Category:God's Considering
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category highlights the supreme, compassionate intelligence of the Personality of Godhead. Because the Lord is the supreme director, every action He takes is preceded by perfect consideration. Recognizing the degraded condition of humanity in Kali-yuga, the Lord—acting as Vyāsadeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu—considered the strict rules of Vedic rituals to be impossible for modern man, thereby concluding that the chanting of the holy names is the only feasible means of deliverance. In His relationships with His devotees, the Lord carefully considers their true welfare. Like a loving father, He may withhold certain material opulences if He considers them a barrier to pure devotional service, while simultaneously going to great lengths to relieve the physical or emotional troubles of surrendered souls like Mādhavendra Purī and Devahūti. Conversely, the Lord's consideration proves fatal for the demons; He calculates precisely how to smash them and considers it entirely unwise to distribute nectar to envious miscreants. Ultimately, the Lord perfectly considers the roles He accepts in His pastimes, playing His parts flawlessly to give pleasure to His devotees.
- The Strategy for Kali-yuga: Out of absolute compassion, the Lord considers the limitations of conditioned souls in the modern age. Vyāsadeva divided the Vedas, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered the chanting of the holy names as the only viable path to liberation.
- Protecting the Devotees: The Lord carefully calculates what is best for His servants. Pṛthu Mahārāja recognized that the Lord bestows only what He considers beneficial, often withholding material opulences that act as barriers to spiritual advancement.
- Outsmarting the Demons: The Lord uses His supreme intelligence to protect the universe. He considered it unwise to give nectar to the demons, and Lord Viṣṇu considered exactly how to stop the nuisance created by Māyā Dānava.
- Adopting Transcendental Roles: To facilitate His pastimes, the Lord perfectly considers His social and familial roles, such as Lord Balarāma considering Himself a kṣatriya in Dvārakā or acknowledging Nanda Mahārāja as His true father.
- The Supreme Receptivity: The Lord considers the sincerity of the living entity. If a person chants even once with full surrender, the Lord immediately considers that soul as His ward and provides absolute protection.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Considering - The Divine Strategies of Absolute Compassion.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "God's Considering"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- A beautiful woman generally cannot induce Lord Siva to be lusty, but Lord Visnu was considering whether there was any form of woman who could enchant him
- Admitting that they (the demigods) have forgotten pure devotional service because of extensive material opportunities, they fully surrender to the Lord, leaving to His consideration whether to maintain them or annihilate them. Such surrender is necessary
- As soon as He (Balarama) saw the demon, Lord Balarama prepared to attack him. He first considered how He could smash the great demon to pieces. Lord Balarama then called for His plow and club, and they immediately appeared before Him
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- Considering the trouble of His devotee, Lord Gopala, the greatest well-wisher of His devotees, ordered Madhavendra Puri to smear the sandalwood pulp on the body of Gopinatha, which was nondifferent from the body of Gopala
- Considering this logic (One can bring a snake under control with mantras, herbs and drugs, but an envious and crooked person cannot be brought under control by any means), the SP of Godhead thought it unwise to distribute nectar to the demons
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- Seeing Lord Siva very much aggrieved and disappointed, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, considered how to stop this nuisance created by Maya Danava
- She (Devahuti) was very submissive, and when Kapiladeva saw this, He became very compassionate. He saw that she was eager to know about the Absolute Truth, and He considered that, after all, He had received His body from her
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- The Lord does not consider the motive; He is concerned with the service
- The Lord Himself in His incarnation (Vyasadeva) will consider his compilation of the Vedic literature to be very difficult for the less intelligent persons with short life, and thus He will divide the tree of Vedic knowledge into different branches
- The Lord is just like the desire tree, and from Him everyone can have everything by the causeless mercy of the Lord. The Lord, however, does not supply to a pure devotee what is considered to be a barrier to the discharge of devotional service
- There are always disturbing diseases and economic problems in Kali-yuga. Therefore Lord Sri Krsna considered that in this age it is impossible for people to come to the perfectional stage of liberation by following the prescribed rules and regulations
- This is the consideration of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu - In this age of quarrel and disagreement (Kali-yuga), there is no other way of spiritual realization but this chanting of the names. There is no other way, there is no other way, there is no other way
- To underscore the validity of mystics or devotees, the Personality of Godhead says in Bhagavad-gita (6.22) that He does not consider anything more valuable than the attainment of that transcendental state