Category:Peacefulness of a Devotee of God
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that true peacefulness is a natural symptom of a pure devotee of the Lord. While mental speculators, impersonalists, and mystic yogis struggle to find real satisfaction because they still harbor subtle desires, a pure devotee has no material hankering whatsoever. By depending entirely on the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and acting without attachment or hatred, the devotee remains completely unagitated by the modes of passion and ignorance. This perfect, desireless state allows the devotee to live blissfully and peacefully even within the material world, guaranteeing their ultimate return back home, back to Godhead.
- The Symptom of Pure Devotion: A pure devotee automatically develops godly qualities such as kindness, truthfulness, and magnanimity. Peacefulness is a primary feature of these transcendental attributes.
- Freedom from Material Desire: The root of all agitation is material desire. Because devotees have no desire for sense gratification or even impersonal liberation, they remain in a state of perfect peace.
- Dependence on the Supreme Lord: True peace comes from total surrender. Just as a child feels secure depending on a parent, a devotee feels complete tranquility by depending on the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.
- Stability Amidst Material Influence: Devotees are described as the most intelligent class of men because they remain uninfluenced by passion and ignorance. This stability allows them to live without care or anxiety even while present in the material world.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Perfect Peacefulness of a Devotee of God.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "Peacefulness of a Devotee of God"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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- A pure devotee of the Lord automatically develops all godly qualities, and some of the prominent features of those qualities are as follows: 1) he is kind, peaceful, truthful, equable, faultless, magnanimous, mild, clean, nonpossessive
- A sadhu is calm, and he quietly and peacefully follows the principles of scripture
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- He (the devotee of the Lord) is said to be always tolerant and merciful. A friend to all living entities, he has no enemies. He is peaceful, & he possesses all good qualities. These are but a few of the characteristics of a person in Krsna consciousness
- He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes. BG 9.31 - 1972
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- In fact, he (the devotee) does not even desire liberation from the so-called material bondage. The devotees of Krsna have no material desires, and therefore they are in perfect peace. BG 1972 purports
- In SB the devotees are described as nipuna-buddhayah, which means that they are the most intelligent class of men. Uninfluenced by attachment or hatred, the devotee lives very peacefully and is not agitated by the influence of passion and ignorance
- It is recommended that he (the devotee) live in a place where there is no large number of ordinary men. It is very important to live in a secluded place (vivikta-sarana). The next item is santa, or peacefulness