Category:God's Lotus Face
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category completely refutes the impersonalist idea that the Absolute Truth is a formless void. The Vedic literatures extensively describe the specific, superexcellent beauty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's face, consistently comparing it to a blooming lotus flower. The lotus face of the Lord is the ultimate object of meditation for advanced yogis and pure devotees, who drink the nectarean beauty of His smile through their eyes like thirsty bumblebees. Gazing upon the Lord's lotus face is the supreme panacea for material suffering; it instantly relieves all fatigue and grief, turning even the greatest material agonies into insignificant trifles. Furthermore, the supreme purifying power of the Lord's face is demonstrated on the battlefield. Even the demons and inimical warriors who died while looking at the pleasing, lotuslike face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa were instantly purified and awarded the same spiritual liberation as the great devotees. Ultimately, the anxiety and eager expectation to see the smiling lotus face of the Lord—as exhibited by Mother Yaśodā, the gopīs, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura—represent the highest echelons of spontaneous, ecstatic love of Godhead.
- The Supreme Object of Beauty: The Supreme Lord possesses a fully spiritual body. His face, often framed by dark curly hair and decorated with valuable jewels, is perfectly compared to a brilliant, blooming lotus flower.
- The Thirst of the Devotees: Pure devotees are entirely uninterested in merging into a formless light. Their ultimate desire is to constantly drink the nectarean beauty of the Lord's smiling lotus face without ever turning their eyes away.
- The Relief of Material Suffering: Just as seeing a lotus flower naturally soothes a fatigued person, seeing the lotus face of the Supreme Personality of Godhead immediately eradicates all grief and material distress.
- Liberation for the Enemies: The absolute purity of the Lord's face guarantees liberation for anyone who sees it at the time of death. Even the enemies who fought against Kṛṣṇa on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra attained the spiritual world simply by dying while looking at His pleasing lotus face.
- The Ecstasy of Pure Affection: The profound anxiety and longing to see the Lord's lotus face—whether the parental anxiety of Mother Yaśodā, the conjugal desire of the gopīs, or the steady devotion of Haridāsa Ṭhākura—are the highest expressions of pure love.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Captivating Beauty of God's Lotus Face.
Pages in category "God's Lotus Face"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- All the warriors who fought against Arjuna but who were able to see the lotuslike face of the Lord on the battlefront achieved the abode of the Lord, exactly as devotees of the Lord do. The words "pleasing to the eyes of the seer" are very significant
- Another gopi said, "We are simply Your (Krsna's) maidservants and slaves; please, therefore, accept us by showing us Your beautiful lotuslike face"
- Another lady in the assembly spoke out, "My dear friends, just look at the face of Krsna. There are drops of perspiration on His face from chasing His enemy, and His face appears like a lotus flower with drops of water"
- As their eyes began to drink the nectarean honey of His lotus face, their thirst increased. Thus their eyes did not leave Him
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- May His (Krsna) glittering yellow dress and His lotus face, covered with paintings of sandalwood pulp, be the object of my (Bhismadeva) attraction, and may I not desire fruitive results
- May my (Bhismadeva) Lord, who is four-handed and whose beautifully decorated lotus face, with eyes as red as the rising sun, is smiling, kindly await me at that moment when I quit this material body
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- O my Lord, You are the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Your transcendental four-armed form, holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus, is unnatural for this world - SB 10.3.30
- O Supreme Personality of Godhead, we are surrendered unto You, yet we wish to see You. Please make Your original form and smiling lotus face visible to our eyes and appreciable to our other senses
- Out of fear of Sankara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could neither leave His room nor rub His lotuslike face against the walls
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- She (Radharani) hangs down her lotuslike face, exercising self-control only by pretense, but She cannot help showing the external signs of Her spontaneous love for Lord Krsna
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu looked upon the beautiful lotuslike face and eyes of Lord Jagannatha
- Suddenly, due to their feelings of separation, Lord Krsna appeared among the gopis dressed in yellow garments and wearing a flower garland. His lotus face was smiling, and He was directly attracting the mind of Cupid
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- Talking in this way, all the boys looked at the beautiful lotuslike face of Krsna, and they began to clap and smile. And so they marched forward and entered the mouth of the gigantic serpent
- The body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, blackish in complexion, was free from all inebrieties. His lotus face, decorated with earrings resembling sharks, appeared very beautiful, and on His bosom was the mark of Srivatsa
- The devotees are always eager to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His original form, with His smiling lotuslike face. They are not interested in experiencing the impersonal form
- The ideal yogi concentrates his attention on Krsna, who is called Syamasundara, who is as beautifully colored as a cloud, whose lotus-like face is as effulgent as the sun, whose dress is brilliant with jewels and whose body is flower garlanded. BG 1972 p
- The Lord was clad in spotless yellow silk, and His lotus face was fringed with slick dark locks of curly hair
- The lotus feet of the Lord are by themselves the shelter of all places of pilgrimage. The great clear-minded sages, carried by the wings of the Vedas, always search after the nest of Your lotuslike face
- The paramahamsa makes his nest in the lotuslike face of the Lord and always seeks shelter at His lotus feet, which are reached by the wings of Vedic wisdom
- The same friend of Mother Yasoda addressed Krsna as follows: "My dear Mukunda, if Mother Yasoda, the Queen of Gokula, is forced to stand on fire, but is allowed to see Your lotus face, then this fire will appear to her as the Himalayan Mountains
- Then they smile beautifully and look upon the Lord's lotus face, which is beautified by reddish eyes rolling slightly from intoxication and delighted by love for His devotees
- They saw His beautiful, smiling, lotuslike face, crowned by a helmet bedecked with valuable jewels. The Lord has attractive eyebrows, and His cheeks are adorned with earrings
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- We (the demigods) are certainly fortunate, for we shall be able to see upon this earth and in the heavenly planets the marks of lotus, conchshell, club and disc that adorn Your (Visnu's) lotus feet - SB 10.2.38
- Wearing yellow garments and decorated with a flower garland, Lord Krsna, appearing among the gopis with His smiling lotus face, looked directly like the charmer of the heart of Cupid
- When a person is fatigued, if he sees a lotus flower all his fatigue can be immediately reduced to nil. Similarly, when an aggrieved person sees the lotus face of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, immediately all his grief is reduced
- When he died he had wanted to show his prowess, and thus he had bitten his lips, and his teeth remained in that position. His beautiful lotuslike face was now black and covered with dust from the battlefield
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- Yasoda's friend said, "In the same way, if she is allowed to stay in the ocean of nectar, but is not allowed to see the lotus face of Your Grace, then even this ocean of nectar will appear to her as an ocean of arsenic poison"
- Yasoda's friend said, "Let the anxiety of Mother Yasoda of Braja, always expecting to see the lotus face of Krsna, be glorified all over the universe"