Hello everyone again,
Hare Krishna! I hope you are all doing well. I have been doing some studying the last few days because of the responses I got about my Krishna dreams... and I came across something that made me wonder. Did Krishna know he would have to get shot in the foot with an arrow because Rama was an archer and shot things therefore he knew he had to be shot in the next life for balance?
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Zola,
Hmm. Wether you believe it or not I did have dreams of Krishna. I am hoping what you mean by your post is that you think they are just dreams only? I think what he means by "The determination that cannot go beyond dreaming is in the mode of ignorance" does not apply to dreams themselves but not taking action after you have had dreams. A friend recently purchased me english copies of some the books you've listed because she knows I am curious and want to learn more. As for understanding Krishna... that I already learned just watching the little Krishna cartoons when he revealed just a peak to Brahamn just how complex things were outside of his universe. However, I don't think he minds if you try to understand him better as long as you don't priorietize it over what is more important.
This much I believe is true however ignorant I might be.
Hare Krishna Stephanie
Lord Rama Or Lord Krishna constitute the title of Supreme Personality of GodHead...their Lila's are beyond Human understanding and brain's power...its like you are trying to lift a Big building with a spoon(please don't mind my crude comparison)...the only way one can understand GOD is by Love, Service & Surrender...there is no other way...the Supreme Lord reveals himself only to Devotees out of His Causeless Mercy...Our Great Acharya & ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada Ji has stressed on Devotional service in Full Lord Krishna Consciousness to progress on Spiritual Path...
The 1st step is to think of Lord Krishna..which you have already started...thereafter naturally some queries can arise when we read the Wonderful Pastimes of Lord Rama Or Lord Krishna...its best if you can visit some ISKCON temple near you & meet the Revered Prabhuji's who may be able to help you a great extent in providing you specific answers to queries...
Till then Just Chant the Mahamantra & be Happy
"HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAM HARE RAM RAM RAM HARE HARE "
And YES Lord Krishna & Lord Rama are beyond the jurisdictions of this material world and being the Absolute Proprietor of everything that was , that is & that will be...
The GREATEST, INFALLIBLE & THE MOST POWERFUL....That's how I would most humbly describe my Lord, My Master, My Supreme Shelter, My Joy, My Strength, My unadulterated Love, My Goal, My Provider, My Supreme Father & Mother, My Everything... HARI BOL
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR QUEST OF KNOWING MORE & MORE ABOUT YOUR AND EVERYONE'S FATHER AND THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD (SRI SRI RADHIKA RAMAN JI)
Your Servant
Vinay
my humble obeisances dear Stephanie Mataji,
Lord Brahma engineer of this universe is a very nice Devotee of Krishna. So when he contracted this universe with the power given by Krishna he made particular rules and regulations also. He made heavy things fall down, water to be liquid, ...that every living entities will change their bodies, that they will be ruled by Yamaraja, and that they will get the reactions for their deeds in the form of a karma.......
So all these rules are there. But Krishna do not depend on them. He is above all these. But just to keep Lord Brahma's - His Devotee's authority He sometimes acts as like an ordinary man. But that does not mean He is an ordinary man. It is seen very nicely in Narasimha Lila.
Lord Narasimha could come in His Vasudev form and kill Hiranyakashipu with His chakra but no, He came in the form of Lord Narasimha Dev and at the end He told to Brahma not to give such like blessings.
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Whatever Krishna does He does that as a lila - game. He is All enjoyer. He has no duty to do.
Your servant,
Ahh! O.K. So, it was not a coincidence then. It is like the president of a company who is pretending to be an everyday employee so that he can teach and be a good example. Even though Brahma works for him and he's not bound to the rules he is going to play along with Brahmas rules to set a good example? Something like that?
I don't know if I worded this well. In other words was it a karmic eventuality that he knew was coming because he could remember his previous life as an archer who shot things.. that he had to be shot by an archer as Krishna?