Category:God Is Omnipresent
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category centers on the omnipresence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that God is all-pervading, existing both inside and outside of everything through the rays of His spiritual effulgence, the brahma-jyotir, and as the Supersoul within the heart. This omnipresence is compared to the material sky or electricity—present everywhere, yet distinct from the objects it permeates. Understanding this truth protects one from the pantheistic misconception that everything is God. While less intelligent people (mūḍhas) fail to perceive Him, intelligent devotees see His presence everywhere. Because the Lord is omnipresent, He can simultaneously protect a child in the womb, oversee cosmic creation, and be intimately present with His devotees through the processes of hearing and chanting.
- The All-Pervading Effulgence: The Lord is omnipresent throughout the cosmic manifestation by the expanding rays of His spiritual body, known as the brahma-jyotir, acting like the all-pervading material sky.
- Refuting Pantheism: Although God is present everywhere by His energies, everything is not God. Proper understanding of His omnipresence clears up the Mayavadi misconception that the material world itself is the Supreme Spirit.
- Perceived by Devotees: While atheists cannot see God anywhere, pure devotees perceive His omnipresence everywhere. Just as electricity is manifested through a bulb, the Lord's presence is manifested through His unalloyed devotees.
- The Power of Omnipresence: Because He is omnipresent, the Lord can perfectly oversee the entire cosmic creation, personally protect His devotees anywhere (as He protected Parīkṣit Mahārāja in the womb), and be constantly present with those engaged in His devotional service.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is Omnipresent - The All-Pervading Supreme Lord.
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Pages in category "God Is Omnipresent"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- If we remember that the SS is indeed omnipresent, we can create a spiritual atmosphere by performing all our activities in relation to the SS, with everything directed by one who is a self-realized soul. Then the whole thing is transformed into spirit
- If, without this preliminary knowledge of the Lord's omnipresence, one simply attaches himself to the rituals in a temple, church or mosque, it is as if he were offering butter into ashes rather than into the fire
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- On the assertion of the Vedic aphorism sarvam khalv idam brahma, we can understand that the Lord, by the omnipresent rays of His effulgence is all-pervading inside or outside of everything, like the omnipresent material sky, & thus He is also omniscient
- On the assertion of the Vedic aphorism sarvam khalv idam brahma, we can understand that the Lord, by the omnipresent rays of His effulgence, called brahmajyoti, is all-pervading inside or outside of everything
- Once this misconception (that everything is the Supreme Spirit) is cleared up and if we remember that the Supreme Spirit is indeed omnipresent, we can create a spiritual atmosphere by performing all our activities in relation to the Supreme Spirit
- One must know from the above description of creation and annihilation that the supreme consciousness, being omnipresent, can take care of everything with perfect attention. That is the fact of the omnipresence of the Supreme Lord
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- The Lord's omnipresence is perceived and manifested by His unalloyed devotees like Vidura, just as electricity is manifested in an electric bulb
- The Lord, being omnipresent, can be present with us if we want Him at all. By His omnipresence, He can always be with us if we are attached to His devotional service by hearing, chanting, remembering, etc
- The Lord, by the omnipresent rays of His effulgence, called brahma-jyotir, is all-pervading inside or outside of everything, like the omnipresent material sky, and thus He is also omniscient
- The Personality of Godhead is omnipresent by His diverse potencies everywhere, just as the power of electricity is distributed everywhere within space
- The principle of matter (mahat-tattva) is the consciousness of the omnipresent Lord, as asserted by the experts, and Rudradeva is His ego
- The Supreme Spirit is omnipresent. This truth is imperfectly explained by the proponents of pantheism, the misconception that everything is the Supreme Spirit simply because the Supreme Spirit is everywhere
- The visitors said, "The Yadus appear to be always engaged in worldly affairs, which are considered to be the royal road to hell, but due to the presence of Lord Krsna, the original P.G in the Visnu category, who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent"
- This (the Lord is within our hearts) does not suggest that we should not go to the places of worship, namely the temples, churches and mosques. Such holy places of worship are also occupied by the Lord because the Lord is omnipresent