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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri
Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to
rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger
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Our Mission: To help everyone awaken
their original Krishna consciousness, which is
eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
Such a global awakening will, in one stroke,
solve all the problems of the world society
bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and
prosperity for all. May that day, which the
world so desperately needs, come very soon. We
request you to participate in this mission by
reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and
assisting us in spreading this science all over
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Dedicated with love to
ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His
Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and
to you, our dear readers. |
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Today's Thought: |
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Krishna Is Just As Real As You Are
Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin,
Texas USA |
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as you are real and this world is real, the source of
all existence is also real. And just as a gold mine must
possess gold in order to produce gold, the existence
mine from which everything is coming must have
personality in order to produce so many personalities.
That person who produces everything is supremely
powerful because all of the characteristics that are
found within existence must also necessarily be present
in Him. It is not possible that you can possess
something which the Supreme Person does not possess.
Therefore just as you have names, that Supreme Person
also has names. Just as someone who knows you can tell
me your name, someone who knows God can also tell me
what is His name. In this connection we have gotten
information from Lord Brahma that God's name is Krishna
or Govinda.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari |
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Answers According to the Vedic Version: |
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Question: Why is Krishna Really Blue? |
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I found a
article from last week which gave an impersonalistic
interpretation as to why Krishna is blue.
Here is the article:
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Hinduism, Gods like Lord Vishnu, Lord Krishna,
Lord Ram and Lord Shiva are shown as having blue
or dusky skin. The color of the skin is shown as
either blue or sometimes black. Hindu religion
is full of symbolisms and the blue color is also
a symbol. Most avatars of Hindu gods are also
shown in blue color.
Blue is the color of the infinite. All Hindu
gods are an attempt by the human mind to give
form to the formless Brahman (God). The color
blues symbolizes immeasurable and all pervading
reality – formless Brahman.
Swami Chinmayananda talking on the subject says
that whatever is immeasurable can appear to the
mortal eye only as blue; thus the cloudless
summer sky is blue to us because the endless
distance of space is interpreted by the physical
eye as blue in color.
The blue color thus teaches us that what appears
as Lord Vishnu, Krishna and Shiva is the all
pervading reality. Brahman (the Supreme Reality)
takes a particular form to satisfy the human
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So why is
Krishna blue? I would like to submit the correct, bona
fide answer
to the site where I found
article so that people can receive true, authentic
spiritual knowledge.
Thank you very much.
Billy
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Answer: To Wonderfully Attract Everyone |
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The article you have read
is not in accordance with the Vedic conclusion because
it states that God is formless and that it is only the
human mind which attempts to give form to the formless
God. This is totally incorrect. It is clearly stated in
the sruti-mantras, the Sri Isopanisad, that God has a
form:
pūṣann ekarṣe yama sūrya
prājāpatya
vyūha raśmīn samūha
tejo yat te rūpaṁ kalyāṇa-tamaṁ
tat te paśyāmi yo 'sāv asau puruṣaḥ so 'ham asmi
"O my Lord, O primeval
philosopher, maintainer of the universe, O regulating
principle, destination of the pure devotees, well-wisher
of the progenitors of mankind, please remove the
effulgence of Your transcendental rays so that I can see
Your form of bliss. You are the eternal Supreme
Personality of Godhead, like unto the sun, as am
I."--Sri Isopanisad Mantra 16
Krishna or God is real person. All of the Vedic wisdom
comes to the point of Krishna. He is vividly described
as a real person, with a real body, with real
activities. Because He is the Supreme Controller He can
manifest any color according to His own choosing. The
blue-black color He sports is not a symbol of
formlessness. To manifest
that amazingly splendorous blue-black form, which
attracts everyone, is another one of His wonderful
pleasure pastimes.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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