Category:God's Return
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of these instructions reveals that, as Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes, the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord's return are never ordinary events but are instead profound displays of His reciprocal love and divine independence. The core teachings highlight that whether the Lord is returning to His eternal abode after concluding His earthly missions, coming back home to Vṛndāvana in the evening to gladden His devotees, or ceremonially returning during sacred festivals, every instance is saturated with spiritual significance and mercy. Furthermore, these guidelines illustrate the Lord's unique nature of returning the love and offerings of His devotees as prasāda, multiplied millions of times, while also demonstrating how His departure creates intense feelings of separation that further deepen the devotees' attachment to Him.
- The Evening Return to Vṛndāvana: The daily pastimes of Kṛṣṇa returning home after tending cows in the forest display the intimate, affectionate nature of the Supreme Lord as a person who enjoys loving exchanges with His devotees, revealing that God is not impersonal but relishes personal relationships.
- Return to the Spiritual Abode: When the Lord concludes His manifest pastimes in the material world, He returns to His eternal spiritual residence, which causes intense feelings of separation among His devotees and the earth itself, yet this departure is necessary for the completion of His divine mission.
- Ceremonial Returns in Festival Pastimes: The Deity forms of the Lord, such as Lord Jagannātha, engage in sacred returns during festivals like Ratha-yātrā, demonstrating that the Lord's movements are always transcendental and meant to bestow blessings upon the devotees who participate.
- The Reciprocal Nature of Divine Return: The Supreme Lord always returns the service and offerings of His devotees with multiplied rewards, accepting simple gifts of love and transforming them into prasāda that purifies the heart and strengthens the bond of devotion.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Observing the Pastimes of God's Return in Vṛndāvana.
Subcategories
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Pages in category "God's Return"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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- After finishing Parasurama's work as a ksatriya, he again became a brahmana and returned to Mahendra-parvata
- After thus killing the most formidable demon Hiranyaksa, the Supreme Lord Hari, the origin of the boar species, returned to His own abode, where there is always an uninterrupted festival. The Lord was praised by all the demigods, headed by Brahma
- Akrura could understand that both Krsna and Balarama had returned from tending cows in the forest; They had taken Their baths and were dressed with fresh clothing and garlanded with flowers and with necklaces made of valuable jewels
- At the time of the Ratha-yatra festival, Lord Jagannatha goes to the Gundica temple from His original temple and stays there for one week. After one week, He returns to His original temple
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- Being very pleased with Bali Maharaja for giving all his possessions, the Lord returned his kingdom and made him richer than the opulent King Indra. Even now, Bali Maharaja engages in devotional service by worshiping the SPG in the planet of Sutala
- By killing the demon Hiranyaksa He (God) fulfilled His promise to kill the demons and always protect the demigods headed by Brahma. The statement that the Lord returned to His own abode indicates that He has His own particular transcendental residence
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- If we offer something to Lord, oh, that is rewarded in many millions of times. So we should not expect. The Lord is always serious to return the service of the servant, of His devotee
- If you do business or if you accept some employment, do so on behalf of the Lord. Whatever you may eat, you may offer the same to the Lord and be assured that He will return the food after eating it Himself
- In the Sixteenth Chapter I have described how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu departed for Vrndavana and journeyed through Bengal. He later returned to Jagannatha Puri from Kanai Natasala
- In the year 1293 Saka (A.D. 1371) the Deity was reinstalled in the Ranganatha temple. On the eastern wall of the Ranganatha temple is an inscription written by Vedanta-desika relating how Ranganatha was returned to the temple
- It is said that here (Dhanus-tirtha), on the request of Ravana’s younger brother Vibhisana, Lord Ramacandra destroyed the bridge to Lanka with His bow while returning to His capital
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- The devotees, who could not tolerate even thinking of the Lord's lotus feet being pricked by a thorn, were again put into tribulation by thinking of the Lord's disappearance, for the Lord had to return to His abode after finishing His pastimes
- The next day Lord Jagannatha came out from the temple and, riding on the car, returned to His own abode
- The Yadu dynasty was annihilated by the will of the Lord because its members had to return home with the Lord
- Thus Lord Jagannatha returned to His temple and sat on His throne while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence with His devotees
- To understand clearly why Lord Ramacandra returned, it is mentioned herewith (in SB 9.11.22) that the Lord went to that particular place where the bhakti-yogis go
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- Very much pleased by the sound of other people's ankle bells, They (Krsna and Balarama) used to follow them as if going to Their mothers, but when They saw that these were other people, They became afraid and returned to Their real mothers - SB 10.8.22
- Vidura happened to be among them (great devotees of the Lord), the Lord, while returning to Vaikuntha, left instructions for Vidura with Maitreya Muni. Generally the eternal associates of the Lord in the spiritual sky do not come to the material world
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- When Arjuna was shown the virat-rupa of Krsna, he saw it, but he did not want to see it perpetually. He requested the Lord to return to His original form as two-armed Krsna
- When Lord Bharata understood that Lord Ramacandra was returning to the capital, Ayodhya, He immediately took upon His own head Lord Ramacandra's wooden shoes and came out from His camp at Nandigrama
- When Lord Nityananda returned to Bengal to preach the cult of bhakti, love of Godhead, He began touring all over the country
- When Lord Ramacandra returned from the forest, His brother, Bharata, was ruling as a saintly person. But as soon as the eldest brother came back, He entreated that - Now You sit down on the throne
- When Ramacandra returned to Ayodhya, He was greeted on the road by the princely order, who showered His body with beautiful, fragrant flowers, while great personalities like Brahma, other demigods glorified the activities of the Lord in great jubilation
- When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence after taking a bath in the sea, all the devotees, headed by Advaita Prabhu, went to bathe in the sea
- When Sri Krsna left the city of Dvaraka to seek out the Syamantaka jewel, He was late returning home. Uddhava became so afflicted that the symptoms of disease became manifest on his body
- When the Lord left the surface of the earth to return to His spiritual abode, the earth's feelings of separation were therefore more acute
- When You (Krsna) return home, the milk flowing out of the breasts of Your mother washes Your face of its dust covering, and it appears that You are purified by this milk