the Gaudiya-sampradaya accept the activities of Lord Ananta related in the Srimad-Bhagavatam as authentic, and they are thus benefited by going back home, back to Godhead
- All the cowherd boys used to play with Krsna, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead for devotees who have accepted eternal servitorship, and who for ordinary persons is but another ordinary child - SB 10.12.7-11
- Although the foolish cannot imagine how Krsna, who appears just like a human being, can control the infinite and the finite, those who are pure devotees accept this, for they know that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. BG 1972 purports
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- Tat te 'nukampam (SB 10.14.8) Devotees endure hindrances, accepting them to be caused by Supreme Personality of Godhead & regarding them as benedictions. Demons, being unable to understand the supreme controller, regard such hindrances as accidental
- The conclusion is that the time influence cannot act upon devotees who have accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as everything
- The demigods, the devotees, would immediately accept this incident, knowing that the Lord can lift anything, however heavy it might be
- The devotee is expected to accept all nine processes of devotional service, but even if only one process is properly executed, he can still attain the highest position (paramahamsa) and go back home, back to Godhead
- The example of an uprooted tree mentioned here by the demon is very significant. Devotees accept that God is the root of everything
- The inability (to find God) is due to the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. Devotees, therefore, accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is and remain happy simply by chanting the glories of the Lord
- The lowest of men (mudhas), because of sinful activities, cannot understand this (Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead), but devotees can accept it without a doubt. Thus the position of a devotee is different from that of a nondevotee
- The word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship is better than servitude. In the stage above dasya-rasa, the devotee accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a friend
- These symptoms (of ecstasy) only mark the beginning of devotional service. That is accepted by learned devotees
- They (The devotees) accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the dearmost friend, the dearmost relative, the dearmost son, the dearmost preceptor, the dearmost well-wisher or the dearmost Deity