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Date Posted: 11:52:38 10/19/03 Sun
Author: ketch - 21 Jul 2003
Subject: Re: Lord Krishna
In reply to: Rajneesh - 20 Jul 2003 's message, "Lord Krishna" on 11:52:00 10/19/03 Sun

P. Yogananda seems to have taken the former view (that all Avatars including Krishna were once ordinary mortals). See for example "God Talks With Arjuna" page 439:

"THE QUESTION IS: Can God Himself ever incarnate as a human being? To say the God can not do a certain thing is to limit Him. But there are so many things that God can do, yet does not do - at least not as human beings expect of Him. God has never been known to have taken a human form called "God" and dwelt in it among men........ The Lord has condescended many times however, to manifest Himself through the incarnation of a fully liberated being who once an ordinary human being, has become a true reflection or 'son of God.'"

Again on page 443:

"Why does God prefer to manifest Himself through partially liberated and fully liberated beings who He sends to reincarnate on earth..... to quicken the evolution of virtuous people and to dissolve the wickedness of vicious beings? Because such advanced souls were once ordinary human beings subject to all the temptations and delusions of Cosmic Nature. Such divine agents have sympathy, humor, and understanding; they can tell their fellow beings: 'Behold, we were once bound by the flesh, just as you are now! By dint of self-control, discrimination, meditation, and spiritual labor, we have reaped the plenteous harvest of omnipresent Spirit. If we have done that, you too can overcome the weak, difficult flesh by a continuous expansion of consciousness and strengthening of the Spirit that is also within you!'"


In the Gita Krishna appears to speak of Himself as the Godhead, because that is a dialog between the individual soul (Arjuna) and the infinite Spirit (Krishna).

Perhaps the real issue is what we believe Krishna to be. When we speak of Krishna do we speak about a man who lived in Brindaban, or about the uncreated, unmanifested Spirit?

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  • Re: Lord Krishna -- Niraji - 21 Jul 2003, 11:53:23 10/19/03 Sun
  • Re: Lord Krishna -- Rajneesh - 21 Jul 2003, 11:54:03 10/19/03 Sun
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