Category:God's Head
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category vigorously defends the personal form of the Absolute Truth, specifically focusing on the supreme, transcendental reality of God's head. Impersonalists and Māyāvādī philosophers attempt to deny God's existence in a negative way by claiming that He has no head, hands, or legs. The Vedic literatures decisively crush this misconception, explaining that the Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses a fully spiritual body with exquisite features, including a beautifully decorated head with curly black hair and a jeweled helmet. On a cosmic scale, the universal form (virāṭ-rūpa) is described metaphorically, where the topmost planetary systems like Satyaloka and Brahmaloka are considered the head of the Lord, the clouds are His hair, and the brāhmaṇas emanate from His mouth. Furthermore, as the all-pervading Supersoul (Paramātmā), the Lord has His heads, eyes, and faces everywhere, perfectly overseeing the entire cosmic manifestation. Whether perceived in His magnificent universal feature or His sweet, original personal form, the head of the Supreme Lord is the ultimate focal point of absolute beauty and absolute authority.
- The Cosmic Head: In the conceptualization of the universal form, the highest planetary systems, such as Brahmaloka and Satyaloka, represent the topmost part of the Lord's head. The clouds that carry water are described as the hairs on His head.
- The Personal Beauty: The Lord's original form is incredibly beautiful. His head is adorned with curling, blackish hair that never grays, making Him eternally look like a young boy. He is often seen wearing a brilliant, jeweled helmet or a silk turban.
- Defeating Māyāvādīs: Denying that God has a head, hands, or legs is described as a negative, demonic way of denying God's existence. Because the Lord is the source of everything, He possesses perfect, transcendental bodily limbs.
- The All-Pervading Supersoul: As the Supersoul situated in the hearts of all living entities and throughout the cosmos, the Lord is described as having heads, faces, and eyes everywhere. This omnipresence allows Him to maintain perfect vigilance over the creation.
- The Source of the Brāhmaṇas: According to the social body of the universe, the intelligent class (brāhmaṇas) is generated from the head or mouth of the Supreme Lord, giving them the specific duty of vibrating transcendental sound.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Head - The Universal Form and the Supreme Person.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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Pages in category "God's Head"
The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
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- A creator must possess an all-pervasive body, as pointed out in the Bhagavad-gita (3.14): Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He has ears everywhere. In this way the Supersoul exists, pervading everything
- About His (Lord Rsabhadeva's) head was an abundance of curly, matted brown hair. His hair was disheveled because His body was dirty and not taken care of. He appeared as if He were haunted by a ghost
- Airplanes were thrown into outer space and the upper planetary system by the hair on Nrsimhadeva's head. Because of the pressure of the Lord's lotus feet, the earth appeared to slip from its position
- All the Visnu forms were of bluish color and dressed in yellow garments; all of Them had four hands decorated with club, disc, lotus flower and conchshell. On Their heads were glittering golden helmets inlaid with jewels
- Although we do not see His head, face, hands, or legs, He has them, and when we are elevated to the transcendental situation then we can see the Lord's form. BG 1972 purports
- Anything, either material or spiritual, is but an expansion of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as stated in the Bhagavad-gita, the omnipotent Lord has His transcendental eyes, heads and other bodily parts distributed everywhere
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- Because they are constantly blaspheming the Supreme Personality of Godhead by saying that He has no head, hands or legs, Mayavadi philosophers remain offenders for many, many births, even though they have partially realized Brahman
- Both Lord Krsna and Lord Baladeva have such (beautiful, black) hair on Their heads, and thus even in advanced age They appeared like young boys sixteen years old. That is the particular symptom of the Personality of Godhead
- Brahmaloka, or the highest planetary system, where Brahma lives, is considered to be the head of the Lord
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- For example, a brahmana who is born out of the head of the Lord has as his business to preach the transcendental Vedic sounds, or sabda-brahman
- From the forefront of the chest up to the neck of the universal form of the Lord are situated the planetary systems named Janaloka and Tapoloka, whereas Satyaloka, the topmost planetary system, is situated on the head of the form
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- Hairs on God's body are the cause of vegetation, particularly of those trees which are required as ingredients for sacrifice. The hairs on His head and face are reservoirs for clouds, and His nails are the breeding ground of electricity, stones and iron
- He (Lord Nityananda) had beautifully formed hands, arms and legs, and eyes like lotus flowers. He wore a silk cloth, with a silk turban on His head
- He was dressed in yellow robes and wore earrings and a helmet on his head. He had four hands, and His chest was marked with the lines of the goddess of fortune
- His (Lord Rsabhadeva's) head was an abundance of curly, matted brown hair. His hair was disheveled because His body was dirty and not taken care of. He appeared as if He were haunted by a ghost
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- If I can take the dust of the feet of the Vaisnava on My head, who will refuse to do the same?
- In that body (of the transcendental form of the purusa) there are thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses. They are decorated with thousands of helmets and glowing earrings and are adorned with garlands
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that the brahmanas are the head of the Supreme Lord, the ksatriyas are the arms, etc., and that all serve different functions. BG 1972 purports
- It is stated that Lord Visnu snatched two hairs - one white and one black - from His head. These two hairs entered the wombs of Rohini and Devaki, members of the Yadu dynasty. Balarama was born from Rohini, and Krsna was born of Devaki
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- Lord Brahma could then see You possessing thousands and thousands of faces, feet, heads, hands, thighs, noses, ears and eyes. You were very nicely dressed, being decorated and bedecked with varieties of ornaments and weapons
- Lord Maha-Visnu's helmet was bedecked with valuable jewels, and His beautiful earrings enhanced the beauty of the curling hair on His head. Lord Maha-Visnu had eight arms, all very long, reaching to His knees
- Lord Ramacandra, fully bathed and His head clean-shaven, dressed Himself very nicely and was decorated with a garland and ornaments. Thus He shone brightly, surrounded by His brothers and wife, who were similarly dressed and ornamented
- Lord Sankarsana, with His thousands of raised hoods, began to radiate an effulgence from the glowing stones on His head
- Lord Siva is the incarnation of the Lord, and thus he represents the Supersoul in the embodied soul. He can sustain your forceful waves on his head
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- O best amongst the Kurus, the clouds which carry water are the hairs on His head, the terminations of days or nights are His dress, and the supreme cause of material creation is His intelligence. His mind is the moon, the reservoir of all changes
- O universal Lord, I wish to see You in Your four-armed form, with helmeted head and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in Your hands. I long to see You in that form. BG 11.46 - 1972
- On His head, Anantadeva sustains the entire universe, with its millions of planets containing enormous oceans and mountains
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- Saying that there is no God is direct denial of God, and saying that God exists but has no head, legs or hands and cannot speak, hear or eat is a negative way of denying His existence
- Sesa Sankarsana, who holds all the planets on His heads, expands Himself in different bodies to render service to Lord Krsna
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- That same Lord Visnu, in the form of Lord Sesa, holds the planets upon His heads, although He does not know where they are, for He cannot feel their existence upon His heads
- The hair on Nrsimhadeva's head shook the clouds and scattered them here and there, His glaring eyes stole the effulgence of the luminaries in the sky, and His breathing agitated the seas and oceans
- The heavenly planets were generated from the top of His head, and the Apsaras from His sense enjoyment. May that supremely powerful Personality of Godhead be pleased with us
- The Lord (Maha-visnu), although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virat-rupa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc
- The Lord should be fanned with a camara fan, and an umbrella should be placed over His head. (50) The Hare Krsna mantra and approved songs should be sung. (51) Musical instruments should be played
- The polished nails of the Lord generate electricity, and the clouds rest on the hairs of His head
- The sastras state that the following bodily features indicate a great personality: fineness in five places - the skin, the hair on the head, the bodily hair, the teeth, and the fingertips. All these features are present in the body of the Lord
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is decried by the Mayavadi philosophers, who are almost demons. They say that God has no head, no form, no existence and no legs, hands or other bodily limbs
- The upper planetary systems such as Janaloka and Maharloka are the heart of the Lord, and the topmost planetary system, Brahmaloka, is considered the top of the Lord's head
- There (in the temple of Vrddhakola) is a Deity of the white boar incarnation, above whose head Sesa Naga serves as an umbrella
- Thereafter, from the head of the gigantic form, the heavenly planets were manifested, and from His legs the earthly planets and from His abdomen the sky separately manifested themselves
- This verse (SB 4.7.21) nicely describes how the sun, moon, eight-petalled lotus flower and humming black bees were represented by the fans of hair, the overhead canopy, the moving earrings on both sides of His (Lord Visnu) face, and His blackish hair
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- We should not claim that God is formless and that He has no eyes, no head or whatever. Actually it is stated in the Vedas that Krsna has no hand but that He can accept our offering. This means that He has no material hand
- When You appeared as Hayagriva, with the head of a horse, You killed two demons known as Madhu and Kaitabha, who were full of the modes of passion and ignorance. Then You delivered the Vedic knowledge to Lord Brahma