Category:Almighty God
Theme Analysis
In every major religion, the Supreme Being is addressed as the Almighty God. Śrīla Prabhupāda perfectly defines this term through the Vedic perspective: the Almighty is the Supreme Father who, without the help of any subordinate, creates the entire cosmic manifestation, expands into innumerable forms, and maintains all living entities—both conditioned and liberated. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the material creation is merely a temporary exhibition of His energy. The real disease of human society is our aversion to serving Him. To cure this, the leadership of society must be entrusted to God-conscious representatives (kṣatriyas or devotees) who can guide the citizens toward self-realization.
A profound theme in this category is the proper approach to the Almighty God. Rather than approaching Him for temporary material benefits, Śrīla Prabhupāda highlights the supreme standard set by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers. Lord Caitanya boldly declares that He has no desire for wealth, beautiful women, or followers; He desires only causeless devotional service birth after birth. When a devotee approaches the Lord with this pure attitude, a beautiful spiritual paradox unfolds. Śrīla Prabhupāda reveals that although the Supreme Lord is almighty and cannot be defeated by any material power, He willingly allows Himself to be conquered by the pure, loving affection of His devotees, such as King Yudhiṣṭhira and Mother Yaśodā.
- The Supreme Creator and Maintainer: The Almighty God is the source of all energies. He creates the temporary material exhibition and maintains the lives of every living entity, fulfilling their desires like a kind father.
- The Prayer for Pure Devotion: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches that one should not ask the Almighty for material boons. The only worthy request is for eternal, unmotivated devotional service.
- God-Conscious Leadership: The ultimate solution for world peace is for the leaders of society to acknowledge the Almighty God and guide their subjects toward spiritual realization.
- Conquered by Love: While the faithless doubt His potency, pure devotees know that the almighty power of the Lord is entirely subordinated by the loving affection of His surrendered servants.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Almighty God - The Supreme Maintainer and Object of Devotion.
Pages in category "Almighty God"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- All living entities, both in the conditioned state and in the liberated state, are maintained by the Almighty Supreme Lord
- As Sri Caitanya teaches: "O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth." - Cc. Antya 20.29, Siksastaka 4
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- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us in His Siksastaka: O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth
- Sri Caitanya prayed - O Almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor to enjoy beautiful women. Nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is the causeless mercy of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth. BG 1972 p
- Sri Narada Muni could enter all these planets in both the material and spiritual spheres without restriction, as much as the almighty Lord is free to move personally in any part of His creation
- Such acts or engagements (arising from an abuse of the free will) are never to be considered as if the works and the results were somehow ordained by the almighty Godhead
- Such births (birth in brahmana family or in the family of rich merchants) afford higher chances for self-realization. If these chances are misused due to illusion, one loses the good opportunity of human life afforded by the almighty Lord
- Sukadeva Gosvami presents the knowledge which comes down directly from Brahmaji, who is known as atma-bhuh, or born of and educated by the Almighty Personality of Godhead
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- The almighty God awards the results we desire, and therefore we should desire that which is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. In devotional service we should not endeavor for that which is temporary and useless
- The Almighty God can bestow upon anyone the kingdom of the universe from a very small beginning, and similarly, He can take away the kingdom of the universe on the plea of begging a small piece of land
- The almighty Lord, being full of inconceivable energies, expands Himself in various forms and energies. There are forms from His energy as well as forms from His person
- The almighty Lord, being very kind to the living entity, as the father is kind to the son, fulfills the living entity's desire for his childish satisfaction
- The almighty Personality of Godhead, by His causeless mercy, descends on the earth and manifests activities almost on the line of the worldly men, but at the same time extraordinarily, because He is almighty
- The devotee believes in the almighty potency of the Lord, while the faithless say that the Lord is almighty but do not believe it
- The four classes of good men acknowledge the authority of the Almighty God, and therefore such good men (1) when they are in difficulty, (2) when they are in need of money, (3) when they are advanced in knowledge, intuitively take shelter of the Lord
- The ksatriyas, or the ruling administrators of any part of the universe, either on this planet or on other planets, are factually the representatives of the Almighty God, and they are meant to lead the subjects towards the path of God realization
- The leaders must know that the real disease of the people in general is their aversion to serve the almighty Godhead, Visnu
- The material creation is but a temporary exhibition of the material energy of the Almighty God
- The plain truth is that the Supreme Godhead the Father, The Nature material is the mother and all living entities are so many children of Almighty Father Godhead, and the mother nature
- The power of King Yudhisthira was loving affection, which the Lord (Krsna) could not deny. The almighty God is thus conquered only by loving service and nothing else
- The sacred meeting organized by you at your place yesterday will be remembered by me with great reverence and I must thank you from the very core of my heart for giving me a chance to serve the cause of the Potency of the Almighty God
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- We are sure that with all our faults in this connection the seriousness of the subject matter will be taken into consideration, and the leaders of society will still accept this due to its being an honest attempt to glorify the Almighty God
- When yajna-pati wants to, He can do anything without the help of any subordinate. Therefore the Supreme Lord is known as almighty