Category:Attracted by God
Theme Analysis
The Sanskrit word "Kṛṣṇa" means the all-attractive one. The Vedic literatures confirm that the Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses transcendental qualities, beauty, and pastimes that are so enchanting they effortlessly attract the minds of all living entities. In the material world, conditioned souls are naturally attracted to the illusory pleasure of gross bodily features and degraded sex life. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the ultimate purpose of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to cure this material disease by transferring the soul's natural propensity for attraction directly to the Supreme Lord. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, once a person is attracted by the Supreme (param), they naturally lose all taste for inferior, material engagements.
The absolute potency of Kṛṣṇa's attraction is most vividly demonstrated by its effect on fully liberated souls (ātmārāmas). Great impersonalists and self-realized sages, who are completely free from all material desires and attachments, still find themselves irresistibly drawn to the personal feature of the Lord. Classic examples include Śukadeva Gosvāmī, whose mind was captivated by hearing Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, and the four Kumāras, who became pure devotees simply by smelling the aroma of the tulasī leaves offered to the lotus feet of the Deity. This definitively proves that the qualities and pastimes of the Supreme Lord have absolutely nothing to do with material affinity; they are purely spiritual and transcendental.
The Lord purposefully displays His most confidential and enchanting pastimes, such as the rāsa-līlā, specifically to attract conditioned souls who are captivated by the phantasmagoria of material pleasure. When a living entity begins to hear about the form, name, and qualities of the Lord from a pure devotee, the form of Kṛṣṇa becomes permanently impressed upon their heart. Whether one is attracted out of a desire for opulence, pure nuptial love, or even initially through fear or envy, the causeless mercy of the Lord purifies that attraction, converting it into spontaneous, unalloyed love of Godhead.
- The Meaning of Kṛṣṇa: The Supreme Lord possesses infinite transcendental beauty and qualities that naturally attract the minds of all living entities.
- Attracting the Liberated Souls: The highest proof of Kṛṣṇa's spiritual nature is that even fully liberated impersonalists (ātmārāmas) are irresistibly drawn to His personal form and pastimes.
- Transferring Attachment: The process of bhakti-yoga involves deliberately shifting one's natural attraction from temporary material bodies to the eternal form of the Supreme Lord.
- The Purpose of the Lord's Pastimes: Kṛṣṇa displays His intimate, joyful pastimes on earth specifically to attract conditioned souls away from the illusion of material sense gratification.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Attracted by God - The Irresistible Charm of the Supreme Lord.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Attracted by God"
The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
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- A person who is situated in Brahman realization, if he is put into association with devotees in pure devotional service, will immediately become attracted to the personal feature of the Lord
- Among the (personal) associates, some are attracted by the opulences of the Personality of Godhead, and others are attracted by nuptial love of Godhead
- As iron attracted by a magnetic stone moves automatically toward the magnet, my (Prahlada's) consciousness, having been changed by His (Lord Visnu's) will, is attracted by Lord Visnu, who carries a disc in His hand. Thus I have no independence
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- Even if one is attracted by Godhead in the mode of material lust, such attraction is converted into spiritual love of Godhead by His grace
- Even though they (Sukadeva Gosvami and the four Kumaras) were in the liberated state, instead of remaining impersonalists they were attracted by the beauty of the Lord and became devotees
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- Generally, a devotee who has achieved the causeless mercy of the Lord on account of following the strict rules and regulations of devotional service becomes attracted by the supreme greatness of the Lord
- Goddesses of fortune can be seen automatically if we are attracted by the bodily features of the Lord
- Great impersonalists like Sukadeva Gosvami and the four Kumaras were attracted by the beauty of the Deities in the temple, by the decorations and by the aroma of tulasi offered to the Lord, and they became devotees
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- He (a liberated soul) is wholly freed from all kinds of material desires, yet still he is irresistibly attracted by the desire to hear and understand the pastimes of the Lord
- His (God's) transcendental qualities are so attractive that even the liberated souls (atmaramas) are also attracted by them. Although possessed of all personal qualities, He is nevertheless omnipotent
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- If by studying the form, name, qualities, pastimes and paraphernalia of the Supreme Godhead one is attracted to the Lord, he can execute devotional service, and the form of the Lord will be impressed in his heart and remain transcendentally situated there
- If our attachment is transferred to the Lord's service, we progress. Srila Rupa Gosvami prayed to the Lord that he would be as naturally attracted to the Lord's service as young men and young women are naturally attracted to each other
- In Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.59) it is described that one who is attracted by param, the Supreme, is no longer attracted by anything inferior
- In the beginning of this instruction, the Lord explained to His mother that mad-guna-sruti-matrena, simply by hearing of the name, quality, form, etc., of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is immediately attracted
- In the Skanda Purana there is a statement by devotees praying to the Lord, "I am praying at Your lotus feet that my mind may become attracted unto You in the same spontaneous way"
- Indeed, the Lord's spiritual qualities are so great and so enchanting that even liberated persons become attracted to Him
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- O my Lord, as waves attract branches and leaves that have fallen into deep water, You, the supreme eternal time factor, attract everything in this universe
- O saintly King (Pariksit), I (Sukadeva Gosvami) was certainly situated perfectly in transcendence, yet I was still attracted by the delineation of the pastimes of the Lord, who is described by enlightened verses
- One who has firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes fixed, and his attraction for association with the Lord and the devotees increases. Association with devotees means association with the Lord
- Only the self-controlled can gradually be attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Self-controlled means not indulging in sense enjoyment more than is necessary. And those who are not self-controlled are given over to sense enjoyment
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- Such foolish men cannot be attracted towards the activities of the Supreme Powerful, who is actually the neutralizing measure for their foolish activities, unless and until they have the good sense to be guided by the great souls
- Sukadeva Gosvami was already situated in the liberated stage, yet he was attracted by the pastimes of the Lord. This proves that the quality of His pastimes has nothing to do with material affinity
- Sukadeva Gosvami was also an impersonalist in the beginning, as he himself has admitted in the Bhagavatam (2.1.9), but later on he was attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord and thus became a devotee
- Sukadeva Gosvami was attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord
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- The attention of a pure devotee is so much attracted to glorification of the pastimes, name, qualities, forms, etc., of the Lord that the devotee does not care for mukti
- The former devotees (those attracted by God's opulences) are placed in the realm of Vaikuntha to render reverential devotional service, whereas the latter devotees (those attracted by nuptial love) are placed in Vrndavana for the direct service of Krsna
- The four sages Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumara also became attracted by the features of the Lord and the transcendental aroma of the dust of His lotus feet, as already described in verse 43 - SB 3.15.43
- The Lord always acts in favor of the devotees, and therefore ordinary men who are fruitive actors or seekers of salvation may be attracted to the Lord when He acts as protector of the devotees
- The Lord's activities in confidential love are very rarely disclosed to the general devotees who are attracted by devotion mixed with knowledge and mysticism. Such activities are the inconceivable pastimes of the Lord
- The lotus feet of the Lord are exactly like the parijata trees, or wish-fulfilling trees, and the devotees are like bumblebees. They are always attracted by the lotus feet of the Lord
- The manifestation of unadulterated devotional service is exhibited when one's mind is at once attracted to hearing the transcendental name and qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is residing in everyone's heart
- The mind of Sukadeva Gosvami was attracted by the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna, and the minds of the damsels of Vrndavana were attracted by His personal beauty
- The navel of the Lord is so deep and coiling that it appears that the whole universe again wants to withdraw into the navel, being attracted by God's beauty. The Lord's navel and the ripples on His belly always increase the beauty of His bodily features
- The personified Vedas continued, "Dear Lord, it is therefore our conclusion that all living entities are attracted by Your material energy"
- The SB (1.7.10) states, Although those who are atmarama, self-satisfied, are liberated from all material contamination, they are still attracted by the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, and thus they engage themselves in His transcendental service
- The smiling face of Lord Visnu is pleasing to the whole world. Not only devotees but even nondevotees are attracted by such a smile
- There are hundreds and thousands of aphorisms in the revealed scriptures. Atmaramas ca munayah: "Even the self-realized souls are also attracted by the transcendental loving service of the Lord"
- There are innumerable qualities of the Lord, and one is attracted by one quality while another is attracted by another
- They (fanatics) should not foolishly jump up to the activities of the internal energy, falsely attracted by the Lord's internal potential activities like His rasa-lila
- Those who are not purely sanctified may be attracted by different features of the Lord, like the impersonal brahmajyoti and localized Paramatma, but a pure devotee directly takes to the service of the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- Those who are spontaneously devoted to the Lord and have no aims for material gain are called attracted devotees. They are spontaneously attracted to the service of the Lord, and they follow in the footsteps of self-realized souls
- Those who are under the influence of the illusory energy are attracted to fruitive activities, but a Vaisnava preacher attracts their hearts to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna
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- We therefore request all the members of the Krsna consciousness movement - both men and women - not to be attracted by bodily features but only to be attracted by Krsna. Then everything will be all right. Otherwise there will be danger
- When one is situated on the platform of self-realization, he can certainly be easily attracted by Krsna and become a servant of the Lord. This is explained in the Bhagavad-gita - 18.54
- When the Lord manifested Himself on this earth He partially displayed the activities of His pleasure potency in His rasa-lila just to attract the conditioned souls, who are all after the phantasmagoria pleasure potency in degraded sex enjoyment