Category:God Is The Supreme Whole
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme whole, and all living entities are His minute parts and parcels. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that just as a finger cannot be happy or functional when separated from the entire body, the individual soul cannot find true happiness independent of the supreme whole. The illusion of material existence is simply the diseased condition of declaring independence from the Lord. Whether one is a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, or śūdra, one's existence is useless if not dedicated to serving the supreme whole. According to the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, anyone with broader intelligence—whether full of material desires, entirely free from them, or desiring liberation—must worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead, to achieve ultimate perfection.
- The Complete Absolute: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme spiritual whole, possessing all transcendental qualities in full.
- The Part and the Whole: The living entities are eternally small fragments of the supreme whole. As a part can never equal the whole, the soul remains eternally subordinate.
- The Constitutional Disease: Attempting to exist independently from the supreme whole is a diseased condition. A detached finger has no value unless it serves the entire body.
- The Universal Duty: Regardless of one's material position or spiritual desires, the ultimate duty of every intelligent person is to render unalloyed service to the supreme whole.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is The Supreme Whole - The Complete Absolute Truth.
Pages in category "God Is The Supreme Whole"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- A part of the body cannot in itself be independently happy. It can only derive its happiness and pleasure out of serving the entire body. The Supreme Lord is the whole, and we are the parts, but we are all busily engaged in activities of self-interest
- A person who has broader intelligence, whether he is full of all material desire, is free from material desire, or has a desire for liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead
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- If that minute particle can play so much wonderful things, just see, just imagine what wonderful things cannot be done by the supreme particle. Or not particle: He is the whole
- In the sastra (SB 2.3.10) it is recommended: A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of material desires, free from material desires, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead
- In the Seventh Chapter (of Bhagavad-gita) He (the Lord) speaks of the living entity as part and parcel of the supreme whole and recommends that he transfer his attention fully to the whole. BG 1972 purports
- In this way (spreading supreme knowledge of Bhagavad-gita), people may realize their true spiritual nature and their relationship to the supreme spiritual whole
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- SB 2.3.10: "Whether full of all material desires, free from material desires or desiring liberation, a person who has broader intelligence must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead." This is the duty of a perfect human being
- Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.3.10) enjoins: "A person who has broader intelligence, whether he is full of all material desire, is free from material desire, or has a desire for liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead"
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- The individual sparks of the supreme whole (the Lord) possess almost eighty percent of the known qualities of the whole, but they are not quantitatively equal to the Supreme Lord
- The living entities are eternally small fragments of the supreme spiritual whole. As a part can never be equal with the whole, so a living entity, as a minute fragment of the spiritual whole, cannot be equal at any time to the Supreme Whole
- There is nothing extraneous; nor is there anything needed. This manifestation has its own time fixed by the energy of the supreme whole, and when its time is complete, these temporary manifestations will be annihilated. BG 1972 Introduction
- This manifestation has its own time fixed by the energy of the supreme whole, and when its time is complete, these temporary manifestations will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the complete