Thursday, 28 February 2013

What does Krishna look like?



Krishna is a person, an individual, with a transcendental body full of the most dazzling splendor. Even though Krishna is the oldest, the most ancient and primeval, He looks ever youthful. His eyes are like the petals of a blooming lotus flower. His head is decorated with a peacock feather. His complexion is bluish, like the hue of rain clouds. Around His neck swings a garland of flowers decorated by the moon-locket and He is adorned by many jewels. In His hands he holds a flute and He manifests a graceful, threefold bending form. In the material world, Cupid or Kamadeva is considered to be most attractive. But the beauty of Krishna surpasses that of a million Cupids. 

The body of Krishna is completely spiritual and qualitatively composed of truth, bliss and eternality. His body is not subject to decay. and each of His limbs posses the full functionality of all the other limbs.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Who is Krishna?


God is described as the "param ishwar" or the supreme controller. There are many controllers or isvaras in the universe, like Vayu who controls the air, Indra who controls the rain and Surya who controls the Sun. But all these controllers are in turn controlled by some one else and if go up the chain we finally reach the supreme controller, one who directly or indirectly controls every one, but has no controller.
 
This supreme controller is ultimate origin of everyone and everything. He has no other origin and He is the cause of all causes. Lord Brahma states that this supreme controller, is Krishna, also known as Govinda.