Lord Krishna's teachings are not meant only for one who calls himself a Hindu or Christian or Muslim etc... His teachings are for everyone. Lord Krishna doesn't say anywhere that He is giving instructions for any particular sect. It is meant for everyone.
While speaking about Atma(soul) in the second chapter of Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna does not say that the Atma is a Hindu or Christian etc...
It is not one sided it is all inclusive for different people with different natures. For instance, Krishna in the Bhagavad gita gives different processes,viz., Karma Yoga, Sankhya Yoga Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga and ultimately Bhakti Yoga. Even in the 12th chapter entitled Bhakti Yoga, Krishna gives various options if one cannot adopt Bhakti Yoga, one can follow the regulative principles of Bhakti Yoga. If not even that then work for the Param Brahma. If one cannot even do that in the verse 12 Krishna says some more options,"If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind."
Also after giving the final instructions to Arjuna that he should surrender unto the Supersoul dwelling withing the hearts of all Krishna says without forcing Arjuna but gives him freedom of choice by telling, "Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do".
See below the Introduction to Bhagavad-gita-As-It-Is,
by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON(International Society for Krishna Consciousness).
Yet man professes to belong to a particular type of faith with reference to particular time and circumstance and thus claims to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect. Such designations are non-sanatana-dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Muslim, or a Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu, or a Christian may change his faith and so on. But in all circumstances the change of religious faith does not effect the eternal occupation of rendering service to others. The Hindu, Muslim or Christian in all circumstances is servant of someone. Thus, to profess a particular type of sect is not to profess one’s sanatana-dharma. The rendering of service is sanatana-dharma.
Factually we are related to the Supreme Lord in service. The Supreme Lord is the supreme enjoyer, and we living entities are His servitors. We are created for His enjoyment, and if we participate in that eternal enjoyment with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we become happy. We cannot become happy otherwise. It is not possible to be happy independently, just as no one part of the body can be happy without cooperating with the stomach. It is not possible for the living entity to be happy without rendering transcendental loving service unto the Supreme Lord.
2007-02-28 00:16:19
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answered by Gaura 7
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Krishna is merely a religion created in the 60's by the students of Timothy Leary who were experimenting with LSD.
2007-02-28 08:05:40
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answered by Tribble Macher 6
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