Category:God As a Well-wisher
Theme Analysis
In the Bhagavad-gītā, Lord Kṛṣṇa provides the ultimate peace formula, declaring Himself to be the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme well-wisher of all living entities (suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām). Śrīla Prabhupāda frequently emphasizes that because we have forgotten this eternal well-wisher, we suffer the pangs of material miseries. To save us, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally descends, sends His pure devotees, or accompanies us directly within the heart as the Paramātmā (Supersoul). Like a loving father or mother who constantly wishes well for a son despite his offenses, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Lord never abandons the conditioned soul.
A major philosophical point raised in this category is the perceived partiality of the Lord. Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired how the Lord could be everyone's well-wisher yet take sides by killing the enemies of Indra. Śrīla Prabhupāda profoundly resolves this by explaining that the Lord is completely equal—like the sky, He is vast and within the reach of all. However, due to bad association, conditioned souls reject His instructions. Even when the Lord kills a demon or externally neglects a devotee (as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa to cure his false pride), Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that these actions are absolute expressions of His well-wishing nature, meant to purify and liberate. Furthermore, the Lord is specifically glorified as the well-wisher of the cows and brāhmaṇas (go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca), representing His desire to establish a peaceful, progressive human society based on spiritual culture.
- The Peace Formula: Śrīla Prabhupāda teaches that complete relief from material miseries is only achieved by recognizing Kṛṣṇa as the ultimate benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities.
- The Patient Paramātmā: Like an ever-forgiving parent, the Lord sits within the heart of even the non-devotees as the Supersoul, constantly wishing them well and offering chances for spiritual recovery.
- The Illusion of Partiality: Although the Lord appears partial to His devotees, Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that He is entirely equal; it is the living entity who chooses to accept or reject His equal treatment.
- Purification Through Discipline: Even when the Lord chastises a demon or externally neglects someone's false pride, He acts exclusively as their supreme well-wisher to purify them.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God As a Well-wisher - The Ultimate Peace Formula.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "God As a Well-wisher"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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- He (Krsna) is called the well-wisher for the devotees only. He appears to be partial to His devotees, but factually the matter rests on the living being to accept or reject equal treatment by the Lord
- Hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord is itself an act of piety. The Lord wants everyone to hear and chant His glories because He is the well-wisher of all living entities
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- O Lord, O primeval philosopher, maintainer of the universe, O regulating principle, destination of the pure devotees, well-wisher of the progenitors of mankind, please remove the effulgence of Your transcendental rays so that I can see Your form of bliss
- One should have complete faith in the words of Krsna, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (suhrdam sarva-bhutanam). A devotee considers Krsna the only friend. This is called sakhyam. Pumsarpita visnau
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- Pariksit inquired: My dear brahmana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, being everyone's well-wisher, is equal and extremely dear to everyone. How, then, did He become partial like a common man for the sake of Indra and thus kill Indra's enemies?
- Prahlada Maharaja says that of all living entities, Visnu is the supreme well-wisher. Therefore we are all searching for Him
- Pure devotees of the Lord are absolutely in harmony with the Personality of Godhead, or in other words, they always think of the Lord as their only dependable friend and well-wisher
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- Since He is addressed as the primeval philosopher and maintainer and well-wisher of the universe, the Supreme Truth cannot be impersonal. This is the verdict of Sri Isopanisad
- Since the Lord says that He is suhrdam sarva-bhutanam (BG 5.29), the well-wisher of all living entities, how could He act with partiality by killing demons? These questions arose in the heart of Pariksit Maharaja, and he inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami
- Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu acted as a very merciful well-wisher toward Vallabha Bhatta by externally neglecting him in many ways to purify him of his false pride in being a learned scholar
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- The Lord is compared to the sky because the sky is vast yet within the reach of all, not only of human beings but even of the animals. The Supreme Lord, in His Paramatma feature, exists as the best well-wisher and friend
- The Lord is equally well-wishing to everyone, the unfortunate living being, due to bad association only, is unable to accept His instructions in toto, and for this the Lord is never to be blamed
- The Lord is unmindful of the nondevotees, although He is sitting within everyone's heart as well-wisher and Supersoul. However, He also gives them the chance to receive His mercy through His pure devotees who are engaged in missionary activities
- The sages, knowing Me (Krsna) as the ultimate enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries - 5.29
- The sages, knowing Me (Krsna) as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries - BG 5.29
- The Supreme Lord is also described as suhrdam ("ever well-wisher"). The Supreme Lord is always a well-wisher, just like a father or mother. Despite all the offenses of a son, the father and mother are always the son's well-wisher
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the words brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. Thus He is the well-wisher of the brahmanas
- There is also a prayer in the Vedic literature that states: My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world. BG 1972 purports
- They (pure devotees) always think of the Lord as their only dependable friend and well-wisher. They do not care for any mundane creature, up to the status of Brahma, the lord of the universe
- They (The devotees) accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the dearmost friend, the dearmost relative, the dearmost son, the dearmost preceptor, the dearmost well-wisher or the dearmost Deity