Category:God Is Dear
Theme Analysis
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate object of love and the dearmost friend of every living entity. According to Śrīla Prabhupāda, people in the material world often forget that Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord, is their actual dearmost person. Because the individual soul is naturally extremely dear to everyone, the Supersoul (Paramātmā) is constitutionally the dearest object in both the conditioned and liberated states. Factually, there is no one dearer to a living being than the Lord. When an intelligent person realizes this, they abandon all desires for material happiness—which is available even in hell—and make the ultimate goal of their life the loving service of the dearmost Lord.
This realization awakens a perfect, reciprocal relationship. Devotees are uniquely dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the Lord is exclusively dear to His devotees. While the Lord is equally kind to all living beings because they are His parts and parcels, those who are attached to Him by pure love and who regard nothing dearer than Him are particularly dear to Him. In this pure condition, there is no question of partiality or enmity. Progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is entirely dependent on this platform of mutual love and spiritual affection.
The holy names and titles of the Lord beautifully reflect this intimate relationship. He is addressed as Śrī-vallabha, meaning the one who is very dear to Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. He is also glorified as Bhakta-priya, the one who is very dear to His devotees. When a pure devotee glorifies the names, fame, and pastimes of the Lord, they often become overwhelmed with ecstatic love, almost like a madman, because the Lord is so profoundly dear to their heart.
Taking shelter of the dearmost Lord is the ultimate perfection of prayer. Devotees offer heartfelt words addressing Him as their dear Lord, acknowledging His independent existence, His causeless mercy, and His expert ability to take away all miserable conditions. As Prahlāda Mahārāja demonstrated before Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, a pure devotee who recognizes the Lord as their dearmost friend wants no material benedictions in return; they are completely satisfied simply chanting His holy name and praying for the deliverance of all other souls.
- The Dearmost Supersoul: Factually, there is no one dearer to the living entity than the Supreme Lord, who is the dearest person in both conditioned and liberated states.
- Perfect Reciprocation: While God is kind to all, those who consider Him their dearmost object of love become exceptionally dear to Him.
- Names of Endearment: The Lord is celebrated by titles that reflect His loving relationships, such as Śrī-vallabha and Bhakta-priya.
- Heartfelt Prayers: Pure devotees address God as their "dear Lord," finding complete satisfaction in His service without desiring any material benedictions.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is Dear - The Supreme Object of Pure Love and Affection.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "God Is Dear"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- A person engaged in devotional service becomes heartsick when singing the glories of the Supreme Lord. Because the Lord is very dear to him, when he glorifies the Lord's name, fame and so on, he becomes almost like an insane man
- Although He (God) is the Supersoul of all living entities, He is specifically manifest to those who are self-realized, and He is especially dear to the hearts of His transcendental devotees
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- Dear Lord, here is the great King Nabhi, whose ultimate goal in life is to have a son like You. Your Lordship, his position is like that of a person approaching a very rich man and begging for a little grain
- Dear Lord, unless one worships the lotus feet of great devotees, one will be conquered by the illusory energy, and his intelligence will be bewildered. Indeed, who has not been carried away by the waves of material enjoyment, which are like poison?
- Dear Lord, we have studied the Vedas, accepted a spiritual master and offered respect to brahmanas, advanced devotees and aged personalities who are spiritually very advanced
- Dear Lord, we may not be able to remember Your name, form and qualities due to stumbling, hunger, falling down, yawning or being in a miserable diseased condition at the time of death when there is a high fever
- Dear Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You because Your existence is completely independent of all material influences. Your Lordship always takes away the devotee's miserable conditions, for Your brain plans how to do so
- Dear Lord, You are the killer of all inauspicious things. You are compassionate upon Your poor devotees through the expansion of Your arca-vigraha. You should certainly think of us as Your eternal servants
- Dear Lord, You have no enemies or friends. Therefore You are equal to everyone. You cannot be contaminated by sinful activities, and Your transcendental form is always beyond the material creation
- Devotees are dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is only dear to devotees. On this platform only can one make progress in Krsna consciousness
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- He (a devotee) prays to the Lord, My dear Lord, it does not matter where I am born, but let me be born, even as an ant, in the house of a devotee
- He (King Kulasekhara) first addresses the Lord as Sri-vallabha, "He who is very dear to Laksmi." The Lord is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His consort, Laksmi, is a manifestation of His internal potency
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- My dear highly glorified Lord, if one, in the association of pure devotees, hears even once the glories of Your activities, he does not, unless he is nothing but an animal, give up the association of devotees
- My dear Lord, I am also the creation of one of Your energies, composed of the three modes of material nature. Consequently I am bewildered by Your activities. Even the activities of Your devotees cannot be understood, and what to speak of Your pastimes
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- O Mukunda, my Lord! Please let me become a constant reciter of Your names, addressing You as Bhakta-priya - He who is very dear to His devotees, Bhava-lunthana-kovida - He who is expert at plundering the status quo of repeated birth and death
- O Mukunda, my Lord! Please let me become a constant reciter of Your names, addressing You as Sri-vallabha ("He who is very dear to Laksmi"), Varada ("the bestower of benedictions"), Dayapara - He who is causelessly merciful
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- The living entity in his pure condition is always very near and dear to the Lord, and the Lord is dear to him. There is no question of partiality or enmity
- The Lord declares that although He is undoubtedly equally kind to all living beings - because all of them are part & parcel of Him - those who are especially attached to Him by love, who regard nothing dearer than Him, are particularly dear to Him
- The Lord says that those who are advanced in transcendental knowledge and know the science of Krsna consciousness are very dear to Him, and He also is very dear to them
- The Lord, being the Supersoul, is extremely dear to everyone. Why, then, should the Lord display unsympathetic behavior toward the asuras? How is this impartial?
- The soul is extremely dear to everyone, and similarly the Supersoul is also dear to everyone. Thus there cannot be any faulty action on the part of the Supersoul
- The Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, is the dearest in both the conditioned and liberated states
- The ultimate goal of all ambitions is to become a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?
- The Yamadutas said: Our dear lord, how many controllers or rulers are there in this material world?
- This is the opportune moment to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because He is naturally very kind and dear to the demigods, He will certainly bestow good fortune upon us
- This may be because I did not (Vyasadeva) specifically point out the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear both to perfect beings and to the infallible Lord
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- We do not know that our dearest friend is Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, I have no problems and want no benediction from You because I am quite satisfied to chant Your holy name. This is sufficient for me
- When he was offered a benediction by Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, I only lament to see others bereft of Your love. I am simply lamenting for them and devising various plans to deliver them from the clutches of maya - SB 7.9.43
- Why should we be very anxious to know Visnu, or God? Prahlada Maharaja gives a reason: Visnu is the dearmost person. That we have forgotten
- Worship of Your lotus feet is never useless because You are the supreme friend and dearmost Supersoul of everyone. You have therefore manifested Your form as a fish