12-17-2005, 05:55 PM
Also recall the nuisance many story writers have created based on artificial stories of Sri Krishna. So much so that Sri Krishna of many of such salacious "stories" and Sri Krishna of Gita seem to be light years apart.
I know many Indians who take Sri Krishna lightly due to such stories. Their views have been corrupted by them and they haven't graduated enough towards spirituality to appreciate Gita and its deliverer. And there they stay in darkness about the true natue of Sri Krishna.
It is Gita that is revered as the word of Sri Krishna, and is held as a revealed text. All the stories put together don't come to that level.
If all the stories were to be dumped into the Indian ocean that won't be as great a loss as losing one shloka of Gita. Gita's every shloka has guided sadhakas and yogis through many thousands of years. Sri Krishna as the personal guru, jagadguru, the friend, the father, the beloved, the Atman, one's own deepest self and the Self of the universe, the Narayana, has guided people through many tribulations across time and space through his words in Gita. That is the Sri Krishna the yogis talk of and adore, based on their own experiences.
That is one reason I get upset with writers like Jayadeva and Vidyapati. Fine as their poetry is, and given that they were writing in their contemporary contexts where such things were considered alright, the contrast as compared to Gita and subsequent doubts that they create in readers' minds causes much damage.
For me Sri Krishna is one who in Gita unambiguously calls kAma (desire) one of the greatest enemies, and if a story writer and poet has other ideas, well, then I have a problem with that poet or writer.
I know many Indians who take Sri Krishna lightly due to such stories. Their views have been corrupted by them and they haven't graduated enough towards spirituality to appreciate Gita and its deliverer. And there they stay in darkness about the true natue of Sri Krishna.
It is Gita that is revered as the word of Sri Krishna, and is held as a revealed text. All the stories put together don't come to that level.
If all the stories were to be dumped into the Indian ocean that won't be as great a loss as losing one shloka of Gita. Gita's every shloka has guided sadhakas and yogis through many thousands of years. Sri Krishna as the personal guru, jagadguru, the friend, the father, the beloved, the Atman, one's own deepest self and the Self of the universe, the Narayana, has guided people through many tribulations across time and space through his words in Gita. That is the Sri Krishna the yogis talk of and adore, based on their own experiences.
That is one reason I get upset with writers like Jayadeva and Vidyapati. Fine as their poetry is, and given that they were writing in their contemporary contexts where such things were considered alright, the contrast as compared to Gita and subsequent doubts that they create in readers' minds causes much damage.
For me Sri Krishna is one who in Gita unambiguously calls kAma (desire) one of the greatest enemies, and if a story writer and poet has other ideas, well, then I have a problem with that poet or writer.