Category:God's Agreeing
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category highlights the absolute independence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the extraordinary power of pure devotional service (bhakti). Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that God is the supreme master; therefore, He does not agree to be ordered around by mundane worshipers seeking material benefits, nor does He agree to become the subject of impersonal mental speculation. However, when the Lord is approached with unalloyed love, He is completely conquered. Out of sheer affection, the omnipotent Lord agrees to perform astonishing acts: He agrees to appear as an ordinary human being, He agrees to become the son of His devotees (like Mahārāja Nābhi or Vasudeva), and He even agrees to be controlled, bound, or defeated by His pure devotees like Mother Yaśodā. Furthermore, the Lord agrees to forgive fallen souls when petitioned by a bona fide guru. This category reveals that while the Lord easily grants liberation, He rarely agrees to award pure devotional service because it allows the devotee to purchase Him.
- The Supreme Independent: God is not an order-supplier for materialists. He does not agree to serve mundane demands or submit to the foolish speculations of impersonalists.
- Conquered by Bhakti: Without pure devotion, nothing can induce the Lord to accept any offering. Because bhakti purchases the Lord, He easily offers liberation but rarely agrees to award pure devotional service.
- Accepting Subordinate Roles: To please His devotees, the Lord agrees to act as a human being, taking birth as the son of exalted souls like Mahārāja Nābhi, Vasudeva, and Devakī.
- Agreeing to be Controlled: Although the Lord controls innumerable universes as the Paramātmā, He voluntarily agrees to be bound by Mother Yaśodā's yogamāyā or to act as a menial messenger and charioteer for the Pāṇḍavas.
- The Guru's Intercession: The Supreme Lord is the ultimate judge, but out of love for His representatives, He agrees to excuse a sinful person upon the sincere request of the bona fide guru.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Agreeing - Conquered by Pure Devotional Service.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "God's Agreeing"
The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
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- Although He (God) has no interest in such things, in order to receive our loving service, He agrees to act as He does. We cannot actually offer suitable paraphernalia for the Lord's worship because we are completely ignorant
- Although He (the Personality of Godhead) does not appear before those who practice yoga in a secluded place even for many, many births, He agrees to appear in a householder's home where devotees engage in devotional service without material yoga practice
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- God is not meant for supplying your orders because He takes service. He does not serve anybody. So if we want to bring God for our service, we may be disappointed because God does not agree to serve anybody
- Guru introduces us with God and prays to God, "Please excuse him." This is guru's business. And by the request of guru, God agrees to excuse him. This is the process
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- Lord appeared before him (Maharaja Nabhi) not due to his sacrifices but because of his devotional service. It was for this reason that the Lord agreed to appear before him in His beautiful bodily features
- Lord Visnu agrees to send His personal expansion as the son of Merudevi, the wife of Maharaja Nabhi, who is the son of Agnidhra
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- On account of the Pandavas' faithful devotion to the Lord, He agreed to become their charioteer, their advisor, their friend, their messenger and sometimes their bodyguard. Such is an example of the result of devotional service towards Visnu
- One of His younger brothers, Laksmanaji, desired to go with Him, and so also His eternal wife, Sitaji, desired to go with Him. The Lord agreed to both of them, and all together they entered the Dandakaranya Forest, to live there for fourteen years
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- The Lord is always in an exalted position, even though He agrees to live everywhere
- The Personality of Godhead appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki because for a very long time they performed severe austerities to have the Supreme Lord as their son. Satisfied by their penance and determination, the Lord agreed to become their son
- The purport to this verse is that the Lord easily offers liberation, but He rarely agrees to offer a soul devotional service because by devotional service the Lord Himself becomes purchased by the devotee
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in all opulences. He can agree to live with a poor soul or even with an animal, but this does not make Him poor
- They (mother Yasoda and the other ladies) gave up the idea of binding Him (when they saw that Krsna could not be bound with all the ropes available in the house). But in competition between Krsna and His devotee, Krsna sometimes agrees to be defeated
- To glorify Maharaja Nabhi, the sages composed two verses. One of them is this: Who can attain the perfection of Maharaja Nabhi? Who can attain his activities? Because of his devotional service, the Supreme Personality of God agreed to become his son
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- When Lord Visnu agrees to come to a sacrificial arena, all the demigods naturally follow their master, and their shares are offered in such sacrifices. The conclusion is that the sacrifices performed are meant for Lord Visnu, not for the demigods
- When mother Yasoda and her friends gave up the idea of binding Krsna then His internal energy, yogamaya, was brought to work, and Krsna agreed to be bound by mother Yasoda
- Without the basic principle of bhakti, nothing can induce the Lord to agree to accept anything from anyone