Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Is there anybody out there?

The timeless question is whether there is such a person, a supreme personality, one that cannot be comprehended by us? There is no definite answer to this question, and this question may not even be a practical one. It is proposed by followers of the Krishna Consciousness movement that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that we can never be one with him, but only worship him, due to their translation/interpretation of the verse as

" Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme"

But there is also the translation that says"In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium. "

That means that there is an aspect of Krishna that is changeless and supreme, and also that Krishna incarnates again and again.

So what if Krishna is incarnated in the world today? Will the worshippers of Krishna be able to recognize him? Will they continue to chant their mantra and worship their idols while Krishna appears before them? When he reestablishes the lost principles of religion, will they accept them, or reject them in their blind devotion to the past form of Krishna?

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