Do you believe Krishna is the incarnation of God?
Is Krsna and Krishnan the same? Anyway, did he (Krishna) believe he was a God?
(Please don't answer this if you are going to try and demonize Hinduism, i am interested in sincere answers from people that have knowledge about Hinduism)
2006-09-09 03:24:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks for the disclaimer. It seems like it's only a safe environment for discussing christianity around here.
Yes both spellings are the same Krishna. Well i read the gita and mahabharata. In the Gita, Krishna says he is the incarnation of God. In the Mahabharata, a hindu epic, Krishna has a role in the events that lead up to a war, in my opinion, displaying how God's hand influences both good and evil.
These books in hinduism are not interpreted quite literally. When he says "I" am God, it does not mean he is the only accepted God in the Hindu religion. hinduism embraces all religions and believes in One Truth or Supreme. devotion to krishna is one path to that realization.
2006-09-09 03:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by t c 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism teaches looking at God in many different ways. Krishna or Krsna is considered an incarnation of God himself. An incarnation takes place to meet a specific situation in the world. According to the Hindu scriptures, God took the form of Krishna in Dwapara Yuga, a time period when the human morals started to deteriorate, and the Great Mahabharata war was fought towards the end of this Yuga. It symbolizes the clash between the good and the evil, and at the end the good prevailed. Krishna stood with the good cause. Though Krishna was aware that he was demi god, he was aware that he too was mortal in that incarnation. At the end he too died according to the mythology, to an arrow of a hunter who mistakenly killed him.
Though I did not cover the entire aspect of Krishna, I strongly recommend that you read "Mahabharata" written by Mr. C. Rajagopalachari published by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan.
2006-09-09 03:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question you have asked is dont want to be answerd by the peoples having good knowledge about Hindus. The answer for ur question is
Krishna was not GOD but he showed to the world that he was GOD. How it is possible? simple.... If u belive that u r a human being then only u can behave has a human being. If a dog belive that it is a animal it is showing the character of a animal with those characters. If from the birth u r also belive that u r a GOD u can also show that u r a GOD.
Nobody can be a GOD because GOD is not a life.
Everything is nothing
Nothing gives everything....
2006-09-09 03:37:03 · answer #3 · answered by indian bad ass 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Krishna was incarnation of GOD as per the existing time and that is Dwapar Yug... the prevailing time period and hence the difference between Rama and Krishna. Both were incarnation of GOD but both lived differently and acted differently.
Both are the same. Krishna knew he was incarnation. Read Mahabharata or Gita and look for Krishna's lecture to Arjun before Mahabharata actualy started.
2006-09-09 03:34:22 · answer #4 · answered by webmaster@complete-webs.com 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From my understanding, Krishna (krsna) is a manifestation of the God Vishnu. The 8th avatar I believe. I would assume Krishna would believe he was God. He is depicted as a dark blue colored cow herder. I am friends with a large group of Krishna devotees and they are merely American Hindus. They are fun and very sweet. Hare Krishna!
2006-09-09 03:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i do believe that Lord Krishna is the supreme reality and incarnation of Brahman.
Krishna has many names. These are 108 names of Krishna.
http://astrology.aryabhatt.com/108_Names_Krishna.asp
Krishnan may be equal to Krishna as per its usage in sentences (sanskrit grammer).
Yes Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita that he is the Supreme reality, The Father of humanity. He is the one formless Brahman and he is the Krishna with form.
In Bhagvad Gita he says He is:
1) Formless Brahman - The impersonal universal energy
2. Paramatma - The Supreme Soul sitting in the heart of every living entity.
3. Bhagavan - God as a personality, with a transcendental form.
2006-09-09 03:36:52 · answer #6 · answered by Kwel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Therefore, as an ancient land in which had thrived a civilization and a culture, India, too, must have had been the destination of the messengers. Further, some among those messengers must have been the recipients of scriptures also. It is not for the Muslim to take any of these messengers or their scriptures lightly or with indifference. For the Qur'an has sternly warned against showing partiality with respect to the messengers (4:150). The Qur'an therefore reveres the messengers who had come to India, as also the scriptures which were revealed to them.
But can it be said that any of the existing books on the Shruthi (the vedic compilations, Brahmanas, Aaranyas, Upanishads) has been revealed to the messengers by the Lord Creator? It is believed that these have been referred to as Shruthi because they had been heard of from God Himself.
The concept of Shruthi makes it clear that it was also the belief of the Hindus that mankind does, indeed, receive messengers from God. Even though all the above mentioned books are all Shruthis in themselves, the question as to which amongst them forms the more authoritative text is one over which there is much difference of opinion. While Dayanand Saraswathi, the founder of the Aarya Samaaj, accorded the status of authority only to the four compilation of the Vedas, others like Swami Vivekananda gave prime importance to the Upanishad.
There were also scholars of Hinduism who opined that even the most authentic of the Books of Shruthi can be prone to error. The stand of Dr. Radhakrishnan that "the Vedas are neither infallible nor all-encompassing" (Indian Religions, Page 22) and of Swami Vivekananda that "To the extent that they are supported by sound reasoning all portions of the Vedas are acceptable to me. However, some portions of the Vedas are, at first sight, self contradictory" (Vivekananda Sahitya Sarwaswam vol. 4, Issue 55) will serve in breaking the spear-head of the claim that the Vedas comprise, in their totality, the Divine message.
Generally speaking, the Shruthi form the books which present the actual and existing beliefs and practices that once prevailed in India. However, the dim light of the message of the prophets who were sent to India will may be seen in them. But the claim that these are completely Divine is, however, without foundation.
2006-09-09 03:28:20 · answer #7 · answered by ustahd m 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hinduism is VAST. Not only Krishna was an avatar of God, but we have many avatars, avatars of Lord Shiva,avatars and Lord Vishnu. In each avatar, the ppl during that age were thought of morals, love and affection. Eventhough its like a happy ending story movie always, the Holy books like Bagavadgita,explains moral. Also note in Hinduism we have basically Lord Shiva ( God of Destruction ), Lord Vishnu ( God for Preservation ) and Lord Bramha ( God for birth. ) Krishna is a avatar of Lord Vishnu.,
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Too much to explain. Iam a Hindu and worship Lord Shiva ( God of Destruction ).
you have lot of web reference and books, if your are more interested let me know thro email.I will send details. ( i never support conveting from one relegion to another, its just for information if you need contact me ).
2006-09-09 03:41:58 · answer #8 · answered by senthil r 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋