Friday 26 August 2016

All this is God; World-Lila

All this is God

वासुदेव: सर्वं इति


"Do you remember the story of Sri Krishna and the Gopis, how Narada found him differently occupied in each house to which he went, present to each Gopi in a different body, yet always the same Sri Krishna ? Apart from the devotional meaning of the story, which you know, it is a good image of his World-Lila. He is sarva, everyone, each Purusha with his apparently different Prakriti and action is he, and yet at the same time he is the Purushottama who is with Radha, the Para Prakriti, and can withdraw all these into himself when he wills and put them out again when he wills. From one point of view they are one with him, from another one yet different, from yet another always different because they always exist, latent in him or expressed at his pleasure." - Sri Aurobindo (Vol. 16, p.429)

Also refer Srimad Bhagvat Gita (7-19)

Thursday 25 August 2016

Historicity of Krishna

Historicity of Krishna


"There are four very great events in history , the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the exile of Krishna in Brindavan and the colloquy with Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra. The siege of Troy created Hellas, the exile in Brindavan created devotional religion, (for before there was only meditation and worship), Christ from his cross humanised Europe, the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity .Yet it is said that none of these four events ever happened." -Sri Aurobindo.


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