Backtracking to the Gita, I was initially confused about the "forms" of Sri Krishna. What was his true form? Was he a human, a vision, etc? While reading about him in the Gita, I wasn't sure how to picture him. When he talked to Arjuna, what did he look like?
In class, I learned that Sri Krishna is everything and nothing at the same time; he is an avatar, a shapeshifter and hologram; Arjuna's good friend in human form. He is not real because the world isn't real! And best of all, he is Blue! Take that, Eiffel 65!
Since the class has finished the Gita and we have moved on to learning about Jesus in Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, I wondered if there could possibly be a connection between Sri Krishna and Jesus. Do you think that if both Sri Krishna and Jesus actually existed, would they have ever met? What a clash of religions!
While researching my thoughts, I found this very interesting article:
Is Jesus Christ derived from Lord Krishna?
http://www.hinduisminfo.com/2011/02/christ-krishna-christianity-hinduism.html
Whoah! What a mind boggle! Do you think this could be true? This article genuinely interests me and is opening my mind up to something that I had never thought about before. Before taking this class, I didn't even know what Hinduism was! And now it could possibly be related to the religion that I have grown up on for the past nineteen years? Cool!
Well, from what I know, the Gita is older than the Bible. And in some way the texts seem alike, very alike. But I would not be sure if they are all related in some way. But sometimes I really feel that texts take ideas and borrow from each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point about how religions will "borrow" ideas from each other. I also feel people read into religions too much and purposely look for ways too see how they can be connected, even though they are probably not.
DeleteI think the most interesting part would be to see how Jesus and Krishna would get along. Nowadays people from different religions often have large disagreements. My guess is that they would be able to look past the stories of each religion to see the true values and realize they are very similar.
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