Krishna: A Bit More Personal

What I noticed about these 4 Teachings was that we got a better understanding of who Krishna is. In all the teachings she referred to herself at some point and that was a bit more clarifying who this god was. I keep relating Krishna to God because of how he says he is everywhere and that if we want we can reach to her through being good. Though being good in this story is only thinking about Krishna and not caring about anyone else to the extent of not carrying about your friends and loved ones. Its like she is telling Arjuna that it is either her or the highway.

pg 28

I am a bit confused about Krishna being desire and all. Is he a good desire? The desire that impulses men to complete their sacred duty to be with him,or is he the desire that pushes them away? Maybe he is the desire to be strong for him in battle and other times he also impulses the bad desire. Still why would she do that if what he wants is for them to be with him?

pg 29

It is later explained that Krishna creates all these creatures and decides who goes where. This quote was kind of impacting because Krishna says you have to get close, inside, this god, and yet you don't truly know him. Maybe once you reach that place of knowledge you do understand Krishna and get to know him.Or maybe Krishna is destined to always be unknown and just be a voice in the back of our head who tells us to kill no matter what.

pg 32

This is the only moment that I felt man had destiny in his own hands. He could choose either to follow Krishna or not to. Like all things in life, you choose the path that gratifies you the most. Here it is the path that saves you from rebirth. So Krishna created rebirth to punish those who don't reach him in their current embodied self. The last part of the quote is the best because I also agree that you need a clear head to understand what path you are going to take and that all depends on how well prepared you are.

pg 35

Here we see that Krishna is impartial to men. I find this pretty interesting because I thought that to get in a gods good side you had to do many things. In a way Krishna says that the only way you are going to know him is by following his ways and not by sucking up to him. I found it a bit disturbing that even a criminal could reach high powers. Wouldn't that mean the criminal could be more powerful yet worse of a criminal? In my religion if your a devoted good person you get the gratification but if you are devoted and a bad person it doesn't matter your still bad. The meaning of virtue is: Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.Wouldn't a criminal be the opposite?

These teachings were the most insightful into who Krishna is and what Hinduism is all about. It even explains how everything you do can be positive or negative towards Krishna.I found this song on YouTube about Krishna which made me think that maybe in modern times Krishna can be praised through song. In the song the man is begging Krishna to forgive them for being bad.