Category:God Is Good
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes the absolute and flawless nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the common saying that the Lord is good carries a profound, absolute truth: because God is completely transcendental, everything He does is perfect. Whether He is rewarding a devotee or killing a demon, His actions are universally beneficial. Furthermore, because the living entities are minute parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, they inherently possess His good qualities. The material disease temporarily covers this original goodness, making the soul appear bad or imperfect. By giving up preliminary, sentimental conceptions of God and following His perfect Vedic instructions, the living entity can cure this material infection and revive their original, godly nature.
- The Absolute Goodness of the Lord: The Supreme Lord's goodness is absolute; therefore, even His apparent acts of cheating, thieving, or killing are entirely auspicious and beneficial for everyone involved.
- Qualitative Oneness with God: Just as a particle of gold is still gold, the minute living entities are qualitatively one with the Lord. Because God is good, the soul is originally and inherently good.
- The Material Infection: The soul only appears bad or evil because it is covered by the dirt of material nature, much like gold covered in mud. This condition is a temporary disease.
- Beyond Preliminary Understanding: Simply knowing the phrase that the Lord is good is a preliminary stage; true understanding requires studying authorized Vedic texts like the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to comprehend His absolute nature.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is Good - The Absolute Nature of the Supreme Lord.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "God Is Good"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- God has given us everything, and now it is up to us to make our choice. So God is good, and if we follow His instructions, we become good
- "God is good" means when He's favoring somebody and when He's killing somebody, both of them are benefited. Therefore God is always good, both ways. Nija-labha. He has no business to kill anybody as His enemy
- God is good means when He's favoring somebody and when He's killing somebody, both of them are benefited. Therefore God is always good, both ways
- God is good, so we are also good. But we have become bad under circumstances. Just like under infection, one becomes diseased. So if we cure that infection, again he becomes good. So it is the curing process
- God is good. So sex life which is not against the religious principles, that is good sex life. Otherwise, it is bad
- God is good. There cannot be any sinful action
- God is good; therefore His cheating is good, His thieving is good. Everything is absolute. Unless you cannot understand this Absolute Truth, there is no understanding of Krsna
- God or His devotee, Krsna and Krsna devotee, you should always take that they're always good. God is good. And the devotee is good
- Good qualities means we are part and parcel of God, so God is good, so we are also good. Otherwise how can I be part and parcel of God?
- Good qualities means we are part and parcel of God, so God is good, so we are also good. Otherwise how can I be part and parcel of God? If God is gold, then I am gold. So why I become iron?
- Good, or piety, that is God's frontage, and evil means God's back side. So taking this example, the chest or the back of my body, they are equal
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- I am not iron, but I am covered with dirty things; I look like iron. This is the position. Actually I am not iron; I am gold, because I am part and parcel of God. If God is good, then I am good
- If God is good, then I am good. So because I am covered by the material dirty things, I look like not gold. So this is the test. As soon as you become God conscious, your original all good qualities will manifest automatically
- If one does not know God is good, then he is imperfect in his knowledge
- It is said that God is good, and this is a fact. Whether He cheats or rewards, He is always good. Bali Maharaja therefore addressed Him as Uttamasloka
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- What is this nonsense? If He's God, God is good, how can you blame Him? God is good; in all circumstances, He's good. That is the meaning of good. Good does not mean that one time you are good and next time you are bad
- What you call evil, that quality is also there in God. But God, being absolute, there is no evil; everything is good. God is good
- When there is injustice, it must be faced with fighting. That is Krsna's version. So Arjuna, as a Vaisnava, did not like to fight. But Krsna, as the supreme mediator . . . that is also good for everything. Whatever Krsna does, that is . . . - God is good
- Why Vedic knowledge is perfect? Because it is spoken by God. God is perfect, and whatever He speaks, that is perfect. Therefore God is called "God is good." All-good. Whatever He does, whatever He speaks, everything is good, perfect