Category:Eternal Kingdom of God
Theme Analysis
The eternal kingdom of God, often referred to as sanātana-dhāma, stands in stark contrast to the temporary, miserable material world. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while the material manifestation is subject to creation, maintenance, and annihilation, the spiritual kingdom is eternal, sentient, and blissful. Situated in the paravyoma, or spiritual sky, this realm is the true home of the living entity. Because the soul is eternal, it can never find satisfaction in a temporary environment. Entry into this kingdom is reserved for those who are amūḍha—non-bewildered by the illusory energy—and who engage in pure devotional service. Upon entering, one may merge into the Brahman effulgence or, more perfectly, associate directly with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His nitya-līlā, or eternal pastimes.
- Nature of the Kingdom: It is sanātana (eternal), beyond the influence of the three modes of material nature.
- The Soul's Need: Being eternal, the living entity can only be happy in an eternal atmosphere.
- Qualification: Only the non-bewildered (amūḍha) who follow the spiritual master can enter.
- Specific Abodes: Includes places like Dhruvaloka, Mathurā, Dvārakā, and Vaikuṇṭha.
- The Urgency: Intelligent persons take every risk in this life to secure their place in this eternal realm.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Entering the Eternal Kingdom of God.
Pages in category "Eternal Kingdom of God"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- Because the living being is eternal, he can be happy only in the eternal abode of the kingdom of God (paravyoma), from which no one returns to this region of repeated birth and death, disease and old age
- By engaging oneself in devotional service, one can gradually enter into the eternal kingdom of God
- By this advancement in life (becoming cleansed of sinful reactions), one not only becomes happy and opulent in this life, but also, at the end, he enters into the eternal kingdom of God. BG 1972 purports
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- If he makes progress under the direction of the Spiritual Master, then he revives his original Krsna Consciousness in full and thus he regains his position in the eternal Kingdom of God
- If there is some chance of entering such a immortal, eternal kingdom of God, why should I not take chance? - You should take chance at all risk in this life to enter into the nitya-lila, nitya-lila, eternal pastimes of the Lord
- In the Eighth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that the Supreme Person, who lives eternally in the spiritual kingdom of God (sanatana-dhama), can be approached only by devotional service
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- On one bank of the Viraja is the eternal nature, unlimited and all-blissful, called the spiritual sky, and this is the spiritual kingdom, or the kingdom of God
- One can get complete liberation from all the above-mentioned material pangs when one enters into the eternal Brahmaloka sanatana atmosphere, the kingdom of God
- One who wants to remain here in the material world for material enjoyment has no business entering into the eternal kingdom of God. The Lord favors such a foolish devotee by snatching all that he may possess in the material world
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- Spiritual happiness in the eternal kingdom of God cannot be imagined even by the great brahmacaris or sannyasis who are eligible to be promoted to the planets beyond the region of heaven
- Srila Sridhara Svami rightly commenting on this verse (SB 2.5.39), says that the Brahmaloka mentioned here is Vaikuntha, the kingdom of God, which is sanatana, or eternal, and is not exactly like the material creations described above
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- The interaction of the three qualities makes it possible for things to be created, maintained and annihilated. But in the spiritual world, or the kingdom of God, there is no such exhibition, since everything is eternal, sentient and blissful
- Those who become unconditioned by devotional service enter into the eternal kingdom of God, and those who lose the chance rot in dormant material conditions, sometimes manifested and sometimes unmanifested. Krsna descends to reclaim the conditioned souls