Category:Without Reservation
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category emphasizes the absolute necessity of complete, unreserved surrender (praṇipāta) to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His representatives, and the process of devotional service. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that a true devotee (akiñcana) keeps nothing for personal sense gratification, offering their body, mind, and words entirely to Kṛṣṇa. When a soul approaches the Lord, the spiritual master, or pure devotees without vanity, mental reservation, or hidden motives, the Lord reciprocates by bestowing His causeless mercy and transcendental benediction without limit. This unreserved surrender is the only means to cross the insurmountable ocean of material nescience and attain the highest perfection of life.
- The Meaning of Praṇipāta: True surrender (praṇipāta) means falling down before the Lord and the spiritual master without any reservation, holding nothing back for personal sense gratification.
- The Qualification of the Akiñcana: A pure devotee is known as *akiñcana*, meaning one who has no material reservations and keeps nothing for their own separate enjoyment, dedicating everything to Kṛṣṇa's service.
- The Reciprocation of the Lord: When a living entity surrenders without hesitation or hidden motives, the Supreme Lord becomes entirely conquered and bestows His causeless mercy and protection without reservation.
- The Etiquette of Devotional Service: To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, neophyte devotees must serve the spiritual master and advanced Vaiṣṇavas physically and mentally, mixing with them openly and without reservation.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Surrender Without Reservation.
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Pages in category "Without Reservation"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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- A devotee of Krsna surrenders unto Krsna without reservation, and therefore he is called akincana. The word kincana refers to something one reserves for oneself, and akincana means that one does not keep anything for oneself
- According to your abilities and the occupations in which you are situated, you should engage your service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full confidence and without reservation
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- I (Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) have described my own story without reservations. The attributes of Lord Nityananda, making me like a madman, force me to write these things
- I am proud to have disciples like you, who think freely, but correct their mistakes by consulting me without any reservation
- I now desire without reservation that the calamity come now, for in this way I may be freed of the sinful action and not commit such an offense again
- In spite of all this, I ask you, O valiant King, the purpose for which you have come here. Whatever it may be, we shall carry it out without reservation
- In that association (of pure devotees), the neophyte devotees must render loving service physically and mentally without reservation
- In the Ramayana, Lanka-kanda (18.33) the Lord says: It is My promise and duty to give all protection to one who surrenders unto Me without reservation
- Indeed, today you have undoubtedly taken shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna, and Krsna, without reservation, has become very merciful toward you
- It is assured in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.30-31) that the Lord saves a pure devotee who has surrendered unto Him without reservation from all sorts of reactions of sins, and there is no doubt about this
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- Kasi Misra said, "My dear Lord, the King has done this without reservations. Kindly hear his statement"
- Krsna imparted to Marshal Arjuna the vitally important teachings of Bhagavad-gita only when He saw that Arjuna had surrendered to Him without any vanity regarding his own erudition, and without any other reservation
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- Lord Brahma knew the mind of Lord Siva very well, and he was confident that the demigods, who were offenders at his lotus feet, could mitigate their offenses by going to him and surrendering without reservation
- Lord Brahma said: My dear son, O lord of the world, I am very pleased with you, and I desire all blessings for both you and your wife. You have without reservation surrendered yourself unto me with your heart for my instructions
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- One defect in Hari Goswami is that although he wants to cooperate he wants to keep himself a little aloof as a goswami. I wish that he should mix with us with open mind, without reservation
- One may ask, "What is a sadhu?" A sadhu is one who serves Krsna and engages in Krsna consciousness without reservation
- One should take to devotional service without reservations and surrender everything to the supreme will of the Lord. That will make one happy in this life and the next
- Only those who render unreserved, uninterrupted, favorable service unto the lotus feet of Lord Krsna, who carries the wheel of the chariot in His hand, can know the creator of the universe in His full glory, power and transcendence
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- So far your acceptance by my other disciples is concerned, in the beginning there may be some inconveniences but if your decision is to work with us without any reservation, then there will be no difficulty
- Surrender means full renunciation, no reservation. And renunciation means you renounce something and keep something. That is difference
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- The pure devotees have nothing to derive as personal profit from their unalloyed service to the Lord. They render incessant service to the Lord spontaneously, without any reservation
- The regulated principles will be easier for one who has served the spiritual master without reservation. BG 1972 purports
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is everlastingly independent and who exists in everyone's heart, is very pleased with those who follow in His footsteps and engage without reservation in the service of the descendants of brahmanas and Vaisnavas
- The word nipat means "to fall down," and pra means "without reservation." Transcendental knowledge is based on pranipata. Therefore Krsna says: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. (BG 18.66) - Just surrender unto Me
- Their qualities are one and the same, but those who are fully surrendered to Krsna's lotus feet are qualified with another transcendental quality - atma-samarpana, full surrender without reservation
- This service attitude (render loving service physically and mentally without reservation) will induce the great souls to be more favorable in bestowing their mercy, which injects the neophyte with all the transcendental qualities of the pure devotees
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- We offer respects to him without reservation, for we are actually seeing that this gentleman is advancing gradually in Krsna consciousness. Such a person should always be shown respect
- When a devotee praises the glories of the Lord, the Lord is very satisfied, and He bestows His transcendental benediction upon the devotee without reservation because He is always causelessly merciful toward His devotee
- When a person takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without reservation, the unlimited, merciful Lord bestows His causeless mercy upon him. Thus he can pass over the insurmountable ocean of nescience
- When Diti, Indra's aunt, explained to him without reservations what she had wanted to do, Indra explained his intentions to her. Both of them, instead of being enemies, freely spoke the truth. This is the qualification that results from contact with God
- When one is absorbed in lust and the influence of sex, one surrenders to the feet of a woman without reservations
- Women in general are unable to speculate like philosophers, but they are blessed by the Lord (Krsna) because they believe at once in the superiority and almightiness of the Lord, and thus they offer obeisances without reservation