Category:Abiding by God
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the most intelligent course of action for any living entity is to abide by the orders of God. This is defined as the "best policy" because even the most exhaustive philosophical inquiries cannot fully ascertain the Lord's plan. True religion (dharma) is not a sectarian label but the universal principle of abiding by the laws of the Supreme Lord, just as a good citizen abides by the laws of the state. Those who defy these orders are subjected to the threefold miseries of material existence, while those who abide by them with faith and devotion are considered the highest yogīs, most intimately united with Kṛṣṇa.
- The Definition of Religion: Religion is one: to abide by the orders of God. Cheating religious systems that do not emphasize this obedience are rejected by the Bhāgavatam.
- The Best Policy: Since the Lord's plan is often beyond human comprehension, the best policy is to follow His orders without argument.
- Good Citizenship: Just as a good citizen follows the government's laws, a religious person follows God's laws. Defiance leads to a "criminal" status within the laws of nature.
- The Highest Yoga: Of all yogīs, the one who abides in Kṛṣṇa with great faith and worships Him in loving service is the highest.
- Universal Obedience: From Lord Brahmā down to the insignificant ant, all living beings in the universe are constitutionally subordinate and must abide by the order of the Supreme Lord.
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Pages in category "Abiding by God"
The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
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- A common brain in the conditioned state cannot conceive of how He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) is the master of both manifest and potential powers, and how contradictory potencies can abide in Him
- A common brain in the conditioned state cannot conceive of how these inconceivable energies abide in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, how He exists in His innumerable forms as the master of both spiritual and material energies
- As an agent of the supreme doer, the Supreme Lord, one should abide by the Lord's orders
- As confirmed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Bhagavad-gita (6.47): Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all
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- Beginning from Brahmaji, the leader of this universe, down to the insignificant ant, all are abiding by the order of the Supreme Lord. Thus the constitutional position of the living being is subordination under the control of the Lord
- Bhagavata says, dharmah projjhita-kaitavah atra: "All cheating type of religious system is kicked out, rejected." Actually, it is not required. It is simply bogus. Real dharma is here, to abide by the laws of God. That is real dharma
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- If you do not know what is God, what is His law, that is another thing. But the religion means to abide by the laws of God, that's all. It cannot be Hindu, Muslim, Christian
- In Bhagavad-gita the Lord indicates that all things abide in Him in both their beginning and in their end and also in the interim state
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- Just like good citizenship means to abide by the laws of the state, of the government. That is good citizenship. Similarly, a real religious person means who is abiding by the orders of the Supreme Lord
- Just like in your Bible there are commandments. So one has to abide by the commandment; then he will be happy. And if one disobeys the commandments of God, he will be unhappy
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- One must seek that place from which, having once gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything has begun and in whom everything is abiding since time immemorial. BG 15.3-4 - 1972
- One who abides by the order of the Lord is a pure devotee
- One who does not abide by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given the facility to enjoy this material world
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- Real dharma, means to abide by the orders of God. But they do not know what is God. They do not know what is the order of God. Of course, there are scriptures, but we have to know
- Real religious principle means to abide by the laws of the Supreme Lord, God. But they do not believe in God
- Religion does not mean the so-called rituals. That is formalities, they're also required, but the real purpose of religion is to abide by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is religion
- Religion means abiding by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Religion means to abide by the laws of God. In the Sanskrit language it is said, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam (SB 6.3.19). Dharma, or religion, means the codes of God
- Religion means to abide by the orders of God. It may be a little different from one country to another. Just like in the political state management also, it is not exactly the same. But the obedience to the state is everywhere
- Religion means to carry out the orders of God. That's all. This is simple definition of religion. You may define religion with some bombastic word. This is religion: religion means to abide by the orders of God. That is religion
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- Sannyasis must abide by Lord Rsabhadeva's instructions while on the path of devotional service. Lord Rsabhadeva retired from family life and lived like a naked madman even while still with His family
- Such words from the lips of a sincere devotee cannot be false. All possibilities abide in Him, for He is the primeval Lord
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- The Lord confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 6.47): Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all
- The meaning of religion is to abide by the laws of God, just like a good citizen means who abides by the laws of the state, of the government. Because we have no understanding of God, therefore we do not know what is the laws of God
- The Supreme Lord says: Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all
- There are two kinds of living entities: nitya-baddha, nitya-mukta - eternally liberated and eternally conditioned. You see? So for the conditioned . . . they will never agree to abide by God
- There is no reality in the manifested world, but there appears to be reality because the true reality exists in the spiritual world, where the Personality of Godhead eternally abides with His transcendental paraphernalia
- Those who are trying to find out God by speculation, they are theosophist. And theologist means one who knows God and abides by His order
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- We have to understand what God is and what He says, and we have to abide by His orders. Then there is real religion, there is real understanding of God, and everything is complete
- When we defy the laws of God, we are put into threefold miseries of life. That is called material existence. And when we abide by the laws of God, then we are happy. We should know this fact