Category:God's Business
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category outlines the primary "business" or mission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead when He descends into the material world. Drawing from the Bhagavad-gītā (paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām), Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies God's dual business: protecting the faithful devotees and annihilating the miscreants. Whether the Lord appears as a fish, a boar, Lord Rāmacandra to kill the ten-headed Rāvaṇa, or the Kalki avatāra to destroy a degraded human society, His business remains the same. However, His ultimate motive behind this business is supreme compassion: He descends personally, or sends His representatives, to recall the forgotten, materially absorbed souls back home, back to Godhead. The category also highlights the reciprocal "business" of the pure devotee (bhāgavata-dharma). Rather than demanding to see God or treating Him as a cosmic order-supplier, a true Vaiṣṇava is simply absorbed in doing Kṛṣṇa's business—cultivating self-realization and spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Finally, the category clarifies that the Lord's business is entirely transcendental; even when He appears to "cheat" the atheists (as Lord Buddha did), it is not a mundane deception but a supreme welfare activity meant to elevate them.
- The Dual Mission: God's primary business when He incarnates is twofold: to provide protection to His devotees (paritrāṇāya sādhūnām) and to vanquish the demonic class of men (vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām).
- Recalling the Souls: The overarching goal of the Lord's business is to reclaim the conditioned souls who have forgotten Him. He does this by descending Himself, sending His son, or empowering His pure devotees.
- The Devotee's Business: A pure Vaiṣṇava does not egotistically demand to see God, knowing the Lord is busy managing the cosmos. Instead, the devotee is completely satisfied by engaging in God's business—the process of bhakti-yoga and preaching.
- Transcendental Cheating: Sometimes the Lord's business involves "cheating," as when Lord Buddha bewildered the atheists to stop animal slaughter. This is compared to a loving father tricking a child for their own ultimate good.
- Impartial Yet Affectionate: While God's business is impartial to all living entities, He openly declares His special care and affection for those who are actively engaged in His devotional service.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Business - The Dual Mission of the Supreme Lord.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "God's Business"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- A grhastha means he may live, just like here we see Sri Caitanya, Sri Nityananda, Sri Advaita and Gadadhara Prabhu and Srivasa Prabhu, they are all grhasthas, family men, but their business was different (from grhamedhis) - to cultivate self-realization
- As an ideal king, King Prthu would execute all this business in the village and state as expertly as the sun
- At the end of this Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as the incarnation of Kalki, and His only business will be to kill all human beings on the surface of the globe. After that killing, another golden age will begin
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- First of all, you must have faith that, "In this life I shall understand thoroughly about God."Then associate with persons who are busy with God's business.Then you act as they are acting.Then your misconception of material life will be finished
- For this (reviving God consciousness) business, sometimes God personally comes; sometimes He sends His representative, His son, or His devotee, His servant. This is going on. God wants that these forgotten souls should come back to home, back to Godhead
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- His (Lord Buddha's) business is to cheat the atheist class of men. That cheating is not cheating. It is for the good. Just like the father sometimes cheats the small child. You see? So that does not mean father is cheater
- How can this position be attained? We simply have to try to understand Krsna. Why does He come? What is His business? What is His form
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- If He's partial to somebody and He's affectionate to some . . . no. That is not God's business. God is equal to everyone. But still Krsna says, ye tu bhajanti mam bhaktya tesu te mayi (BG 9.29), anyone who is devotee, I take special care for him
- If somebody says: "Yes, there is God, but I have no business with Him," no. You should know actually what is His name, what does He do, where is His residence, what is His business. And these things are possible to understand in this human form of life
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- That was the Ramacandra's business, to kill Ravana. Ravana was a very powerful atheist, and he was working with the ten heads. Just like materialistic karmis, they work very hard, and they have got good brain also for working hard. So Ravana had ten heads
- The Vaisnava devotees, they are not very much anxious to see God. They know, "Why God shall come to me? He is so busy, He has got so many business. Let me do my duty"
- The Vaisnava devotees, they are not very much anxious to see God. They know, Why God shall come to me? He is so busy, He has got so many business. Let me do my duty
- This Bhagavata-dharma is not a cheating dharma. Bhagavata-dharma means in relation with the Supreme Lord. Bhagavati bhaktih. Bhakti can be applied only to Bhagavan. Bhakti means the business between Bhagavan and bhakta
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- When God incarnates, He has got two business: paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam (BG 4.8). So one business is to give protection to the devotee and to annihilate the duskrta, those who are sinful
- Whenever the Lord appears, whether as a fish, a tortoise, a hog or any other form, one should understand that He maintains His transcendental position and that His only business, as stated here, is hatva - to kill the demons