Posted by Akshay P on October 13, 2015 at 11:11pm in Krishna
hare krishnaOne of my arya samaji friend asked me - why vedas(rig sam yaju atharva) do not directly mention about krishna as supreme personality of godhead?
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Please don't bother about these things. If one can understand that why upanishads, itihas, puranas were written and most specifically why Srimad Bhagavatam was written then there would be no problem.
With all due respect to Arya samaj, they don't accept lord's personal form or puranas and consider Krishna as yogi to support their impersonal theory. It may be good for their motivation but not for a devotee. Kindly ignore such talks and if the association tends to deviate you then kindly stop such association. But never look down upon them as Arya Samaj has also contributed for the benefit of our society at one time. But they are impersonalists to the core. Though we can find references to Krishna in various upanishads.
Even many devotees of Lord Vishnu consider Krishna to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Though in broader sense we should not distinguish between them. It is good for their motivation but not for a Krishna devotee.
As for your motivation kindly read the below book. It is very nice one and collection of references not found easily .Radha Krishna are sweetness personified. Who cares if He is mentioned in veda or not ? Just get engrossed in their sweetness and forget the material world , a thing which cannot be relished by impersonalists whose bliss is limited.
Despite Lord Krishna is unborn, He appeared about 5000 years ago, Vedas appeared long before Yasodas son. (you can tell that to your friend)
In four Vedas are represented impersonal aspect of Krishna, Brahman or sometimes called Parambrahman and His personal aspect, Lord Vishnu. (for information, lord Vishnu is mentioned 93 times in Rig Veda.)
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Dear Akshay prabhu Hare Krishna.
Please don't bother about these things. If one can understand that why upanishads, itihas, puranas were written and most specifically why Srimad Bhagavatam was written then there would be no problem.
With all due respect to Arya samaj, they don't accept lord's personal form or puranas and consider Krishna as yogi to support their impersonal theory. It may be good for their motivation but not for a devotee. Kindly ignore such talks and if the association tends to deviate you then kindly stop such association. But never look down upon them as Arya Samaj has also contributed for the benefit of our society at one time. But they are impersonalists to the core. Though we can find references to Krishna in various upanishads.
Even many devotees of Lord Vishnu consider Krishna to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Though in broader sense we should not distinguish between them. It is good for their motivation but not for a Krishna devotee.
As for your motivation kindly read the below book. It is very nice one and collection of references not found easily .Radha Krishna are sweetness personified. Who cares if He is mentioned in veda or not ? Just get engrossed in their sweetness and forget the material world , a thing which cannot be relished by impersonalists whose bliss is limited.
http://kunjeshwari.com/sweettexts/English/srikrishnaisgodhimself.pdf
Despite Lord Krishna is unborn, He appeared about 5000 years ago, Vedas appeared long before Yasodas son. (you can tell that to your friend)
In four Vedas are represented impersonal aspect of Krishna, Brahman or sometimes called Parambrahman and His personal aspect, Lord Vishnu. (for information, lord Vishnu is mentioned 93 times in Rig Veda.)