Category:God Is The Supreme Authority
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the absolute, supreme authority over all creation. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that true religion (dharma) is not a concocted faith but strict obedience to the laws given by this ultimate authority. While atheists, materialistic scientists, and demons unnecessarily invent their own philosophies and deny the Lord's existence, intelligent persons recognize that material nature operates strictly under His supreme sanction. Because the living entities are tightly bound by the ropes of material nature (guṇas), they cannot free themselves without the causeless mercy of the supreme authority. Therefore, the perfection of life is to stop challenging the Lord, accept His directions as given in authorized scriptures like the Bhagavad-gītā, and render loving service unto Him.
- The True Meaning of Religion: Religion is not a manufactured belief system; it is strict obedience to the laws and regulations given by the supreme authority, the Personality of Godhead.
- The Folly of Atheism: Atheists and materialistic scientists waste their time trying to understand the cosmic manifestation while foolishly denying the supreme authority who created it.
- The Director of Material Nature: The material energy is electrified by the supreme authority. No one can move freely or escape the strict laws of karma without His sanction.
- The Perfection of Surrender: By recognizing Lord Kṛṣṇa as the supreme authority, as Arjuna did on the battlefield, a devotee becomes exempt from karmic reactions and attains spontaneous love of God.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is The Supreme Authority - The Ultimate Lawmaker.
Pages in category "God Is The Supreme Authority"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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- A person with a broader outlook can see that the ultimate authority is the Lord, even for material benefits
- Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as Purusottama, SP, which means that he was putting these (BG 8.1) questions not simply to a friend but to the Supreme Person, knowing Him to be the supreme authority able to give definitive answers. BG 1972 pur
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- Even the artah, even a distressed person, he is praying to the Supreme Authority, "My God, I am very much hungry. Kindly give me my daily bread." He's also philosopher, because he's searching out the Absolute Truth
- Every religion as a matter of principle accepts authority, God being the supreme authority, and His representative also as authority. So we have no quarrel with any type of religion but we simply teach that awaken your dormant love of God
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- If a person is religious, he must accept the supreme authority of the Lord, become His devotee and try to love Him. This is the real principle of religion
- If some rascal inquires, "Why you are keeping so many servants?" And "Because I am big man, I want." Simple philosophy. Similarly, if God is the supreme authority, then He must have so many assistants. Otherwise, how He will manage
- In Bhagavad-gita, for example, we see that Arjuna is listening to Krsna on the battlefield. He is not engaged in the study of Vedanta philosophy. We can hear from the Supreme Authority in any place, even in the battlefield
- In each and every one of the abovementioned divisions of life, the aim must be to please the supreme authority of the Personality of Godhead
- In that hard struggle for existence, they deny the existence of the supreme authority, Purusottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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- One who is intelligent understands that there is a great and supreme authority above everything. That great authority appears in different incarnations to save the innocent from disturbances
- Only the devotee is exempt from such reactions, by the causeless mercy of the supreme authority, the Personality of Godhead
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- Similarly, there are Sankhya philosophers, metaphysicians or materialistic scientists who study this cosmic manifestation by their invented scientific method and do not recognize the supreme authority of God as the creator of the cosmic manifestation
- Some so-called scientists are also trying to manufacture living entities within the laboratory. Thus in one way or another everyone is busy denying the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and rejecting the supreme authority of the Lord
- Sometimes he (living beings) partially understands it (spiritual energy) through the imperfect senses, and sometimes he fails to know it altogether. It is best, therefore, to hear from the highest authority, Sri Krsna
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- That is the law of nature. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam. Then why don't you accept the supreme authority? This subordinate authority . . . we have to accept somebody as our leader. It is not possible that we can live without leadership
- That supreme authority is God, and whatever He gives, the rules and regulation, that is called religion. You cannot change it
- The factual way of religion is to accept the Lord as the supreme authority and thus render service unto Him in spontaneous love
- The foolish atheists do not accept the supreme authority of the Lord. Such foolish people unnecessarily concoct their own duties without referring to the supreme authority of the Lord
- The Lord comes personally to instruct us how to be happy, and only fools and rascals do not see by intelligence this supreme authority, the Supreme Person
- The material energy is always provoking doubts about the supreme authority of the Lord
- The nondevotees challenge the authority of the Supreme Lord, and therefore the Lord dictates in such a way that the nondevotees forget the Lord's service, life after life, and are punished by the laws of nature
- The process of religion is enunciated by the Supreme Lord because He is the supreme authority. This is also indicated in the previous verse (SB 7.7.29) by the word bhagavatoditah
- The supreme authority and inconceivable power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be minutely studied from this verse
- The word guna also means "rope." We cannot free ourselves, for we are conditioned. We cannot move freely without the sanction of the supreme authority
- Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I (Narada) offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head
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- We believed in the words of our spiritual master and started in a humble way - in a helpless way - but due to the spiritual force of the order of the supreme authority, this movement (sankirtana movement) has become successful
- We cannot understand the functions of this material world and whether it is good for us or bad for us, in accordance with the advice of the supreme authority we must reject it and go back home, back to Godhead
- Why should we unnecessarily waste our time concocting some philosophy? There is so much to be learned that has already been given by the supreme authority