Category:God Is The Object
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate object of all worship, glorification, and transcendental love. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while less intelligent persons may mistake powerful material manifestations for God, the Vedic literatures unanimously declare that Bhagavān is the sole worshipable object. He is the ultimate goal of all yoga, the recipient of all sacrifices, and the supreme objective for the pure devotees. Through the influence of His internal potency, yogamaya, the Lord even forgets His own majesty to become the intimate object of affection for His devotees. Recognizing the Lord as the uncontaminated, eternal object of our constant remembrance and service is the perfection of pure devotion.
- The Only Worshipable Object: The sruti and smrti scriptures definitively conclude that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the singular object of worship, far above any material manifestations.
- The Goal of Yoga and Sacrifice: The Lord is the supreme object of all mystic yoga and the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices performed in the material world.
- The Center of Pure Devotion: In pure Krsna consciousness, the Lord is accepted unconditionally as the only object of love and worship, completely devoid of any material tinges.
- The Object of Affection: Through His transcendental potencies, the Lord creates favorable conditions to become the supreme, intimate object of loving service and constant remembrance for His associates.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is The Object - The Supreme Goal of All Worship.
Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
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Pages in category "God Is The Object"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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- The actual object of glorification is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has created everything manifested before us. We have broadly discussed this fact from the beginning of the "janmady asya" (SB 1.1.1) sloka of this Bhagavatam
- The instruction given in Siksastak, "My Lord, whatever You like You can do, but unconditionally You are my only object of worship." That is pure devotion
- The Lord is also the recipient of all the adoration offered by His devotees, for whom He is the objective and the goal. For His devotees the Lord creates a favorable condition for developing a sense of transcendental love of Godhead
- The Lord is the supreme object of yoga and the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure; He reveals Himself only to His devotees and by the mercy of His devotees all can relish His intimate association
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- Yogamaya is the name of the internal potency that makes the Lord forget Himself and become an object of love for His pure devotee in different transcendental mellows
- Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajnas only