Category:God Ultimately
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes that the Absolute Truth is not a formless void or an impersonal energy, but is ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while less intelligent philosophers theorize that the highest truth is impersonal, the Vedic literatures confirm that God possesses an eternal, spiritual form and supreme intelligence. The Absolute Truth is realized in three progressive phases: the impersonal Brahman effulgence, the localized Paramātmā, and ultimately, Bhagavān, the Supreme Person. Furthermore, the Lord is ultimately the cause of all causes. Although He appears aloof, He is the supreme director behind the generation, maintenance, and ultimate annihilation of the cosmic manifestation. For those who engage in unalloyed devotional service without pretension, the Lord ultimately awards the highest perfection by freeing them from material bondage and giving Himself to them.
- Ultimately a Person: The Absolute Truth is not an abstract force. Because God possesses supreme intelligence and a specific spiritual form, He is ultimately a person.
- The Three Features: Spiritual realization progresses through three stages, culminating in the understanding that the Absolute Truth is ultimately Bhagavān, the Personality of Godhead.
- The Ultimate Cause: Although the material nature acts under the spell of time, the Lord is ultimately the master of all creation, animation, and annihilation.
- The Ultimate Reward: While the Lord ultimately destroys the material universe and those envious of Him, He acts as the fearless destination for His devotees, ultimately awarding them the perfection of liberation.
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Pages in category "God Ultimately"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- My dear Lord, all actually learned persons know You as the Supreme Brahman and the Supersoul. Although the entire universe is afraid of Lord Rudra, who ultimately annihilates everything, for the learned devotees You are the fearless destination of all
- My dear Lord, You have manifold energies, and these energies are manifested in manifold forms. With such energies You have also created this cosmic manifestation, and although You maintain it as if it were permanent, You ultimately annihilate it
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- The Absolute Truth is realized in three features - impersonal Brahman, localized Paramatma and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan. The word apavarga means "liberation." pavarga means "material existence."
- The Lord fully maintains His unalloyed devotees, and He guides them progressively on the path toward devotional perfection. As the leader of His devotees, He ultimately awards the desired results of devotional service by giving Himself to them
- The Mayavadi philosopher, they say that when impersonal Absolute Truth comes, appears . . . They also accept the incarnation, but their philosophy is that ultimately the Absolute Truth is impersonal
- 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
- The word prakrti, which is used to indicate the source of generation, refers to the material energy of the Lord, and the word purusa refers to the living entities, who are the superior energy of the Lord. Both the prakrti and purusa ultimately enter God
- There are some theories - that is not fact - that ultimately the Absolute Truth is impersonal
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- Ultimately He (God) is realized by the pretensionless devotees only. Therefore special stress is given to the devotional service of the Lord by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami
- Ultimately the Lord does not need to do anything, and therefore He is nirvikara, changeless. Because everything is done under His direction, He is called srsti-karta, the master of creation. Similarly, He is the master of annihilation
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- Whatever a philosopher may describe is ultimately Krsna, or Lord Visnu (sarvam khalv idam brahma, param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan) - BG 10.12
- When one is envious of the demigods, who represent God, of the Vedas, which give all knowledge, of the cows, brahmanas, Vaisnavas and religious principles, and ultimately of Me, God, he and his civilization will be vanquished without delay
- When the animation takes place, the living entities revive their own natural activities under the spell of time and energy, and thus the varieties of living beings are manifested. The Lord is ultimately the cause of all animation in the material world