Category:Words of God
Theme Analysis
The words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are perfect, deathless, and entirely free from the defects of the material world. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Lord's instructions, which are preserved in the revealed scriptures or śāstras, carry absolute authority and are never subject to change or mundane interpretation. For the pure devotees, hearing these nectarean words is the source of greatest joy, leading to complete spiritual absorption and the awakening of pure love. Conversely, those without faith, being disturbed by material necessities or demoniac mentalities, fail to understand the clear and unambiguous message of the Lord.
- The Direct and Unchangeable Authority: The words of God are absolute and perfect. They cannot be changed or subjected to nonsensical commentary, as they establish the ultimate religious principles for all human society.
- Transforming Hearts Through Hearing: Simply by hearing the pleasing and nectarean words of the Supreme Lord, a conditioned soul is purified, freed from material consciousness, and able to conquer the Lord through unalloyed love.
- Internal Revelation: Advanced devotees and great personalities, such as Lord Brahmā, can perceive the transcendental sound vibration of the Lord's words directly within their hearts, proving that His communication is not limited by physical space.
- The Misunderstanding of the Faithless: Due to a lack of perfect knowledge and a rebellious attitude, demons and faithless individuals falsely consider the Lord's words to be ambiguous, unreliable, or subject to partiality.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Nectarean and Absolute Words of God.
Pages in category "Words of God"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- Generally there is no ambiguity in the words of God, but due to our lack of perfect knowledge we sometimes cannot understand and try to interpret
- God says that, "You surrender unto Me; I shall give you all protection." There is assurance. But we are so unfortunate that we cannot believe or cannot be assured on the words of God also. We do not believe
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- Hiranyakasipu never agreed with the words of Visnu, or Krsna. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a Vaisnava
- Hiranyakasipu thought that Visnu also becomes partial, like a child whose mind is not steady or resolute. The Lord can change His mind at any time, Hiranyakasipu thought, and therefore His words and activities are like those of children
- His body shone most brilliantly; though he had engaged in austere penance for a long time, he was not emaciated, for the Lord had cast His affectionate sidelong glance upon him and he had also heard the nectar flowing from the moonlike words of the Lord
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- Maharaja Prthu's speech was very beautiful, full of metaphorical language, clearly understandable and very pleasing to hear. His words were all grave and certain
- Maharaja Prthu's words, which were nicely composed in highly metaphorical ornamental language, were pleasing to hear and were not only mellow but also very clearly understandable and without doubt or ambiguity
- Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next
- Modern science gives us telephones, by which one can hear sound vibrations from a distant place. Similarly, although other persons cannot hear the words of Lord Visnu, Lord Brahma is able to hear the Lord's words within himself
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- O Lord of my life, may I again become their servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my body always engage in the loving service of Your Lordship?
- On principle there cannot be two religions because God is one and religion means the words of God
- One who is a pure devotee (anyabhilasita-sunyam - Brs 1.1.11), who acts according to the sastra and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, certainly becomes purified. Like Gajendra, he assumes a spiritual body and returns home, back to Godhead
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- The demons were so captivated by the tricks and friendly words of Mohini-murti that although the demigods were served first, the demons were pacified merely by sweet words
- The Krsna consciousness movement is being propagated according to this principle - staunch faith in the words of the spiritual master and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The sages (the four Kumaras) tried with wide open ears to understand the words from the lips of the Supreme Lord, but although His speech was very concise and meaningful, the sages could not completely comprehend what He was saying
- The sastra cannot be changed. God's word cannot be changed. Then what will be the difference between God and ourself? He is always perfect. He is always perfect
- The Vedas are considered to be the direct words of the Lord
- The Vedas confirm this: To one who has staunch faith in the words of the spiritual master and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the secret of success in Vedic knowledge is revealed
- The words and activities of the Lord are deathless; therefore they are not manufactured of this material world
- These scriptures of the Buddhists and the Christians may be the words of God, but still the are not always applicable to us
- Thus I (the young brahmana) have called upon a great personality in this transaction. I have asked the Supreme Godhead (Saksi-gopala) to be my witness. The entire world accepts the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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- What will be the result of such hearing (about God)? Regardless of what 1 is - whether he be a poor or rich man or whatever - if 1 but hears the transcendental word of God, He, who can never be conquered by any power or force, will be conquered by love
- While Brahma was in trance, he was able to hear the words of Ksirodakasayi Visnu, and he carried the Lord's message to the demigods