Category:God's Establishing
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category centers on the Supreme Personality of Godhead's role as the ultimate founder and maintainer of all existence. The Lord establishes both the temporary material creation—with its planets, stars, and universal rules—and His own eternal establishment, the spiritual kingdom of Goloka Vṛndāvana. Within the material world, the Lord establishes the strict principles of religion (dharma) in the Vedas and Purāṇas to guide forgetful living entities back to happiness. However, as material civilization advances, atheists and demons like Rāvaṇa and Hiraṇyakaśipu inevitably arise with a challenging spirit, attempting to disrupt the Lord's established order. To rectify these discrepancies, the Supreme Lord continuously descends Himself, or sends His representatives, to annihilate the disturbing elements and firmly reestablish religious principles. Each incarnation has a specific mission: Lord Buddha appeared to establish nonviolence (ahiṁsā), Mahārāja Pṛthu established a peaceful and prosperous government, and Lord Kṛṣṇa generally appears in a kṣatriya family to act as the ultimate protector of the human race.
- The Cosmic and Spiritual Establishments: The Lord is the architect of two distinct realms. He establishes the temporary material universe (creation, maintenance, and annihilation) and His own eternal, indestructible establishment in the spiritual sky, known as Goloka.
- Laying Down the Laws of Religion: True religion is not man-made; the principles of religion (dharma) are exclusively laid down by the Supreme Lord Himself. Following His established laws is the surest path to genuine happiness for the conditioned soul.
- Challenging the Divine Order: Intoxicated by material science and power, atheists and demons perpetually attempt to defy and overthrow the established rule of the Lord, causing widespread universal disturbances.
- The Descent of the Avatāras: Whenever there is a discrepancy in the discharge of real religion, the Lord descends. He acts as time (kāla) to eliminate the asuras and reestablish the righteous rule of the devatās.
- Specific Divine Missions: Every incarnation of the Lord descends with a perfectly timed, specific mission. Lord Buddha established the principle of nonviolence to stop rampant animal slaughter, while Pṛthu Mahārāja established the perfect, anxiety-free model of Vedic government.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Establishing - The Supreme Order of the Absolute Truth.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "God's Establishing"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- A peaceful and prosperous government, devoid of anxiety, was established by Prthu Maharaja. Thus the inhabitants of both saintly and demoniac planets were all engaged in glorifying the activities of Maharaja Prthu
- Alas, the time has already come when the leaders, whom ordinary men regard as beacons, are themselves mostly atheists at the bottom of their hearts and are against the principles laid down by Godhead
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- He (Ravana) wanted to perform other acts against the established rule of the Lord
- He, the Personality of Godhead, as the maintainer of all in the universe, appears in different incarnations after establishing the creation, and thus He reclaims all kinds of conditioned souls amongst the humans, the nonhumans and the demigods
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- In India, for instance, when people were over-indulging in animal slaughter, Lord Buddha came to establish ahimsa, nonviolence to all living entities. Similarly, in the above-quoted verse BG 4.8, Sri Krsna says that He comes in order to protect the sadhus
- In the month of Caitra on the ninth day of the growing moon in the Treta-yuga, the Lord appeared, as usual, to establish the principles of religion and to annihilate the disturbing elements
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- So God descends, He comes Himself or He sends His representative, to reestablish the real purpose of religion, whenever there is discrepancies in the matter of discharging real religion
- Sometimes great demons and atheists like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu and many others become very famous due to advancing material civilization by the help of material science and other activities with a spirit of challenging the established order of the Lord
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- The Lord has so distributed Himself all over the universe just to give pleasure to the devotees, to give the common man facility to eradicate his sins, and to establish religious principles in the world
- The Lord is full, but to establish the universal principle that everyone can offer something to the Lord, He accepts even the most meager offering - when it is presented with love
- The predominance of asuras in the world is occasionally rectified by the Lord when He eliminates them from the world and establishes a rule of devatas like the Pandavas. His designation as kala in disguise is significant
- The principles of religion are laid down by the Lord Himself, and the executor of such laws is Dharmaraja, or Yamaraja
- The surest path to happiness is to live by the principles laid down by the Lord and not disobey His established laws, which are enacted in the Vedas and the Puranas for the forgetful living entities
- The wrongdoer is misled by bad associates and by ill advice, which is against the established principles of the Lord's order, and thus he becomes subject to punishment
- There is also quality in the Lord's own establishment, the kingdom of God. It is stated here that Goloka is His personal situation. There is also quality in Goloka, but that quality is not divided into creation, maintenance and annihilation
- Two situations are described in this verse (SB 4.7.39). One is the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the material world, and the other is the Lord's own establishment