Category:God and the Causal Ocean
Theme Analysis
The material creation begins with the Supreme Personality of Godhead expanding Himself as the first puruṣa incarnation, known as Mahā-Viṣṇu or Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. This gigantic form of the Lord lies down in the mystic slumber of yoga-nidrā upon the waters of the Causal Ocean, also called the Kāraṇa Ocean. The Causal Ocean itself is a spiritual manifestation, situated far away from the material energy (māyā), which never even touches its waters. From this position, the Lord simply glances over the material nature to initiate the cosmic manifestation.
From the breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu, innumerable universes (brahmāṇḍas) are generated like seeds. When He exhales, the universes come out from the pores of His body, and when He inhales, they are all drawn back within Him, resulting in universal annihilation. Although the entire cosmic manifestation is essentially a product of the Lord's dreaming condition in the mahat-tattva, it acts as a factual reality for the conditioned souls who inhabit it.
After these universes float upon the Causal Ocean for thousands of eons in a lifeless state, Mahā-Viṣṇu expands further as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and enters into each individual universal egg to fully animate it. From there, the secondary creation by Lord Brahmā takes place. Because the Causal Ocean is purely transcendental, its waters possess immense purifying power. For example, when Lord Vāmana pierced the covering of the universe, drops of this Kāraṇa water entered the material sky and became known as the sacred Ganges River. Ultimately, the Lord, His eternal associates, and the spiritual kingdom beyond the Causal Ocean remain completely unaffected by the temporary creation and dissolution of the material worlds.
- The First Puruṣa: The Supreme Lord expands as Mahā-Viṣṇu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu), who lies on the Causal Ocean to initiate the material creation.
- The Cosmic Breath: Innumerable universes are generated from Mahā-Viṣṇu's exhalation and are destroyed during His inhalation.
- Entering the Universes: After the lifeless universes float on the ocean, the Lord expands as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu to enter and animate each one.
- Transcendental Nature: The Causal Ocean is entirely spiritual; it is untouched by māyā, and its waters purify the universe as the river Ganges.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God and the Causal Ocean - The Origin of the Material Universes.
Pages in category "God and the Causal Ocean"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- After the dissolution of the material manifestations, the Lord and His kingdom beyond the Causal Ocean do not disappear, nor do the inhabitants, the Lord's associates
- As the creator or original cause of innumerable universes, or the first purusa, who is lying on the Causal Ocean, He is called Maha-Visnu. The three purusas direct the affairs of the material world
- At the creation, the material energy is let loose as mahat-tattva, into which the Lord as His first Purusa incarnation, Maha-Visnu, enters. He lies within the Causal Ocean and breathes out innumerable universes. BG 1972 purports
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- Karanodakasayi Visnu, who lies on the Causal Ocean, creates the universes merely by glancing upon material nature. Therefore Krsna personally has nothing to do with the material creation
- Known as the Maha-Visnu, He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) lies within the Causal Ocean, and it is He who is the original incarnation in the material world
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- Lord Maha-Visnu, who is lying on the Causal Ocean, is a manifestation of Sankarsana. He is the original Personality of Godhead who glances over the material and efficient causes of the cosmic manifestation
- Lord Maha-visnu, who is resting in yoga-nidra on the Causal Ocean and creating innumerable universes by His breathing process, only temporarily appears in the mahat-tattva for the temporary manifestation of the material worlds
- Lord Vamana pierced the covering of the universe with the toes of His left foot. A few drops of water from the Causal Ocean leaked through this hole and fell on the head of Lord Siva, where they remained for one thousand millenniums
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- Maha-Visnu is lying in the Causal Ocean, Karanarnava, and He is breathing, and from His breathing innumerable universes are coming out. And in each and every universe, Maha-Visnu, in His further expansion as Garbhodakasayi-Visnu, He enters
- Maha-visnu lies on the Causal Ocean, and when He exhales, millions of brahmandas, or universes, come from the pores of His body. Then, when Maha-visnu inhales, all these brahmandas disappear
- May Sri Nityananda Rama be the object of my constant remembrance. Sankarsana, Sesa Naga and the Visnus who lie on the Karana Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions
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- The Causal Ocean, Visnu is lying there, sleeping within the ocean, and from His breathing the universes are coming out. This is God. Because He is in a sleeping condition, that is expansion of God. That is not original God
- The Lord (Maha-visnu), although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virat-rupa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc
- The Lord can assume any form He likes, and in all circumstances He is the cause of all causes. Since His form is transcendental, He is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He is in the Causal Ocean in the form of Maha-visnu
- The material energy, maya, never even touches the Causal Ocean, for the Lord’s glance focuses upon her from a great distance away
- The original Personality of Godhead (adyah), Govinda, expands Himself as the Maha-visnu incarnation and rests in the Causal Ocean, which He Himself creates
- The Personality of Godhead who creates all such universes by His breathing period lies above the cluster of the universes. The water of the Causal Ocean is differently situated than the covering water of the universe
- The purusa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original purusa in the material creations, and in His virat form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands
- The second visnu-tattva within the universe is Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the collective Supersoul of all living entities. Beyond these two is Karanodakasayi Visnu, who lies in the Causal Ocean. He is the creator of all universes
- The Visnu who lies on the Causal Ocean is an incarnation of Lord Sankarsana, and, accordingly, the emotion of being a devotee is always present in His heart
- This material world is a product of the mahat-tattva, which is a state of the Lord's dreaming condition in His yoga-nidra mystic slumber in the Causal Ocean, and yet the whole creation appears to be a factual presentation of His creation
- Thus all the universes remained thousands of eons within the water (the Causal Ocean), and the Lord of living beings, entering in each of them, caused them to be fully animated
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- Vasudeva said - You (Krsna) were lying in the Causal Ocean as Maha-Visnu, and by Your breathing, innumerable universes came into existence. Then You entered into each of the universes as Garbhodakasayi Visnu
- Visnu means the Maha-visnu, who is lying on the Causal Ocean. By His breathing only all the universes are generated in seeds and gradually develop into gigantic forms with innumerable planets within each and every universe
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- When it is necessary to create the material universe, Visnu expands Himself as the Maha-Visnu. This Maha-Visnu lies down on the Causal Ocean and breathes all the universes from His nostrils
- While Maha-visnu sleeps within the Causal Ocean, innumerable universes are generated along with His breathing. These universes are floating, and they are scattered all over the Causal Ocean
- With His toe He made a hole through which the water of the Causal Ocean filters into the material sky, and the current is known as the Ganges, which purifies the planets of the three worlds. i.e., no one is equal to the transcendentally powerful Visnu