I had bought a book on VI chapter of Bhadvad Gita last
month. The book dealt in depth with meditation. What caught my attention the
most was Krishna- the man. I had always
thought him to be a flirter with girls, cheater for his and his friends' gain, time-passer
playing flute and an extraordinary manipulator. But what shook me was the
clarity and casualness with which he talks about absolute truth of life. I
badly needed to understand this man. Not his life story but his attitude, his thoughts
and way of life.
I got one such book- 700+ pages big. Though I am still to
read another 200 pages, it is bewitching to say the least. Krishna
engulfs you without you even knowing it. You slowly start losing to him. He is
the most complicated and contradictory person, I have ever known. At the same
time he is incredibly simple. He supports non-violence and violence in a single
sentence. He talks of love and non-attachment as one and the same. For the
first 200 pages, I went crazy. I did not understand anything. The philosophy of
Krishna is not to have a philosophy. The way
of life of Krishna is not have a way of life.
His attitude is not to have an attitude. He calls losing and gaining self as
same. He, in first line says that we should do all that to support non-violence
and in the second line he says killing is actually not killing and saving is
actually not saving. He calls empty is actually complete. He finds no other way
to live life other than celebrating it. There is nothing good or bad for him.
Everything is one and the same.
I was as confused as you are now, but after 500 pages I am
feeling all this is not that non-sense. Krishna
actually knows what life is. He lives fully and completely. We have always
known sadhus, sants and sanyasis with torn robes, unkempt hair, eating stale...
that's why a sanyasi like Krishna becomes indigestible.
9 comments:
In Bhagwad Geeta, Krishna tells only philosophy or also specifications for our day to day life routine????
He says about Dharm - Adharm or Hindu Dharm????
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I have already mentioned in the blog that Krishna's philosophy is not to have any philosophy. His definition of Dharm is being ourselves- and not pretending. And even if you want to pretend, then do it consciously. Krishna doesn't give any dos and donts... he just wants us to be natural. Accepting ourselves and everything else as they are- without judgement.
Then thr is nothin called right n wrong????
As u have read epics what do u think make us followers of Hindu dharm???
Any of them mention about it??
Dear reader, I would love to debate with you on the issue, but for that you will have to introduce yourself.
'Everything is One' is the crux of Krishna's and scriptures' general message. Acceptance is at its soul.
I didn't want to shock u again.. :)
I had curiosity to know about geeta.
Thanks for ur answers..
I answered all your questions... but why is that you dont want to answer my only question- who are you? I would feel elated to know that, please.
pallavi.
Hi Pallavi, thanks for following my blogs. All the best!
Good luck to u too.. :)
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