Shiva Day Thirty
Krishna as Brahman
It is believed that
Krishna possesses all arts. After the slaying of Kamsa and the thread ceremony,
Krishna and Balrama went to the ashram of Guru Sandipani in the city of Avanti
(Ujjain). There within a span of 64 days, Krishna learned fourteen types of
sciences (vidyas) and sixty-four arts (kalas).
Lord Krishna holds
superficially an ordinary flute in most Hindu scriptural appearance.
Now it is up to the devotees
to interpret the meaning of flute with their own view. Even the flute of Lord
Krishna is full of all the Kalas and is a symbol of love. In his entire life,
Krishna only once raised a weapon, that too in the form of the wheel during the
battle of Mahabharata, to protect the vow of Pitamaha Bheeshma. Otherwise, only
the flute was everything for him. Like a magic
stick, the flute accompanied Krishna all through his appearance on earth
Srimad Bhagavata says, Krishna:
ü Is Brahman (the Absolute),
ü Paramatman (God),
ü Bhagavan (the Incarnation).
Bhagawan is described as one having bhaga or majesty. The bhaga
or majesty is described as six-fold and Krishna had them all –
1. omnipotence,
2. virtue,
3. glory,
4. beauty,
5. omniscience and
6. non-affectedness
The full manifestations of all these six excellences are called ‘bhaga’.
He who is distinguished by these excellences is the Bhagawan.
Hence Krishna is Bhagawan.
THE SIXTEEN KALAS of
Krishna
1) Anna Maya (with cereals)
2)
Pranamaya (with breath)
3) Mano Maya (with the mind)
4) Vigyanamaya (with knowledge)
5) Anandamaya (with
joy)
6) Atishayini, (With
Peace)
7) Viparinabhimi (With
Love)
8) Sankramini. (With
Creator)
9) Prabhvi. (Able to do the seemingly impossible tasks)
10) Kunthini,
11) Vikasini, (Great)
12) Maryadini, (Highly respected or with etiquette)
13) Sanhaladini, (Cheering, a source of happiness)
14) Ahladini, (Causing joy or delight)
15) Paripurna (Complete knowledge of all forms of awakening)
16)
Swarupavasthit: (swarup + awasthith = established
in his real self)
Ø The
first five Kalas are present in every human being.
Ø With
little effort, humans can perfect in three more Kalas – 6, 7 and 8
Ø Anybody
who has the ninth Kala (Prabhvi) besides the first five natural Kalas and the next
three perfected Kalas, becomes the god.
As per scriptures, the ninth Kalas Prabhvi means KARTUM AKARTUM, which
is able to do seemingly impossible tasks. Bhagawan Narasimha is an example of this
ninth Kala. Bhagawan Narasimha has an altogether different appearance. He had the body
of a human and the head of a lion. He appeared from a stone pillar that demon
Hiranyakashipu had broken with a blow of his mace. It is not possible for an
ordinary human being, only a God, having the ninth Kala Prabhvi, can do this.
Among all incarnations, only Bhagawan
Krishna is full of all the sixteen Kalas. Hence called Purna
Purusha or Purna Purushottam
Purna Purusha is known as” The Complete
Man” Every Man has some weaknesses and some strengths someone got courage but no
patience, some got intelligence but no art, some got art but no style, some got
style but no confidence so when we say “Complete Man” or “Purn Purusha” so it
means he is got Style, Intelligence, Courage, Confidence, etc. at the same time Krishna
was a complete avatar that could be witnessed from his activities – He was a
philosopher, politician, diplomat, warrior, artist, fighter, leader, reformer, yogi
and romantic at the same time. It is impossible for one person to possess all
these and that too in totality.
Hence Krishna Bhagawan is called the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The only incarnation that perfected the representation
of Brahman in mind, body, and soul.
A simple thought on the
theory of creation in Hinduism;
The five nature gods were instructed to assist in the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of life on earth.
The trinity of the supreme divinity of Hinduism in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified as a triad of deities, Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer.
Brahman is just an instructor and a decision-maker. At the
most fundamental level, management is a discipline that consists of a set of
five general functions: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling.
(Notice Hinduism perfected the art of
managing thousands of years ago.)
To appreciate the management of the manifested universe, the chart below was introduced to Hindu children for the understanding of creation, preservation, and destruction. The material elements were provided by the Pancha Mahabhuta and the work (action) was carried out by the 5 nature gods with the supervision of the trinity. The administrator is Brahman; the head of the existence of the universe. The Pancha Mahabhuta (according to Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation.) provided matter. All that matter is made up of the five great elements (Pancha mahabhuta). These elements are Ether (Space/Akasha), Wind (Air/Vayu), Fire (Agni), Water (Jal), and Earth (Prithvi).
Humans are social
creatures who interact and communicate with each other in a cooperative and
supportive way. The impact of religion and religious thinking on human
functioning and evolution is a captivating intellectual debate that shows no
sign of ending. Of course, one might argue that God creates everything outlined
in describing Brahman with the existing universe but then this leads us onto another, bigger
question: what is the evidence for
god?
Humans have created
the concept of God and have to satisfy the inquisitive nature of mankind. The
early Humans described God in their own image as a Humanoid and respected the
view that it has all bodily features of Humans or more.
The Human mind is complex
with all the senses, recording information to guide the mind and body to take
appropriate action in the gifted life. Logical thinking and critical thinking
also influences emotions which are essentially shortcuts built by the brain to
generate feelings on subjects, which then guide decisions and actions. This is
how the concept of God was introduced in the instinctual knowledge gatherers. The forms of the so-called God are conceived by
the mechanism of our senses. Thus form or formless are both qualities of God.
People are religious
because the theory of God is convincing and that it is real. People believe because they communicate with
it and perceive evidence of its involvement in the world. Religion always implies an interpretation of
the nature of reality: it involves an interpretation of the meaning of the
whole universe in terms of its value for life. Religions have convinced people
of the fears and rewards, for beliefs in the concept of God
Vedas and Upanishads were the first to introduce the concept of God as Brahman. The Human mind needs
information that is convincing and true in existence. The audiovisual sense of
knowledge gatherers has manipulated the Human mind into believing the concept of
God. Each civilization created its own concept of god and got washed away in
the floods of the evolving Human race. Thus the many Gods in India satisfy the
ever-changing knowledge which changed with time, leaving history as the
witness of the many notions and names of God. This is how religion was created
and the Hindus were given the freedom of choice to adopt any concept from the
past dating back 15 000 thousand years. Many other religions destroyed
their past records in the hope to enforce a strict code of conduct to suit
their needs to satisfy a social structure. This also allowed them to invade other
cultures with the aim to destroy the history and religions of the subjugated
civilizations.
In conclusion, it is my
meditative view that nearest to our millennium is Dwapara Yuga and Krishna was
the most perfect representation of god or Brahman in this age. The scripture that
describes Krishna and his teachings are the Bhagavad Gita.
Recommendation to all
confused Hindus of this millennium is to read the Gita meditating on its teachings
with the realization that anyone can be granted Moksha or Salvation having
understood Brahman in the form of Krishna. It also gives a hidden formula to
become a self-realized Yogi with the analysis of the contradictory knowledge
hidden in the conversation between Krishna and Parth.
The purpose of life as per Bhagavad-Gita is
to purify our Existence from all material contamination by practicing
Bhakti-yoga or Devotional Service and at the end of life go back home, back to
Godhead, i.e. Lord Krishna's abode.
The secret knowledge for a self-realized
yogi to recognize Brahman is simply narrated by Krishna in Chapter 18 Moksha
Sanyasa Yoga
B.G
18.50 Now try to understand
from me in brief, O Kaunteya, how one who has achieved perfection can attain
Brahman, the highest state of knowledge and transcendence.
B.G
18.51 With intelligence
purified, engaged in self-control with determination, giving up the sense
objects such as sound, etc., setting aside hatred and attachment.
B.G
18.52 Residing in solitary
places, eating lightly, restraining speech, the body and the mind, always
engaged in transcendental meditation and sheltered in detachment.
B.G
18.53 Freed from egoism, force,
arrogance, desire, anger, and greed for material things, without possessiveness,
peaceful - such a person is qualified for the realization of Brahman.
B.G 18.54 Attaining
Brahman, immersed in bliss, he neither thinks nor desires, equally disposed
towards all beings, he gains My Supreme Devotion (attention).
B.G 18.55 Through
devotion, he realizes Me, all that is to be known about Me in truth. Knowing Me
thus in truth, he enters into Me.
It does not look as simple as what it says
in the Bhagavad Gita and Jayaram V. sums it up very well in the following article
Emptying Your Mind and Becoming Zero
By Jayaram V
The factors which contribute to your
success in worldly life are your will or intention, knowledge, intelligence,
determination, competitive spirit, individuality, confidence, pride,
adaptability, and self-esteem. At the basis of all these are your desires and
attachment. Together they determine your success and shape your life and
destiny.
When you turn to spiritual life, the
same factors become a major impediment to your progress. If you have led mostly
worldly life and turned to spiritualism later, you will have to fight some of
the toughest battles in your mind and body to overcome your old habits and past
attachments. It is not going to be easy because you have to overcome many
hurdles to bring a complete transformation and reorientation of your thinking
and attitude.
To be successful in worldly life you
have to clutter your mind with a lot of knowledge and information. You have to
cultivate specific ways of thinking and acting and learn to manipulate people
and situations to your advantage. You may have to compromise truth and values
and indulge in deception to achieve your goals. Spiritually it is a huge
sacrifice, fraught with many dangers to your spiritual Well-being and the
prospects of falling down into sinful worlds.
The world respects you in proportion
to what you have or what power you can exercise in society. If you do not have
either, chances are you will be ignored. This has been the case with
civilization since the earliest times. It may not be an exaggeration to state
that we might never know the world's best and the greatest who lived in the
past. The world knows about only those who manage to catch public attention by
creating a positive frame of reference about themselves. Therefore, I do not
consider history a true measure of humanity's true greatness but its ignorance,
prejudice, and short-sightedness. Look at some of our world leaders today whom
we elect to offices and whom we often decorate with the highest awards. Some of
them do not deserve to be anywhere except in prisons.
All these changes when you enter
spiritual life……..
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