Category:God Is The Cause of Everything
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, is the ultimate, original cause of everything in existence. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that both spirit and matter—the two energies that combine to manifest the gigantic universal form—emanate directly from the Lord. Because the energies are not different from the energetic source, the Lord is both the cause and the effect of the cosmic manifestation. However, through the philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva (inconceivable simultaneous oneness and difference), the Lord remains completely distinct and aloof from the creation. Recognizing that God is the causeless, wonderful cause of all material and spiritual worlds naturally inspires an intelligent person to abandon atheistic or impersonal ideas and directly engage in unalloyed devotional service.
- The Origin of Spirit and Matter: Both the spiritual and material energies emanate from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, making Him the absolute root cause of everything.
- Cause and Effect: Because everything rests upon the Lord's potencies, He is simultaneously the cause and the effect. Yet, as the supreme energetic source, His personal identity remains distinct from the cosmic manifestation.
- The Causeless Cause: While the Lord is the origin of everything—including the Brahman effulgence, the demigods, and the universes—He Himself has no cause. He is completely independent and self-existent.
- Refuting Atheism: Demoniac philosophers claim the universe has no controller (anīśvara) or that the original cause is a void. The Vedic literatures decisively refute this, proving that the supreme cause is a person.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is The Cause of Everything - The Supreme Root of Existence.
Pages in category "God Is The Cause of Everything"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- Because both energies emanate from Lord Vasudeva, the all-pervasive Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is known as both prakrti and purusa. Therefore Vasudeva is the cause of everything (sarva-karana-karanam) - BS 5.1
- Being absolute, beyond relativity, He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) is free from distinctions between cause and effect, although He is the cause and effect of everything - SB 10.9.13-14
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- Maha-visnu is the original cause of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and from Him comes the lotus flower from which Lord Brahma is manifested. Thus the original cause of everything is Visnu, and consequently the cosmic manifestation is not different from Visnu
- My Lord, You are the cause of all causes, but You Yourself have no cause. Therefore You are the wonderful cause of everything
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- The demons think that Hari, Lord Visnu, exists because of the brahmanas and yajna, but factually Hari is the cause of everything including the brahmanas and yajna
- The entire world is suffering for want of this knowledge. People should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything
- The Lord is the cause for everything, but there is no cause for Him. Sarvam khalv idam brahma. Mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na caham tesv avasthitah (BG 9.4). Although He is everything, His personality is different from the cosmic manifestation
- The Lord is the cause of everything. The living entities are innumerable, but the Lord is one. No one is greater than Him, and no one is equal to Him. Thus the Lord is the supreme worshipable object, as understood from the Vedic mantras
- The original cause of everything is neither void nor impersonal but is the Supreme Person. Demons may say that this material creation is anisvara, without a controller or God, but such arguments ultimately cannot stand
- The original cause of everything is the SPG, and after being annihilated, everything enters into Him (prakrtim yanti mamikam). Thus the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead - Lord Ramacandra or Lord Krsna - is the original cause of everything
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of everything. He is the cause of the tree that produces the citric acid
- This (that Visnu is the original cause of everything) is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.8), wherein Krsna says, aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate: "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me."