Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Quotes on God: 2

More quotes with references:
  • May the Lord, Who is devoid of start, middle or end,Who is meditated by sages and knowledge-seekers alike, Whose supreme-feet is beyond the scope of narration, shower us with His blessings. (Prahlaad to Hiranyakashipu summarizing His learning [Vishnupuran])
  • The soul never dies. There was no era in which a soul was not present, neither there was an era in which the soul will cease to live on. Only the body is born, ages, and dies. (Krishna on Soul [Bhagvad Gita])
  • Clouds float in air and dustiness is in soil, but ignorants conclude that clouds float in sky and dustiness is in air; similarly, the body is non-living and the soul lives forever, but the ignorants conclude that body is living and the soul is non-existent. (Shukdev on Ignorance About Soul [Bhagwat Puran])
  • I bow to Raam, The abode of infinite strength, Without beginning, Without birth, Devoid of complete description, Present in everything, Beyond the comprehension of sense-organs, known as Govinda^, beyond any source of light (of knowledge, etc.), The absolver of tussle within us, Supreme abode of knoweldge, and known as Dharaniidhar^^. (Tulsidas on Shri-Ram [Ramcharitmanas])
  • I sing praises of Vishnu, Who remains even when the whole universe disappears, Whose presence is felt inside their heart by knowledge-seekers by reading and continuous meditation, Who is without the tussles of achievement and non-achievement, Who is the only one present in everything around us, Who rules the three world and beyond, Who resides as the soul inside every body and thus imparting life to it, and Who is present in everything non-living material around us. (Brahma on Shri-Ram [Adhyatma Ramayan])


Footnote:

^ After Krishna lifted the mountain Govardhan to protect Vraj from destruction, Indra realized His divinity. He immediately rushed to Krishna asking for mercy. Independently, Kamdhenu, The divine cow, left Brahma-Loka to pray Krishna. Together, they named Krishna as Govinda at that time.

^^ After the boar-incarnation, i.e., the varaah-avataar, Vishnu or Raam is popularly referred to as Dharaniidhar, i.e., One who lifted earth. In boar-incarnation, Vishnu re-located the earth back to its orbit when She started sinking in the ether or vacuum.

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