Category:Obliged to God
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category reveal that true religion and spiritual culture begin with a deep sense of gratitude. Unlike animals who simply receive their daily sustenance without understanding its source, human beings must recognize that all necessities—like food grains, fruits, and milk—are God-sent. Therefore, a sane and spiritually cultured person naturally feels obliged to the Supreme Lord. This obligation is not a burdensome duty, but a loving reciprocation expressed through devotional service, offering food in sacrifice, and utilizing one's borrowed powers for the Lord's mission. Even exalted sages, demigods, and pure devotees constantly feel obliged to the Supreme Lord for His causeless mercy and personal presence.
- The Foundation of True Religion: Religion is a farce without a clear conception of God and a natural sense of obligation to Him for all His benefactions.
- Gratitude for Daily Sustenance: Sane human beings recognize that all natural products are God-sent and feel obliged to offer them in sacrifice.
- Proper Utilization of Powers: Instead of being puffed up, one must understand that all abilities are borrowed and utilize them in loving service to the Lord.
- The Joy of the Great Sages: Even highly elevated souls and pure devotees feel eternally obliged for the personal presence and causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Feeling Obliged to God Through Love and Service.
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Pages in category "Obliged to God"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- According to Vedic culture, learned men consider all natural products, such as food grains, fruits, flowers, and milk, to be God-sent. Spiritually cultured men feel obliged to the Lord when they get sufficient natural foodstuffs by the grace of the Lord
- As a matter of gratitude, they (human beings) should feel obliged to the Lord for their supply of foodstuff, and they must first offer Him food in sacrifice and then partake of the remnants
- As Guru Maharaja Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say - Don't try to see God. Is God to come and stand before us like a servant just because we want to see Him? That is not the submissive way. We have to oblige Him by our love and service
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- The ants and the elephants, they do not go to the church for asking God, "Oh, give us our daily bread," but still, they are getting. Then the next question is that "What is our duty?" Our duty is to feel obliged to God and try to serve Him
- The four sages (Kumaras) felt so much obliged to the Lord that they offered their respectful obeisances unto Him again and again
- The priests are pointing out that the Lord's personal presence is very rare even for such elevated sages but that He was so kind to them that now He was personally present. Therefore the priests were very much obliged
- The priests in Maharaja Nabhi's sacrificial arena appreciated the personal presence of the Supreme Lord Visnu, and they considered themselves very much obliged