Why is Krishna the supreme personality of Godhead?
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They revere Krishna as the supreme Godhead just as many Vaishnavites revere Vishna as the supreme personality or those that follow Rama see Rama as the supreme personality and Saivites see Shiva as the supreme personality. Ganapatiyas see Ganesh as the supreme personality. \n\nWhy? Because Hinduism teaches that there is only ONE God, one supreme personality, one cosmic consciousness, one ultimate realtiy, one unmanifest reality (all terms used by various Hindu philosophical schools). The One can be called by any name. For ISKCON this is Krishna. For other Hindus it is Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Parvati, Kali, Durga, Ayyappa, Murugan, Rama, or any other name. Some use images, some don't use images. The images are merely a tool, much like the name. Hinduism teaches that no matter what name you call God by, God will always hear your prayers and answer.
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A very good question.  \n\nMuch debate has gone up about the POLYTHEISTIC nature of Hindu.  The religion is known to have so many gods it is debated that there is no god at all to Hindu (among western academics), though it is so obviously a religion.\n\nGodhead is the name for the form of god in Hindu.  Godhead is in all things, all objects, all shapes, and all places.  In Hindu, god is worshipped in many shapes, the shapes of the many gods, and yet it is a general, universal god they celebrate, even though it is multitudes of gods.\n\nI understood it best when I heard a (poor) translation of a Hindu prayer, I will try to recall here: \n\n"God forgive me for these sins I commit, \nFor I am human.  \n\nYou are in all things, \nAnd I worship you in these things, \nYou are in all forms \nAnd I worship you in this form, \nYou are in all places, \nAnd I worship you in this place.  \n\nGod, forgive me for these sins I commit, \nFor I am human."
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He would have a balanced personality - because for true spirituality you must know yourself spiritually and know how to be quiet and listen and ponder before creating, but if you ever have noticed the kinds of things He did in one day - you would see He is very people-oriented as well. It's up to us to strive to achieve that same kind of balance.
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The truth (Ultimate Reality) is one, Sages call it by different names - there is one God, (Supreme Reality) perceived differently.\n\nSupreme Reality - Brahman has two aspects, transcendent (impersonal) and immanent (personal).\n\nIn the impersonal aspect Brahman is without attributes (nirguna Brahman).\n\nIn personal aspect (saguna Brahman) the God is creator, preserver and controller of the universe.\n\nSaguna Brahman is worshipped in male and female form.\n\nHindu Deities represent various perceptions of a one God.\n\nHindus believe in monotheistic polytheism, rather than polytheism.
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Lord Krishna lived for 126 years. 6 Years more tahn the general Vimshotri dasha.
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Awesome question.  God and his pantheon.  Awesome!
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Hinduism worships Rama and Krishna as gods. Both were Human and had birth and death as well. The concept is very clear. We worship them for the great deeds they performed and set themselves apart as people more than Gods.Similarly Hanuman was the true trouble shooter or some one who came to the help of Ram in times of great distress when thinks looked very grim. Hanuman was totally devoted to Ram. Nothing was impossible for him due to his enormous prowess and sharp intellect. Hanuman is blessed with life till the end if time. He is worshipped for his great deeds immense devotion and most selfless being in the entire Ramayana.
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The ultimate aim is to gain the Supreme Knowledge and become one with the Supreme Being.\n\nSeveral spiritual paths have been prescribed to achieve this transformation. Love, nonviolence, good conduct and the law of dharma define the Hindu path. Hinduism explains that the soul reincarnates until all Karmas are resolved and God realization is attained.\n\nAt the Heart of Hinduism is the monotheistic principle of Brahman. The entire universe is basically a representation of the Supreme Soul, and He is present in each and every thing, human and animal, animate and non-animate.
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God! These are His characteristics but with Him Love is unfailing and is given to everyone. His wisdom exceeds all others and He has the ability to give it to others if he wishes. Truth, He is the only real Truth there is, He created all others
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An entity as abstract as "God" will have many aspects, all perceived differently by different people. Each aspect is like a facet of a jewel, when it catches the light it glints and sparkles in its own unique way, it would almost be possible to believe that the facet WAS the jewel, and not just a tiny part of it. But, as you move along the jewel another facet catches the light, and another aspect surfaces. Anyway, my point is "God" can be one, and it can be many.
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For me, Krishna. For others, dozens of other names.
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The man is the leader of a cult. To be more exact, the Hare Krishnas formed about the year 1400 as a reaction to the popular worship of Radha, one of Krishna's 16,000 wives. These fundamentalists couldn't tolerate this, so they dogmatically insist on the supremacy of Krishna. They are anti-sex, so they never even mention his marriage to Radha, much less his 15,999 other wives.\nI met him in 1969 in NYC when he came to the East Village to give a talk. He insisted that mankind would never make it to the moon. He was dull and pedantic, and still is. \nBy all means read the Bhagavad Gita, as it is one of the world's classics. But read the Rg Veda too, and at least some of the Puranas.
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May be some buddhists followed traditional Brahma statues.\n\nIt is Buddha and four faces just symbolise that he was extraordinary.\n\nThe reason why the Hindu deities are represented in this way is simple: it is to show that they are gods, that they differ from human beings and have more and greater powers that they. A symbol such as a multi-armed image, graphically portraying God's astounding versatility and superhuman might. The use of symbolism extends to every detail of the image of a deity.\n\nIt is obtuse to confuse Hinduism's images with idolatry, and their multiplicity with polytheism. They are runaways from which the sense-laden human spirit can rise for its "flight of the alone to the Alone." \n\nBehind the lush tangle of religious imagery, is a clear structure of thought. Hinduism, in its plethora of symbols and images, is endlessly complex and therefore endlessly misunderstood, but its true mission is both simple and universal: soul-enlightenment. Hinduism is goal-oriented, not way-oriented. In other words, its focus is the ultimate attainment, Self-realization, in God. Symbolism helps the seeker to concentrate his mind on the worship and meditation of god.\n\nGod's innumerable forms, and the acknowledgement of His Presence in everything, are an expression of the extraordinary vitality of India's collective imagination down through the ages.
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Arjun needed it. he was upset at the thought of having to fight his own relatives. along with his real form, krishna also showed arjun how the universe works. the point was to get this message across: the unicerse never stops, goes on working the way it always has, b'coz it's bound by duty. same way, he,arjun, cannot shirk his duty, cannot turn his back on the truth. he has to fight the kauravas b'coz they're on wrong.
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more importantly, what kind of supreme being creates people to Pray to him, to feed his ego. Praying isn't for God, it's for you, to teach you humility.
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The Indian god Krishna too bears a tremendous resemblance to Jesus  in the story of his mission and his divinity. He was the incarnation of the Indian's supreme god Vishnu (the preserver and protector of the world) in the womb of Devaki. The Hindoo prophet Bala predicted that a divine Savior would "become incarnate in the house of Yadu, and issue forth to mortal birth from the womb of Devaci (a Holy Virgin), and relieve the oppressed earth of its load of sin and sorrow." Upon Krishna's birth, a great chorus of angles proclaimed "In the delivery of this favored woman, nature shall have cause to exalt." His birth was indicated by a star in heaven. Although of royal blood, he was born in a cave. He was presented with gifts of sandalwood and perfumes. His foster father was told to flee and hide him lest king Kansa might take his life. King Kansa had ordered all male infants born on that night to be slain. One of his first miracles was the healing of a leper. He was later slain and this resulted in an eclipse of the sun and a black circle forming around the moon. Spirits were seen on all sides and he descended into hell, rose again, and ascended into heaven with many people being witnesses to his bodily accent. He will have a "second coming" in the future which his followers continue await. There are countless other similarities with what is known today as "Christianity" even though his religion was well establish centuries before the birth of Jesus . The accounts of Krishna's childhood agree quite closely with the apocryphal accounts of Jesus' childhood. In the ancient epic poems, Krishna is simply regarded as a great hero, it was not until about the 4th century BC that he was elevated to the position of a god.
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Lord SHIVA is the supreme