Category:God's Providing
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies the principle of God's providing. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the ultimate maintainer of all living entities (eko bahūnām yo vidadhāti kāmān). He effortlessly provides the daily necessities—such as food, water, and shelter—for every living being, from the massive elephant to the tiny ant, without any endeavor on His part. Therefore, human beings should not suffer from the anxiety of overpopulation or artificial scarcity, nor should they frantically hoard resources. Instead, a sane person recognizes that since God already provides for all lower species, He will certainly provide for mankind, and most specifically, He will abundantly maintain the pure devotees who dedicate their lives entirely to His loving service in bhakti-yoga.
- The Supreme Maintainer: The Supreme Lord is the original father and predominator who effortlessly provides the necessities of life for all His innumerable children across all universes.
- No Artificial Scarcity: Because the Lord provides ample food and shelter for everyone, problems like overpopulation or starvation are simply illusions created by humanity's lack of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Maintenance of the Lower Species: God reliably provides food and necessities for billions of animals, birds, and insects; therefore, human beings should not waste their intelligence worrying about basic survival.
- Dependence of the Devotee: A pure devotee is free from all anxiety regarding material maintenance, completely trusting that the Supreme Lord will automatically provide everything necessary for His service.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Trusting the Abundance of God's Providing.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "God's Providing"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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- According to Christianity, the supreme father, God, provides the living entities with all of life’s necessities. Therefore they pray - Give us this day our daily bread
- After reaching the shore of the ocean of milk, the demigods worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, the master of the whole universe, the supreme God of all gods, who provides for everyone & diminishes everyone's suffering - SB 10.1.20
- All created things in the sky, in the air, on land and in the sea belong to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and every living being is provided with food
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- Every living entity has to eat something, and in fact the necessities for his life have already been provided by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord has provided food for both the elephant and the ant
- Every planet is a residence for innumerable living entities, and the necessary space is provided in the sky by the supreme order of the Lord
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- For providing myself, my body and soul together, I have to, work so much. But Krsna, He is providing millions and trillions of living entities without any endeavor
- For those who want to lord it over material nature, there are so many departments of material enjoyment; material knowledge and material science are available, and the Lord provides for persons who want to enjoy them
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- God has provided everyone's food. There is no problem. It is mistake to accept it that - Because there is overpopulation in the world, there is problem
- God is one, and we are many, but He is worshiped because He provides for everyone. It is God who provides food and all the other necessities of life
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- If God can provide food and shelter for cats and dogs, do you think God will not provide food and shelter for His confidential devotee? Is God so blind or ingratitude or unable
- In the Vedic language we can understand that God is also a living entity. He's not void. He's just like a person, like you and me. But He's so powerful. Eko bahunam vidadhati kaman. One single number, He is providing so many, innumerable living entities
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- Of course, we need to be maintained in eating, sleeping, mating and defending (ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithuna), but since the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, has provided these necessities of life for the birds and bees, why not for mankind
- One living being is providing, maintaining all other living beings. So our position is being maintained by God and God is maintainer. Our position is being predominated and God is predominator
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- The Lord claims that every living entity-in whatever form-is His son, and as such He provides everyone with a generous supply of the necessities of life. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord provides everyone with his quota. Actually, however, every living entity is prakrti, or female, and Krsna is the only husband
- The normal condition is that the Lord has provided each and every planet with all the needs of the native living beings
- The pure devotee does not have to worry about the necessities of life; he need not be anxious because when he removes the darkness from his heart, everything is provided automatically by the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- This is intelligence, that God has provided for everyone for these facilities, so human being, why he should not have this facility from God? It is already there. There is no doubt about it
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- We should not materially calculate, thinking, “It is better to stock food for a week. Why give the Lord trouble by having Him bring food daily?” One should be convinced that the Lord will provide daily. There is no need to stock food for the next day
- When he (the pure devotee) removes the darkness from his heart, everything is provided automatically by the Supreme Lord, for He is pleased by the loving devotional service of the devotee. This is the essence of the Gita's teachings. BG 1972 purports
- Why I shall steal? There is enough food. But because I haven't got this knowledge that "God is the proprietor. I am His part and parcel, son. So if He has provided food for the elephant, who eats at a time forty kilos, I cannot eat?" This is knowledge
- Within this material world there are various types of living entities, and the different types of reptiles and scorpions mentioned in this verse (SB 4.18.22) are also provided with their sustenance by the arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead