Category:God Is Cognizant
Theme Analysis
The Vedic literatures firmly establish that the Absolute Truth is the supreme conscious being. According to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the original source of the cosmic manifestation is abhijña, which means fully cognizant and capable of understanding. Modern science falsely theorizes that life and consciousness arise from dead matter, but the śruti and smṛti confirm that matter itself is not cognizant. The Supreme Being is the conscious identity from whom everything emanates, and He is directly and indirectly cognizant of every detail within His creation. Because He is fully aware of everything, He perfectly advises the conditioned souls to detach themselves from material existence.
The Lord's cognizance is a manifestation of His supreme spiritual energy. The Absolute Truth possesses three primary internal potencies: sandhinī (eternal existence), hlādinī (bliss), and saṁvit (cognizance or knowledge). The activities of the saṁvit-śakti produce the effect of absolute cognition. Because God and His knowledge are unlimited, His cognizance is ever-expanding; as soon as He is cognizant of some of His energies, He perceives even more, causing both His energies and His knowledge to increase eternally. Even when incarnations like Lord Kṛṣṇa or Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu accept formal spiritual masters to set a societal example, They remain fully cognizant of all knowledge by Their transcendental nature.
While both God and the living entities are conscious persons, there is an insurmountable difference in their level of cognizance. The individual soul (ātmā) and the Supersoul (Paramātmā) are both cognizant living forces, but the living entity's knowing capacity is restricted to a very limited sphere. In contrast, God is cognizant unlimitedly and everywhere throughout the entire universe. The individual self can never be equal to the Supreme Lord in cognizance; if they were equal, the living entity could never fall into the illusion and forgetfulness of material existence.
Ultimately, this absolute cognizance is an inherent characteristic of the Lord's spiritual body. The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses an eternal, cognizant, and blissful form. This self-effulgent, changeless body is situated in pure transcendental goodness and is eternally free from the contamination of material qualities. Whether appearing before Devakī or residing within the glaring effulgence of the brahmajyoti, the Lord remains the supreme predominator, eternally joyful, and fully cognizant.
- The Conscious Creator: The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam defines the Absolute Truth as abhijña (cognizant), refuting the theory that life comes from dead matter.
- The Potency of Knowledge: The Lord's cognizance is a manifestation of His saṁvit-śakti, the internal potency of absolute, ever-expanding knowledge.
- Infinite vs. Infinitesimal: While both God and the living entity are conscious persons, God is cognizant universally, whereas the living entity is limited and prone to forgetfulness.
- The Spiritual Body: The Supreme Lord possesses a self-effulgent, uncontaminated form that is eternally composed of existence, bliss, and pure cognition.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is Cognizant - The Supreme Conscious Source of Everything.
Pages in category "God Is Cognizant"
The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
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- He (living entity) creates a condition of life in which he either enjoys or suffers. We should definitely know that both the Lord and the living entities are eternally cognizant
- Hladini is His aspect of bliss; sandhini, of eternal existence; and samvit, of cognizance, which is also accepted as knowledge - CC Adi 4.62
- Hladini is His aspect of bliss; sandhini, of eternal existence; and samvit, of cognizance, which is also accepted as knowledge - CC Madhya 8.155
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- So far knowing capacity is concerned, you are one with God. Because Krsna or God is cognizant, you are also cognizant. But you are cognizant with very limited sphere, and He is cognizant unlimitedly everywhere. That is the difference
- Source is abhijna, cognizant. Matter is not cognizant; therefore the theory of modern science that life comes from matter is incorrect. The identity from whom everything emanates is abhijna, cognizant, which means He can understand
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- That Supreme Lord has an eternal, cognizant, blissful body, and His spiritual energy is distributed as eternity, knowledge and bliss
- The activities of the samvit-sakti produce the effect of cognition. Both the Lord and the living entities are cognizant
- The eternal, blissful, cognizant form of the Supreme Lord is to be found within the glaring effulgence of the brahmajyoti, which emanates from the body of the Supreme Lord
- The idea is that because God and His knowledge are both unlimited, as soon as God is cognizant of some of His energies, He perceives that He has still more energies. In this way, both His energies and His knowledge increase
- The individual self can never be equal to the Lord in cognizance; otherwise he could not be placed in the state of forgetfulness
- The individual soul is called atma. But there is another soul, Supersoul. He is called Paramatma. Paramatma is God, but atma and Paramatma, both of them are cognizant. Both of them know things
- The Lord is eternally joyful and cognizant in the taste derived from such transcendental bliss - of the internal potency
- The Lord is the transcendental form of eternity, cognition and beauty. And thus the creation of the energy of the Lord appears to be partially eternal, full of knowledge and beautiful also
- The Personality of Godhead, who is fully cognizant of everything in His creation, informs us in our best interest that we must desire to get rid of this material existence. We must detach ourselves from everything material
- The Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is smrti, explains, janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah sva-rat: (SB 1.1.1) The Supreme Being, from whom everything has emanated, is directly and indirectly cognizant of everything and is fully independent
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- We are also cognizant, and God is also cognizant. The difference is that I am cognizant with a limited space, and God is cognizant throughout the whole universe
- We are predominated and God is the predominator. That is the difference. Otherwise He is a person, we are also persons. He is eternal, we are eternal. He is cognizant, we are cognizant