Category:Absorbed in God
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that being absorbed in God is the ultimate stage of all spiritual practices, whether one follows the path of mystic yoga, jñāna, or bhakti. This state, technically known as samādhi, is defined as the mind being completely fixed on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, particularly His beautiful form and lotus feet. A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so absorbed in the loving service of the Lord that they lose all taste for material sense pleasure and remain unaffected by the dualities of heat, cold, happiness, or distress. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that this absorption is not a passive sentiment but a practical science; even while dealing externally with worldly affairs, the devotee’s internal consciousness remains on the transcendental platform. Ultimately, everything in the cosmic manifestation—from the creation of universes to the living entities themselves—emanates from and is eventually absorbed back into the person of the Supreme Lord. By practicing constant remembrance through chanting and worship, the soul is purified and guaranteed to return back to Godhead.
- The Definition of Samādhi: Real yoga and meditation culminate in samādhi, which is the total absorption of the mind in the form of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa.
- Practical Transcendence: Devotees remain absorbed in the Lord's service even while acting in the world, dealing with affairs externally without being affected internally.
- Freedom from Materiality: Deep absorption in God removes the taste for sense pleasure and frees the seeker from attachment, fear, and anger.
- The Path to Perfection: Kṛṣṇa promises that those who are completely absorbed in Him will surely return to Him, especially if they maintain this state at the time of death.
- Cosmic Oneness: On a universal scale, the material creation is maintained and eventually absorbed back into the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Fully Absorbed in God.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Absorbed in God"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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- A person in brahma-yoga, or Krsna consciousness, is so absorbed in the loving service of the Lord that he loses his taste for material sense pleasure altogether. BG 1972 purports
- After practicing the sitting postures and other regulative principles of the system, one finally reaches the stage of samadhi - absorption in the Supreme
- All these manifestations of the Lord, appearing everywhere in His eternal, transcendental forms, cannot be understood by anyone but the pure devotees, who are always engaged in devotional service to the Lord and are fully absorbed in the Lord
- At the conclusion of the Ninth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krsna directly says: "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." - BG 9.34
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- Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purifled by knowledge of Me-and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me. BG 4.10 - 1972
- Bhaktas invoke people to hear about Bhagavan, publish books about Bhagavan and worship Bhagavan, and in this way they are constantly absorbed in Bhagavan. This is the process of bhakti
- Bhakti is not a sentiment but a practical science. One may engage in many activities, but in all cases, one's mind must be fully absorbed in Krsna
- Both the son and the father (Sukadeva Gosvami and Vyasadeva) were completely cognizant of transcendental knowledge in Brahman, and afterwards both of them became absorbed in the personal features of the Supreme Lord
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- Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me
- Even though engaged in worldly affairs, he (the great devotee) does not take pleasure in them, but remains always absorbed in the Lord's service. While serving the Lord, he deals externally with worldly affairs without being affected
- Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead - SB 10.2.37
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- He (a saint) is always absorbed in glorifying the Supreme Lord because by broadcasting the holy name and fame of the Supreme Lord, the polluted atmosphere of the world will change
- He (Dhruva Maharaja) concentrated his mind on the arca-vigraha, the worshipable Deity of the Lord, which exactly represents the Supreme Lord, and thus thinking constantly of that Deity, he became absorbed in trance
- He (God) lies down and generates the universes by His breathing, and by entering into each universe as Garbhodakasayi Visnu, He creates Brahma, Siva and many other demigods for maintenance of the universe and again absorbs the whole thing into His person
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- If the yogi is able to place the beautiful face of the Lord in the core of his heart, he will be completely satisfied. In other words, when one is absorbed in seeing the beauty of the Lord within himself, the material attraction can no longer disturb him
- In Krsna consciousness we can understand that the entire material creation is created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, maintained by Him, annihilated by Him and absorbed in Him. We are also part and parcel of the Lord
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- Maharaja Pariksit was not at all afraid of death, for he was fully encouraged by the message of the Lord. One who is fully absorbed in acyuta-katha can never be afraid of anything in this world
- Meditation, dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa, mind is absorbed in the Supreme Personality. That is the real process of yoga system and meditation - to see the form of Visnu
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- The demigods fully absorb themselves in meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead to become perfect yogis, but because of the presence of demons, their hearts are filled with the activities of the demons
- The devotee of the Lord is unaffected by the dualities of material existence, namely distress and happiness, cold and heat, etc. This state is practical samadhi, or absorption in the Supreme. BG 1972 purports
- The word "meditation" is very popular in this age amongst the common people, but they do not know the actual meaning of meditation. However, from Vedic literature we learn that the yogis are always absorbed in meditation upon the lotus feet of the Lord
- They (the six Gosvamis) are honored all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krsna
- This is stated in Bhagavad-gita (9.34): Engage your mind always in thinking of Me and become My devotee. Offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me
- Those who are directly in touch with the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead and who are absorbed in the chanting of His glories are freed from all material contamination. Unalloyed devotees are able to show mercy to the common conditioned soul
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- We may conclude that if one practices thinking of Visnu and is fully absorbed in thinking of Him at the time of death, one returns home, back to Godhead
- We may note with profit how Dhrtarastra began his yoga system by drinking water only and sitting calmly in a place with a spiritual atmosphere, deeply absorbed in the thoughts of the Lord Hari, the Personality of Godhead
- When the complete plant takes shelter under the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, one becomes fully absorbed in love of God; then he cannot live even for a moment without being in contact with the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- While traveling as a pilgrim, one should not be worried about pleasing society. One should remain always absorbed in the function of pleasing the Lord