Category:Absorbed in Love of God
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that being absorbed in love of God is the highest attainment for the living entity, reaching a stage where the entire world appears vacant in separation from the Lord. This absorption is not dependent on material wealth, education, or social status; rather, it is a state of the heart where one is fully satisfied by offering even a simple flower or a little water. When a devotee’s eyes are anointed with the salve of love, they see God everywhere—both within the core of the heart and in the external world. Śrīla Prabhupāda highlights various examples of this absorption, from Dhruva Mahārāja falling flat like a rod to the gopīs forgetting their physical bodies in the ecstasy of love. This state is so profound that it causes a devotee to forget their own fatigue and even the existence of the external world, as exemplified by Lord Caitanya and Uddhava. Ultimately, to be absorbed in love of Godhead means to be free from all material possessions and sense gratification, submerged in an ocean of ecstatic love that even demigods like Lord Brahmā find difficult to understand.
- The Vision of Love: One who is fully absorbed in love of Godhead sees the Lord everywhere, as their eyes are anointed with the salve of devotion.
- Ecstatic Physical Symptoms: Absorption in love causes devotees to fall in obeisances, lose awareness of physical fatigue, and sometimes collapse in ecstasy.
- Simplicity of Satisfaction: The Supreme Lord is satisfied not by opulence, but by a heart that is fully absorbed in love and ecstasy during the act of offering.
- Transcendental Forgetfulness: Deep absorption in love for Kṛṣṇa causes the devotee to forget the external world and even their own material identity.
- The Supreme Exemplar: Lord Caitanya showed the pinnacle of absorption, submerged in an ocean of love where the heart is entirely fixed on the Lord.
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Pages in category "Absorbed in Love of God"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
A
- All the devotees became ecstatic in the association of Lord Caitanya, and thus absorbed in love of God, they were dancing and singing while going along the main road
- Ananta Acarya was a disciple of Gadadhara Pandita. His body was always absorbed in love of Godhead. He was magnanimous and advanced in all respects
- As soon as the beggars chanted the holy name, "Haribol," they were immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed wonderful pastimes
B
- Being fully absorbed in love of Godhead, He would not understand His fatigue. But Nityananda Prabhu, catching Him, stopped His dancing
- Both the internal devotees, who were simply absorbed in love of Krsna, and the external devotees, who were captivated by His unlimited potency, were informed of Krsna's desire to be submissive to His servants
O
- Once, while observing a vow of silence, he was fully engaged in the worship of the Lord and absorbed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead
- One does not need great wealth, education or opulence to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is fully absorbed in love and ecstasy, he need offer only a flower and a little water
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- Sadaiva means "always." Sada eva, sadaiva. Who sees? Now, one who is devotee, one who is fully absorbed in love of Godhead, premanjana-cchurita, or whose eyes are anointed with love of Godhead. Not this eye
- Such a devotee, who is called niskincana, or free from all material possessions, is always absorbed in emotional love of Godhead. He is reluctant to perform any kind of sense gratification
T
- The greatest necessity for a human being is the achievement of love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here (in SB 10.8.45) we see that mother Yasoda is on the highest stage of necessity, for she is completely absorbed in love for Krsna
- The ocean of ecstatic love for Krsna is very difficult to understand, even for such demigods as Lord Brahma. By enacting His pastimes, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu submerged Himself in that ocean, and His heart was absorbed in that love
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- When Dhruva Maharaja saw his Lord just in front of him, he was greatly agitated and offered Him obeisances and respect. He fell flat before Him like a rod and became absorbed in love 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
- When Uddhava was fully absorbed in the transcendental ecstasy of love of God, he actually forgot all about the external world
- When we are always absorbed in thought of Krsna in ecstasy, that is the immediate previous stage of love of Godhead, love of Krsna
- When you will be so much absorbed in love of God, just like Lord Caitanya showed "Oh, I am crying. Just My tears coming, just torrents of rain from My eyes." Sunyayitam jagat sarvam - I am seeing everything vacant