Krsna

Krishna, “the all-attractive one,” means the original, unique Supreme Person, the source of everything that exists. God has many names, and each describes a different aspect of His unique personality. Allah, Vishnu, Jehovah, and God refer to His roles as creator, maintainer of the universe, and  the supreme master of all. The name Krishna suggests the most charming and beautiful qualities of the Supreme Person, as He is, and as He appears to His dear most devotees.

Krishna appears as other forms of God—avatars, technically known as incarnations—to create and maintain the universe, while He simultaneously enjoys loving relationships with His innumerable associates in the transcendental realm. He visits this material world occasionally to free His dearest devotees from material existence and to annihilate the miscreants  He performs suprahuman pastimes—lifting mountains, swallowing forest fires, and killing numerous extraordinarily powerful demons—as easily as a child playing with toys.

Krishna talks about Himself in the Bhagavad-gita, explaining how anyone can know Him through Krishna consciousness, bhakti-yoga. The Srimad-Bhagavatam further describes Krishna’s uncommon and fascinating personality and activities in its Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam popularly known as Bhagavata Purana, the ripened fruit of all vedas, upanishads, puranas etc….

Krishna is the source of brahman, the all-pervading spiritual effulgence which includes everything and everyone. We are all one with Krishna, in the sense that we are all parts of the supreme absolute truth . He is also present in every atom, as well as in the hearts of all living things as Paramatma, the Supersoul. But ultimately, Krishna is Bhagavan, the Supreme Person who possesses all opulences—wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty, and detachment—to the fullest degree.

Realization of Krishna progresses in three stages; first comes an understanding of His all-pervading brahman feature, then one realizes His presence within one’s self and others as Paramatma, and finally one comes to appreciate Krishna as He is, as Bhagavan, the all-attractive Supreme Person, the ultimate cause of all causes, the source of all of us and of being itself.

Krishna always appears as a fresh youth with a dark complexion, surrounded by loving devotees, decorated with garlands of flowers and peacock feathers in His curling, bluish-black hair. He plays as a cowherd boy in the rural setting of Vrindavan, along with countless other cowherd boys, gopas, and cowherd girls, gopis. In His pastimes as a small child, He captivates the minds of the residents of Vrindavan with His charming, naughty behavior, such as stealing butter. In His youth, He captures the hearts of the gopis by His irresistible beauty, charm, and flute playing.

The greatest personalities of ancient times, such as Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasadeva—who compiled the Vedas—and Arjuna, to whom Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, all accept Krishna to be the Supreme Person, the Absolute Truth, the ultimate source of all energies, and the One ultimately responsible for the creation, maintenance, and annihilation of everything in the material world.

 

 

 

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