Vedic Thoughts

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the topmost theological science, and therefore it can react on the laymen as medicinal doses. Because it contains the transcendental activities of the Lord, there is no difference between the Lord and the literature. The literature is the factual literary incarnation of the Lord.

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.16, Purport

The Supreme Lord, who incarnates out of His causeless mercy, regularly manifests His various pastimes in order to award supreme eternal benefit to the averse living entities of this world. All of His pastimes are performed with a desire to deliver the living entities.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda 13.107

Among sacrifices I am the study of the Vedas, and I am nonviolence among vows. Among all things that purify I am the wind, fire, the sun, water, and speech.

Lord Sri Krsna Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.16.23

The word Brahman indicates the complete Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is Sri Krsna. That is the verdict of all Vedic literature.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 6.147

For receiving the mercy of Krsna, I surrender unto His energy [Radha], and for receiving the mercy of His energy I surrender unto Krsna. By worshiping Them, a practitioner becomes freed from all sinful reactions and, being fully satisfied, he goes to the eternal abode of the Lord.

Chandogya Upanisad 8.13

By knowledge of the Absolute Truth, the sober practitioners realize that blissful, immortal, all-pervading Supreme Lord.

Mundaka Upanisad 2.2.7

The Vedic mantras explain that the all-powerful Absolute Truth possesses a spiritual form and although He remains in the spiritual sky, He is simultaneously present everywhere. He personally appears within the heart of the perfect devotees who constantly meditate upon Him.

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana Prameya Ratnavali 1.13

O my tongue, since my mouth has become like a lotus by dint of the presence there of these eloquent, ornamental, delightful syllables, you are like the swan that plays there. As your foremost pleasure, always articulate the names Govinda, Damodara, and Madhava.

Srila Bilvamangala Thakura Govinda-damodara-stotram 9

Those persons who have accumulated sufficient pious activities for thousands of births achieve bhakti, because by execution of bhakti alone, and only by execution of bhakti, one is able to situate oneself in the abode of the Supreme Lord Krsna. Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda 194.20