Category:God's Neck
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains the transcendental beauty and yogic significance of God's neck. In the authorized system of yoga, a practitioner does not meditate on an impersonal void, but rather focuses point-by-point on the personal form of Lord Viṣṇu, gradually bringing their meditation up from the lotus feet to the Lord's beautiful neck. The Lord's neck is wonderfully decorated with fresh flower garlands, pearl necklaces representing the pure living entities, and the famous Kaustubha gem. Śrīla Prabhupāda highlights a profound spiritual truth: it is not that these precious ornaments make the Lord beautiful, but rather the ornaments become beautiful because they are placed on the neck of the Supreme Lord. Furthermore, in the universal form (virāṭ-rūpa), the Lord's neck represents the Mahar planetary system, while the multiple white necks of Lord Śeṣa Nāga appear like majestic snowcapped mountains.
- The Focus of Yogic Meditation: A true yogī gradually elevates their meditation point-by-point, fixing the mind upon the Lord's lotus feet, thighs, chest, and beautifully decorated neck.
- The Source of Absolute Beauty: The Lord does not depend on ornaments to appear beautiful; rather, the famous Kaustubha gem becomes beautiful because it rests upon His transcendental neck.
- The Devotional Decorations: The Lord's neck is constantly adorned with fresh flower garlands, pearl necklaces, and sandalwood pulp offered with love by His pure devotees.
- The Universal and Expansive Forms: In the immense cosmic manifestation, the Lord's neck corresponds to the Mahar planetary system, while the white necks of Śeṣa Nāga radiate unparalleled majesty.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Meditating on the Supreme Form of God's Neck.
Pages in category "God's Neck"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- A golden streak on His (Visnu's) chest, the famous Kaustubha gem suspended from His neck, He stood in the air with His lotus feet placed on the shoulders of Garuda
- A yogi is advised to meditate on the form of Lord Visnu from point to point, from ankles to legs to knees to thighs to chest to neck, and in this way gradually up to the face and then to the ornaments. There is no question of impersonal meditation
- A yogi is advised to meditate on the form of Lord Visnu from point to point, from the ankles to the legs to the knees to the thighs to the chest to the neck, and in this way gradually up to the face and then to the ornaments
- A yogi is recommended to meditate upon the Lord's neck. The Lord's transcendental form can either be meditated upon in the mind or placed in a temple in the form of a statue and decorated in such a way that everyone can contemplate it
- After eating the food, the Lord (Caitanya) says, 'Today Mother has fed Me up to My neck'
- Around the neck of the Personality of Godhead hung a flower garland that reached to His knees. His eight stout and elongated arms were decorated with that garland, which challenged the beauty of the goddess of fortune
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- His eyes and face were very cheerful, and from His neck to His feet hung a long garland of flowers. His chest was decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and the mark of Srivatsa
- His neck is beautifully decorated with jewels and pearls. The Lord is full in six opulences, one of which is wealth. He is very richly dressed with valuable jewels which are not visible within this material world
- His neck was very short and thick, His chest broad, His waist thin, and the hairs on His body as white as the rays of the moon
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- The beauty of the neck of the Lord enhances the beauty of the Kaustubha gem rather than vice versa
- The beauty of the neck of the Lord enhances the beauty of the Kaustubha gem rather than vice versa. The gem itself becomes more beautiful because it is situated on the neck of the Lord
- The chest of the Original Personality of the gigantic form is the luminary planetary system, His neck is the Mahar planets, His mouth is the Janas planets, and His forehead is the Tapas planetary system
- The irises of His (Lord Rsabhadeva's) eyes were so pleasing that they removed all the troubles of everyone who saw Him. His forehead, ears, neck, nose and all His other features were very beautiful
- The Lord is bedecked with flower garlands, His neck is decorated with the Kaustubha gem, and He carries with Him the goddess of fortune and His personal weapons, like His disc and club
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead wears around His neck a garland of attractive sylvan flowers, and a swarm of bees, intoxicated by its delicious fragrance, hums about the garland
- Then a brahmana brought a flower garland, placed the garland on Nityananda Prabhu's neck and smeared sandalwood pulp all over His body
- To think of the Lord as a whole may sometimes be impersonal; therefore, it is recommended here (in SB 3.28.20) that one first think of His lotus feet, then His ankles, then the thighs, then the waist, then the chest, then the neck, then the face and so on