Category:Completely Surrendered
Theme Analysis
The path of complete surrender is the technique for achieving spiritual perfection. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that this path begins with the selection of a bona fide spiritual master. One must find a guru to whom they can surrender without argument, accepting their instructions as absolute (veda-vākya). This category highlights that studying the Bhagavad-gītā leads one to this point of surrender, which is the most auspicious path for the conditioned soul. It is a rigorous standard; Śrīla Prabhupāda notes that he openly criticizes anything that falls short of this complete surrender, establishing it as the singular goal of human life.
- The Role of the Guru: The first step on the path is to select a spiritual master who is worthy of complete surrender. Once accepted, the disciple must not argue but follow the instructions implicitly.
- The Goal of Gita: The ultimate purpose of studying Bhagavad-gītā is to become a soul completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord.
- Auspiciousness: Surrendering to the Supreme Lord is the most auspicious activity because He is the supreme objective of love.
- Uncompromising Standard: True spiritual life requires rejecting all compromises (like demigod worship or impersonalism) that distract from the exclusive surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Path of Complete Surrender.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Characteristics of a Completely Surrendered Soul.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "Completely Surrendered"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- A fully surrendered devotee always hopes that Lord Krsna will be kind to him. This hope is very firm in him
- A pure devotee is a completely surrendered soul unto the Personality of Godhead. He knows the Personality of Godhead as the supreme proprietor and all others as His servitors
- Acceptance of spiritual master means to accept anything, whatever he says. Therefore one has to select a spiritual master whom he can completely surrender. That is the technique. Veda-vakya
- Are the caves of the mountains now closed, or, above all, does the Almighty Lord not protect the fully surrendered souls? Why then do the learned sages go to flatter those who are intoxicated by hard-earned wealth
- As the actor gradually makes progress in spiritual realization he becomes completely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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- O brahmanas (Sages at the Ganges), just accept me as a completely surrendered soul, and let mother Ganges, the representative of the Lord, also accept me in that way, for I (Pariksit) have already taken the lotus feet of the Lord into my heart
- O brahmanas, just accept me as a completely surrendered soul, and let mother Ganges, the representative of the Lord, also accept me in that way, for I have already taken the lotus feet of the Lord into my heart
- O King, those who hear these topics about kings who are completely surrendered to the SPG obtain without difficulty a long life, wealth, good reputation, good fortune and, ultimately, the opportunity to return home, back to Godhead