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There are various energies which run through this universe, some positive and some negative. We try our best to maintain and surround ourselves with positive energies for our upliftment. One way to do is to constantly remain close to Lord Krishna and his devotees. Anything to do with the Lord is always positive. Not only do those energies emit positivity, they have various other qualities which make them inconceivable and incomprehensible for anybody. In order to understand at least a fragment of this, we should study the scriptures very seriously and sincerely. | |||
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Energy | Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Energy Of The Lord|Energies of the Lord]]''' category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 9 quotes. | ||
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{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Real sannyasa-yoga or bhakti means that one should know his constitutional position as the living entity, and act accordingly. The living entity has no separate independent identity. He is the marginal energy of the Supreme|Real sannyāsa-yoga or bhakti means that one should know his constitutional position as the living entity, and act accordingly. The living entity has no separate independent identity. He is the marginal energy of the Supreme. When he is entrapped by material energy, he is conditioned, and when he is Kṛṣṇa conscious, or aware of the spiritual energy, then he is in his real and natural state of life. '''(Bhagavad-gītā 6.2)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|To understand Krsna means to understand Krsna in His personal form with His internal energy, His external energy, His expansions and His incarnations|As stated in the Bhāgavatam, the object of devotional service is mām, Kṛṣṇa. And, as explained in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, to understand Kṛṣṇa means to understand Kṛṣṇa in His personal form with His internal energy, His external energy, His expansions and His incarnations. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.1)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Sri is the energy of Godhead that maintains the cosmic manifestation, bhu is the energy that creates the cosmic manifestation, and nila, Durga, is the energy that destroys the creation|Quoting from the revealed scriptures, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhu states that śrī is the energy of Godhead that maintains the cosmic manifestation, bhū is the energy that creates the cosmic manifestation, and nīlā, Durgā, is the energy that destroys the creation. All these energies act in relation with the living beings, and thus they are together called jīva-māyā. '''(Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.27-28)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Since the Lord is supremely powerful, it is logical that He can manifest Himself in His energy|Since the Lord is supremely powerful, it is logical that He can manifest Himself in His energy. Deity worship or worship of the śālagrāma-śilā is not idol worship. The Deity of the Lord in the house of a pure devotee can act exactly as He can in His original transcendental personality. '''(Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 14.9)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Pure devotee is never puffed up like the nondevotee class of men who falsely think that they are God. It is astonishing to see how a person who is being kicked by the laws of the Lord's energy at every step can falsely think of becoming one with the Lord|Sometimes the Lord gives extraordinary powers to His devotee, but the devotee knows always that the power belongs to the Personality of Godhead and that the devotee is only an instrument. The pure devotee is never puffed up like the nondevotee class of men who falsely think that they are God. It is astonishing to see how a person who is being kicked by the laws of the Lord's illusory energy at every step can falsely think of becoming one with the Lord. Such thinking is the last snare of the illusory energy offered to the conditioned soul. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.30)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|There is nothing extraneous, nor is there anything needed. This manifestation has its own time fixed by the energy of the supreme whole, and when its time is complete, these temporary manifestations will be annihilated|There is nothing extraneous, nor is there anything needed. This manifestation has its own time fixed by the energy of the supreme whole, and when its time is complete, these temporary manifestations will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the complete. There is complete facility for the small complete units, namely the living entities, to realize the complete, and all sorts of incompleteness are experienced due to incomplete knowledge of the complete. '''(Bhagavad-gītā, Introduction)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Nothing can exist without the Lord, it should be known that the illusory energy is also an energy of the Lord. The right conclusion of dovetailing everything in relationship with the Lord is called yoga-maya|Nothing can exist without the Lord, it should be known that the illusory energy is also an energy of the Lord. The right conclusion of dovetailing everything in relationship with the Lord is called yoga-māyā, or the energy of union, and the wrong conception of detaching a thing from its relationship with the Lord is called the Lord's daivī māyā, or mahā-māyā. Both the māyās also have connections with the Lord because nothing can exist without being related to Him. As such, the wrong conception of detaching relationships from the Lord is not false but illusory. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.34)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Narada saw one single Krsna living in sixteen thousand palaces by His plenary expansions. Due to His inconceivable energy, He was visible in the palace of each and every individual queen|Nārada saw one single Kṛṣṇa living in sixteen thousand palaces by His plenary expansions. Due to His inconceivable energy, He was visible in the palace of each and every individual queen. Lord Kṛṣṇa has unlimited power, and Nārada's astonishment was boundless upon observing again and again the demonstration of Lord Kṛṣṇa's internal energy. '''(Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter )'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|By the inconceivable energy of the Lord, every creative element has its own potencies, known as the potency of the element, potency of knowledge and potency of different actions and reactions|By the inconceivable energy of the Lord, every creative element has its own potencies, known as the potency of the element, potency of knowledge and potency of different actions and reactions. By a combination of such potential energies of the Lord there is the manifestation of creation, maintenance and annihilation in due course of time and by different agents like Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.28)'''}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 22 November 2020
There are various energies which run through this universe, some positive and some negative. We try our best to maintain and surround ourselves with positive energies for our upliftment. One way to do is to constantly remain close to Lord Krishna and his devotees. Anything to do with the Lord is always positive. Not only do those energies emit positivity, they have various other qualities which make them inconceivable and incomprehensible for anybody. In order to understand at least a fragment of this, we should study the scriptures very seriously and sincerely.
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Energies of the Lord category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 9 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books
Energies of the Lord - explore more within this category.
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