Category:God's Attractiveness
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category explores the absolute, universal magnetism of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is perfectly summarized by His primary name: Kṛṣṇa, meaning "the all-attractive one." Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that if God is truly the Supreme, He must possess all opulences in full—wealth, power, fame, beauty, wisdom, and renunciation. Because He possesses these completely, He is inherently attractive to everyone. His attractiveness is not a mundane, temporary beauty that appeals only to a specific class of people; it is a purely spiritual magnetism that captivates even the greatest demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, as well as the topmost liberated souls (the nitya-siddhas). The Lord's beautiful form, His enchanting smile, the aroma of the flowers offered to Him, and the sweetness of His pastimes (such as His intimate rasas with the gopīs in Vṛndāvana) are deliberately manifested in the material world to attract the conditioned souls back home, back to Godhead. Even when the Lord assumes fierce forms, like Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, or bewildering forms, like Mohinī-mūrti or Lord Buddha, His underlying transcendental attractiveness remains an irresistible force that ultimately purifies and liberates anyone who comes into contact with Him.
- The Meaning of Kṛṣṇa: The name Kṛṣṇa literally means "all-attractive." Because God is the reservoir of all energies, beauty, and opulences, He is universally attractive to everyone, making Kṛṣṇa the most perfect and complete name for the Supreme Lord.
- Attracting the Liberated Souls: The Lord's spiritual beauty and qualities are so profoundly enchanting that they attract even liberated persons (muktas) and great demigods, proving that His attractiveness is purely transcendental, not material.
- The Purpose of His Descent: The Lord specifically descends to the material world to display His beautiful forms and pastimes (in places like Vṛndāvana, Mathurā, and Dvārakā) simply to attract the frustrated, conditioned souls and draw their attention away from material illusion.
- Transcendental Beauty: Whether He is adorned with glittering ornaments as Nārāyaṇa, appearing as a delicate, blackish cloud, or even appearing dirty and neglected like Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, His body is absolute and infinitely more attractive than mundane creations like Cupid.
- Purifying Magnetism: The attractiveness of the Supreme Lord is prophylactic. Just as the sun purifies impurities, the Lord purifies anyone who is drawn to Him, even if they are attracted through fear, animosity, or lust.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Attractiveness - The Meaning of the Name Kṛṣṇa.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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Pages in category "God's Attractiveness"
The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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- Akhilam jagat means the whole cosmic manifestation is a display of the multi-energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So because He is fully energetic, therefore He is attractive and cause of all causes
- Although Lord Rsabhadeva's body was very much neglected, His transcendental features were so attractive that even married women were attracted to Him. His beauty & dirtiness combined to make His beautiful body appear as though it were haunted by a ghost
- Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His eternal form is beautiful and pleasing to the heart of the devotee, He does not attract impersonalists, who want to meditate on His impersonal aspect. Such impersonal meditation is simply fruitless labor
- Another gopi began to speak. "My dear friend," she said, "He (Krsna) has perfected the art of smiling very attractively, and by seeing His smile women become mad after Him and give themselves to Him without hesitation"
- As soon as there is a reciprocal exchange by the living entity’s free will, at once the great spiritual being attracts the small living entity, thus freeing him from all material bondage
- As the Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.65) confirms, one should engage in transcendental worship in order to be fit for being attracted by Krsna, the all-attractive
- As the powerful sun, by its glowing rays, can purify all kinds of impurities, so the all-spiritual Personality of Godhead can purify all material qualities in a person He attracts
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- God is all-attractive. Otherwise how He can be God? God cannot be attractive for you and not for me. This is very accurate word. God has no name. That's a fact. But we coin His name according to His dealings. Just like we call God Yasoda-nandana
- God is attractive even to the topmost liberated soul, and thus He is worshipable even by Brahma and Siva, the greatest of all demigods
- God is so attractive, and because He is so attractive, He is called Krsna
- God may have many thousands of names, but the most perfect name which we can give to the SPG is Krsna. Krsna means "All-attractive." God must be all-attractive. It is not that God is attractive for a certain class of men and not attractive for others
- God must be attractive and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has any name, or if you want to give any name to God, only "Krsna" can be given
- God must be attractive by everyone. That is God. So, Krsna, by His opulences, by His strength, by His beauty, by His knowledge, by His renouncement - everything complete. Therefore He's God
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- He (God) attracted the mind of Sanaka Kumara simply by the aroma emanating from the flowers offered to Him
- He (God) is more attractive to the higher transcendentalists who participate in the eternal pastimes of the Lord
- His (God's) transcendental qualities are such that the perfection of His beauty, His perfect reciprocation of love between Himself & His devotees & the flavor of His transcendental qualities attract different kinds of transcendentalists & liberated souls
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- If one is related to the Lord in fear and animosity, he also becomes purified by the spiritual attraction of the Lord
- It is at this stage (of madhura-rati) that Krsna and the damsels of Vraja glanced at one another, for on this platform there is an exchange of loving glances, motions of the eyes, pleasant words, attractive smiles, etc
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- The 4 sages headed by Sanaka Muni addressed the Lord as follows, "My dear SP of God, Your reputation is very attractive and free from all material contamination. Therefore You are worthy of being glorified & are actually the reservoir of all pilgrimages"
- The activities of the Lord are to be accepted and relished by all living entities. His activities are to attract the ordinary man towards the Lord
- The demigods said: Although You (Krsna) appear in a color which is compared to the blackish cloud, because You are the Transcendental Absolute, Your beauty is many, many times more attractive than the delicate body of Cupid
- The exquisite beauty of Narayana, being many times magnified by the intelligence of His devotees, was so attractive that it defeated the pride of the goddess of fortune in being the most beautiful
- The Lord Himself comes to display His transcendental pastimes, typically represented at Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka. He appears just to attract the conditioned souls back to Godhead, back home to the eternal world
- The Lord was attractive for everyone - not only the King (Prthu) but also the priestly order, who were very much addicted to the performance of Vedic rituals. Because the Lord is all-attractive, He is called Krsna, or "one who attracts everyone"
- The Lord wore a golden belt on His waist, bracelets on His arms, rings on His fingers, and ankle bells on His feet. Lord Hari, who is attractive to all the living entities of the three worlds, is known as Purusottama, the best personality
- The Lord's pastimes with the gopis are all displays of transcendental existence, bliss and knowledge, although these are manifested apparently as sex love. The specific attraction of His pastimes with the gopis should never be misunderstood
- The Lord's spiritual qualities are so great and so enchanting that they can even attract a liberated person
- The Personality of Godhead, seen leaning favorably towards His loving servitors, His very sight intoxicating and attractive, appeared to be very much satisfied. He had a smiling face decorated with an enchanting reddish hue
- The Supreme Lord is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature; therefore He is attractive to the pure devotee. There is no need to practice meditation to attain such attraction; the pure devotee is already in the transcendental stage
- The Supreme Lord's pastimes are more attractive to liberated souls than to mundane people. He is of necessity not impersonal because it is only possible to carry on transcendental rasa with a person
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, having taken possession of the container of nectar, smiled slightly and spoke in attractive words
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was pretending to be a woman, warned the demons against putting so much faith in Her, for She had appeared as an attractive woman ultimately to cheat them
- They (conditioned souls) are not so interested in studying the narrations of the pastimes of the Lord, Krsna. And yet the descriptions or the pastimes of Lord Krsna are so attractive that they are relishable for all classes of men
- This attitude of the Lord was due to His unlimited quantity of transcendental qualities. His cheerful attitude towards the devotees was so pleasing and heart-touching that His very smile was attractive for them
- Thus always merged in devotional service, the yogi visualizes the Lord standing, moving, lying down or sitting within him, for the pastimes of the Supreme Lord are always beautiful and attractive