Category:God Without
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category establishes the absolute, nondual, and all-pervading nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, articulated through the concept of what He is "without." Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Lord is present both within the heart and without, pervading the entire cosmic manifestation through His energies. He is the Absolute Truth, one without a second, and exists entirely without duality or differentiation among His countless expansions. When the Vedic scriptures state that God is "without form" or "without senses," they specifically mean He is without a material form and without mundane senses; His form is completely transcendental. Furthermore, because He is the supreme controller, the Lord acts without regard to material impediments and creates without the help of anyone else. Consequently, no ordinary man should ever be accepted as God without displaying extraordinary, supernatural potency and without verification from the authorized scriptures.
- Within and Without: The Supreme Lord is not limited by spatial boundaries. He is situated locally in His spiritual abode and within the heart, yet by His diverse energies, He is present without, pervading everything.
- One Without a Second: The Absolute Truth is advaita, meaning nondual and without differentiation. There is no qualitative difference between the Lord's original form and His unlimited plenary expansions.
- Without Material Form: Impersonalist philosophers misunderstand the Vedas. God is not void or without senses; He is simply without material senses, possessing a pure, transcendental body.
- Without Impediments: The Lord is entirely self-sufficient. He can act without the help of anyone, including the goddess of fortune, and He executes His will without any material obstacles.
- Without Proof: One must not accept cheap imposters as the Supreme. God cannot be accepted without proof from the scriptures and without the display of extraordinary, unparalleled potency.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God Without - One Without a Second.
Pages in category "God Without"
The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
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- A similar understanding (as SB 8.3.6) was expressed by Kuntidevi. The Supreme Lord exists everywhere, within & without. He even exists within the heart. Sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto (BG 15.15). Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati - BG 18.61
- Although the Lord is completely independent and no one can check Him, He still did not go without the permission of His devotees
- Arjuna thought himself to be the doer of action, but he did not consider the Supreme sanction within and without. If one does not know that a super sanction is there, why should he act? BG 1972 purports
- As stated in the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.33): I (Brahma) worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is the original person - nondual, infallible, and without beginning. Although He expands into unlimited forms, He is still the original
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- He is eternally void of all disturbances and fearless. He is complete consciousness as opposed to matter. Uncontaminated and without distinctions, He is the principle primeval cause of all causes and effects
- He is without any duality, but the Absolute Truth is known as in three features: by somebody as Brahman, by somebody as Paramatma and somebody as Bhagavan. - Actually, He is Bhagavan. Paramatma is His universal feature
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- I have a body in which I can control my senses and can understand my destination; therefore, I offer my respectful obeisances to the SPG, by whom I have been blessed with this body and by whose grace I can see Him within and without
- In the BS 5.38 it is stated: advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam, adyam purana-purusam nava-yauvanam ca. The Lord is advaita, without differentiation. There is no difference between the forms of Krsna, Rama, Narayana and Visnu. All of Them are one
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- The fact is that there is nothing but God within and without. Everything is a manifestation of His different energies, like the heat and light emanating from a fire, and in this way there is a oneness among His diverse energies
- The impersonalist philosophers, who wish to maintain that the Absolute Truth is without senses, cannot comprehend this (BG 9.26) verse of Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports
- The Lord (Ramacandra), as an obedient son, accepted the order (of His father, to go to the forest) immediately. He left everything without hesitation, just as a liberated soul or great yogi gives up his life without material attraction
- The Lord can act without regard to material impediments or inconveniences, but to prove that He (Lord Ramacandra) is the SP of Godhead and was not merely advertised as Godhead or elected by popular vote, He constructed a wonderful bridge over the ocean
- The Lord is manifested to a pure devotee from within and without. This is one of the mysteries of the devotional relationship in which a devotee and the Lord are bound by a tie of spontaneous love
- The Supreme Lord is everything, and He is one without differentiation. There is no existence separate from the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is also, by His plenary portions, alive in the heart of every living entity. Only saintly persons who can see, within and without, the same Supreme Lord, can actually attain to perfect & eternal peace. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is antarbahih, present within and without everything. One must overcome the delusion caused by the Lord's external energy and realize His presence both externally and internally
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is identified by the symptoms mentioned in the sastras. It is not that anyone and everyone can become God without proof from sastras
- Therefore, O King (Yudhisthira), you should look to the Supreme Lord only, who is one without a second and who manifests Himself by different energies and is both within and without
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- Whenever in the scripture it is said that God is without form, that means He has no form which we have got experience. But He has got form. Just the same example. When you cannot measure, you say a point has no length, no breadth
- Why should someone be accepted as God without displaying extraordinary potency by doing something never to be done by any common man