Thursday, March 4, 2010

Devine Power, Krishna’s Totality, Devotion, Knowing Natures Qualities and The True Spirit Teachings

Krishna continues to talk more about of how powerful he is in comparison to every creature and everything that exists, and things wouldn’t exist without him. "Among horses, know me as the immortal stallion.” (94)"I stand sustaining the entire world with a fragment of my being." (96)
Then Arjuna asks Krishna to reveal himself and show him his real form. Krishna explains that he has thousands of forms, all with different colors and shapes. He also tells Arjuna that he can’t see him with his eyes, but needs eyes that will make him be able to see his discipline and majesty. At the end Krishna does show himself to Arjuna and sees how awesome and totally powerful he is, and tells him all that he sees and how he feels about what he is seeing. "I see no beginning or middle or end in you; only boundless strength in your endless arms, the moon and sun in your eyes, your mouth of consuming flames, your own brilliance scorching this universe. You alone fill the space between heaven and earth and all the directions; seeing this awesome, terrible form of yours, Great Soul, the three worlds tremble" (101) One of the most important things that Arjuna says, I think is the way he describes Krishna, and how little he might feel seen something so powerful. "Seeing the many moths and eyes of your great form, its many arms, thighs, feet, bellies and fangs, the world trembles and so do I. " (102) I think that Arjuna being able to see Krishna really help in the way he feels about him, and that way gets to know and understand much better his way of thinking and the way he sees things.
Krishna showed one of his many forms to Arjuna, and this time it was some kind of monster, because of the fangs and all the destruction it has caused. I think this created a kind of bond in their relationship, because no one had ever seen that form Krishna had and even though Arjuna was scared he was able to relax and understand how powerful the one he was dealing with really was.
Krishna also talks about devotion and how important it is to be dedicated to him, have faith and reach out to him, so that those who do become dear to him. Then he tells him more about knowledge and how beings came to be, Krishna tells him that he is the father, the one that gives the seeds so beings can be. “Arjuna, know that everything inanimate or alive with motion is born from the union of the field and the owner.” (116) He also tells Arjuna about negligence and how it sometimes comes by passions, dark inertia and when there is no action.
I think Krishna teaches Arjuna about death, and how those who don’t have knowledge suffer when it comes to them, and takes all their senses away, but he tells him that he can penetrate and sustain them with his strength, because he says: “I dwell deep in the heart of everyone; memory, knowledge, and reasoning come from me; I am the object to be known through all sacred lore; and I am its owner, the creator of its final truth.” (125)

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