Category:Within and Without
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains the profound realization of the Supreme Lord's all-pervading presence. God is situated everywhere—both inside the heart as the Paramatma (Supersoul) and outside in the cosmic manifestation. For the sincere soul, Kṛṣṇa provides perfect guidance from both directions: from within as the Supersoul, and from without as the bona fide spiritual master. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that true spiritual perfection, and the ultimate goal of all austerities, is achieved when a devotee can constantly see Kṛṣṇa within and without.
- The All-Pervading Presence: The Supreme Lord is eternally present inside the heart of every living entity and externally throughout the entire cosmic manifestation.
- The True Perfection of Life: Genuine spiritual perfection and the culmination of all austerities are achieved when one develops the vision to see the Lord everywhere, both within and without.
- The Twofold Guidance: To rescue the conditioned souls, the Lord mercifully provides guidance from within as the Supersoul and from without through His representative, the bona fide spiritual master.
- Sincerity Invokes Mercy: When a living entity becomes truly sincere, the Lord immediately transmits divine knowledge and necessary directions from both inside and outside to bring them back to Godhead.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Kṛṣṇa Helps From Within and Without.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Within and Without"
The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
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- A little elevated from speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes - within and without
- After undergoing all sorts of penances, if I cannot realize that God is within me and God is without everywhere, then all my penances are spoiled
- 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 soon as you become sincere, Krsna responds from within. If you want Krsna, or God, sincerely, then the help will come two ways: from without, from within
- As the universal elements are both within and without, similarly the Lord's name, form, quality, pastimes, entourage, etc., as they are described in the revealed scriptures, are factually being televised in the heart of the devotee
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- He (Krsna) is both within and without. Although He was present before Srimati Kunti as her nephew, He was also within her and everyone else
- He (Krsna) is ready to give us advice from within and from without - from within as Supersoul and from without as the spiritual master. Therefore it is said, guru-krsna-krpaya bhakti-lata-bija (CC Madhya 19.151). Both things are required - guru and Krsna
- He is present within and without, but still we cannot see Krsna. That is my foolishness, that is my imperfection. You have to become perfect, then we will see Krsna everywhere. That is morning sadhana, spiritual consciousness, advancement
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- If you can see twenty-four hours Krsna, within and without, then that is the end of all tapasya
- In the Vedas it is said, antar bahis ca tat sarvam vyaya narayanah sthitah: "Narayana is all-pervading, and He exists both within and without
- It is possible that some extremely powerful personality, within or without the universe, may sometimes show more power than the Lord Himself. Still the pure devotee knows that this power is a vibhuti delegated by the Lord
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- Krsna helps as the guru, or spiritual master, from within & without. From without He helps the devotee as His representative, and from within He talks personally with the pure devotee & gives him instructions by which he may return home, back to Godhead
- Krsna is both, within and without, and still we do not see. Nato natyadharo yatha (SB 1.8.19) - just like a person playing on the stage, and his relatives and others they cannot understand that Mr. Such-and-such is playing
- Krsna is ready to help you from within and without provided you are anxious to get that help
- Krsna is situated in everyone’s heart, and the spiritual master is His direct external representative. Thus Krsna is situated antar-bahih, within and without
- Krsna may enter within anything, but still He is important than anything. This is simultaneous. Andantara stham paramanu-cayantara stham (Bs. 5.35) - Krsna is within and without. That is Krsna's position
- Krsna transmits information both from within and from without. We simply have to receive it. If knowledge is received in this way, it doesn’t matter whether it is inconceivable or not
- Krsna transmits information both from within and from without. We simply have to receive it. If knowledge is received in this way, it doesn’t matter whether it is inconceivable or not - CC Intro
- Kuntidevi, first said that although Krsna, the Supreme Person, is within and without, to rascals and fools He is invisible. Therefore she points out, - Here is the Lord - Krsna
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- One has to be acquainted with God from both within and without, and one must take dictation from within and without to act in Krsna consciousness. This is the highest perfectional stage of the human form of life
- One should depend solely on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and be free from material desires. One should also be clean, within and without
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- The autumn season takes away the rolling of dark clouds in the sky as well as the polluted water. Filthy conditions on the ground also become cleansed. Similarly, a person who takes to KC immediately becomes cleansed of all dirty things within & without
- The brahminical qualifications are control of the senses, control of the mind, cleanliness within and without, development of spiritual and material knowledge, simplicity, truthfulness, faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, etc
- The Complete Whole must contain everything both within and beyond our experience; otherwise He cannot be complete
- 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 misuse of independence is the cause of his (the living entity's) material strife in the conditioned nature. The Lord, therefore, is always giving instruction from within and from without. BG 1972 purports
- The real speaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is both within and without
- The round thing which we see in the sky, that is the covering. Just like a coconut shell. A coconut shell, within and without. Within the coconut shell it is darkness, and without it is light. Similarly, this universe is just like the coconut
- 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 pleased to guide a devotee from within and without. From within He guides him as the Supersoul, and from without He guides him as the spiritual master
- The word carantam means "moving." The Lord moves everywhere - within and without - and we simply have to make our vision clear so that we may see Him
- There is no difference between Krsna's within and without. And one who has no sense of this understanding is the greatest fool in trying to understand Bhagavad-gita. BG 1972 purports
- This phenomenal material world is expanded to a diameter of four billion miles, as a combination of eight material elements transformed into sixteen further categories, within and without, as follows
- Those who are less intelligent simply try to find God within, but those who are advanced in intelligence can see the Lord both within and without
- Thus all places around the temple were thoroughly washed within and without