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Battered and bloody from Krishna’s dancing, Kaliya finally admits defeat and seeks refuge in Krishna’s mercy. Krishna, at the pleading of Kaliya’s wives, grants him his life but banishes him to an island in the ocean.... The mighty child Krishna is invincible.<ref>Kinsley, p. 22.</ref> | Battered and bloody from Krishna’s dancing, Kaliya finally admits defeat and seeks refuge in Krishna’s mercy. Krishna, at the pleading of Kaliya’s wives, grants him his life but banishes him to an island in the ocean.... The mighty child Krishna is invincible.<ref>Kinsley, p. 22.</ref> | ||
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[[File:Krishna with flute.jpg|thumb|<translate>Krishna, playing his flute, with the gopis, ca. 1790—1800, Guler/Kangra region</translate>]] | |||
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Krishna teaches Arjuna about the four [[yoga]]s, or paths of union with God, and says that all the yogas should be practiced. The four yogas are knowledge ([[jnana yoga]]), meditation ([[raja yoga]]), work ([[karma yoga]]) and love and devotion ([[bhakti yoga]]). By self-knowledge, by meditation on the God within, by working the works of God to balance [[karma]] and increase good karma and by giving loving devotion, we fulfill the four paths of the [[four lower bodies]]—the memory body, the mental body, the desire body and the physical body. | Krishna teaches Arjuna about the four [[yoga]]s, or paths of union with God, and says that all the yogas should be practiced. The four yogas are knowledge ([[jnana yoga]]), meditation ([[raja yoga]]), work ([[karma yoga]]) and love and devotion ([[bhakti yoga]]). By self-knowledge, by meditation on the God within, by working the works of God to balance [[karma]] and increase good karma and by giving loving devotion, we fulfill the four paths of the [[four lower bodies]]—the memory body, the mental body, the desire body and the physical body.</translate> | ||
[[File:India 40's Print KRISHNA SHOWING HIS UNIVERSAL FORM TO ARJUNA.jpg|thumb|<translate>Krishna showing his universal form to Arjuna, print from India from the 1940s</translate>]] | |||
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== Krishna and Christ == | == Krishna and Christ == | ||
In the Bhagavad | In the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna says to Krishna, “If, O Lord, You think me able to behold it,... reveal to me your immutable Self.”<ref>Swami Nikhilanda, trans., ''The Bhagavad Gita'' (New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1944), p. 254.</ref> When Krishna reveals his Divine Being to Arjuna, Arjuna beholds the whole universe inside of Krishna. Based on this passage many have concluded that Krishna is the supreme God and the supreme Lord. And of course he is. But just as Lord [[Jesus]] never declared himself to be the exclusive Son of God, so Lord Krishna never declared himself to be the exclusive supreme God or supreme Lord. | ||
I believe that Lord Krishna unveiled himself to Arjuna as the incarnation of Vishnu, the Second Person of the Eastern and Western Trinity. Krishna revealed his Godhood so that all of us, as Arjunas, as disciples, could see the goal of our Divinity before us. Truly the one who has attained union with God is become that God. There is no separation. | I believe that Lord Krishna unveiled himself to Arjuna as the incarnation of Vishnu, the Second Person of the Eastern and Western Trinity. Krishna revealed his Godhood so that all of us, as Arjunas, as disciples, could see the goal of our Divinity before us. Truly the one who has attained union with God is become that God. There is no separation. | ||
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{{MTR}}, s.v. “Krishna.” | {{MTR}}, s.v. “Krishna.” | ||
Lecture by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Krishna, the Divine Lover of Your Soul,” July 1, 1993. Available from [http://www.ascendedmasterlibrary.org www.AscendedMasterLibrary.org]. | |||
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