Category:God Is The Ultimate
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate reality, the ultimate cause, and the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while seekers may progress through karma-kāṇḍa and jñāna-kāṇḍa, or realize the impersonal Brahman and the localized Paramātmā, the final destination is always the Supreme Person. He is the ultimate doer, although He remains aloof from the material reactions of the conditioned souls by acting through His deputed māyā-śakti. The Lord is the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, and recognizing Him as such brings true peace. Whether He appears as the ultimate death for demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu or the ultimate solace for pure devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Supreme Godhead remains the ultimate center and shelter of all living entities.
- The Highest Realization: The realization of the impersonal Brahman or the Paramātmā is incomplete; the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Ultimate Beneficiary: The Supreme Lord is the ultimate enjoyer and beneficiary of all worlds, sacrifices, and austerities.
- The Original Cause and Doer: Although He acts through His material energy, the Supreme Godhead is the ultimate doer, the ultimate controller, and the ultimate reservoir of material nature.
- The Final Shelter: For those aspiring for the highest benefit of life, the Lord is the ultimate rest and shelter, offering supreme solace to His surrendered devotees.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Is The Ultimate - The Highest Realization of the Absolute.
Pages in category "God Is The Ultimate"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- A question may be raised as to why a devotee should refrain from identifying an actor, although he knows definitely that the Lord is the ultimate doer of everything
- Actually, I (mother Yasoda) also am eternally subordinate to the Supreme Lord. He is my ultimate shelter - SB 10.8.42
- Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate doer of everything, in His original transcendental existence He is not responsible for the happiness and distress, or bondage and liberation, of the conditioned souls
- As we are all individual living beings and have our individuality, the Supreme Absolute Truth is also, in the ultimate issue, a person, & realization of the Personality of Godhead is realization of all of the transcendental features. BG 1972 Introduction
B
- Because both the material and antimaterial energies are emanations of the Supreme Transcendence, the Personality of Godhead, it is proper to conclude that I (Lord Krsna) am the ultimate cause of all creations and annihilations
- By karma-kanda, sacrificial activity, one comes to the conclusion of jnana-kanda, speculative knowledge, and that after speculation one comes to the conclusion that worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate
D
- Devaki prayed - My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy, and the ultimate reservoir of the material nature
- Devaki said, "My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy and the ultimate reservoir of the material nature"
T
- The Krsna consciousness movement propagated by Lord Caitanya is especially meant for those who are cognizant of the presence of the Supreme Godhead, the ultimate controller of everything
- The sages, knowing Me (Krsna) as the ultimate enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries - 5.29
- The Supreme Lord is the seer of all worlds, both material and transcendental. In other words, the Supreme Lord is the ultimate beneficiary and enjoyer of all worlds
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate issue, and in this verse (SB 4.24.60) Lord Siva confirms that ultimately the Absolute Truth is a person. He clearly says: tat tvam brahma param jyotir akasam iva vistrtam