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What comes to our mind when we
think about God? Some people think about God as a presence
spiritual omnipresence. Another believe that God is placed
in the hearts of all the alive beings. There is still who
imagines that God is a transcendental person, the creator
and father of all. Who is right? According to the sacred deeds
of India, all of them, partly are right.
In agreement with Bhagavad-gita, the main deed
of the devotees of Krishna, the understanding of God includes
three important knowledge levels. God can be understood as
Brahman, an amorphous spiritual energy and onipenetrante;
as Paramatma, located Supersoul in all alive beings' hearts;
and, finally, like Bhagavan, the Supreme person. In Gita,
Bhagavan is defined as that possesses in fullness the following
six opulences: beauty, force, knowledge, fame, wealth and
renouncement.
That three levels of perception of God can be
understood in terms of as we noticed a train approaching the
rail station after the evening. The first sign of the train
would serialize its light, that would give us little of information
on the form of the train. This light can be compared to Brahman,
that is, the impersonal aspect of God. Soon afterwards when
entering in the station we can understand the form of the
train better, and also to have a glimpse of the machinist
inside of the cabin. This more detailed understanding of the
train can be compared to the understanding on Paramatma. When
we embarked in the train meet with the machinist, we can speak
to him and we will learn any thing that we want to know about
the train and their several functions. This knowledge can
be compared to the understanding on Bhagavan, the last phase
of understanding on God, in the which a direct and personal
relationship is had with God in his personal and original
form, known as Krishna, the "all-attractive."
The knowledge the about of Brahman, being impersonal,
it is the concept that God is a white light, or an energy,
or a force and penetrating conscience that prevails the Universe.
The impersonal understanding regarding God is similar to the
Buddhist nirvana and to the philosophies mayavada of India.
Many religious traditions of the West also accept this sorts
things out of seeing God as the last form of the absolute.
In India, the yogis still meditate in the form
of God as Paramatma. This is a method to notice, through yogic
discipline, the Supreme being's form located inside of the
person's heart. Because in this understanding phase on God
can see at least an aspect in the way of the Lord, Vedas classify
it her as superior to the understanding of impersonalists
of Brahman.
The understanding on Bhagavan refers the intimate
communion with God in hisr more personal form. In the last
stage of this understanding, the person in fact conversation
with God and he enjoys with him a lot of varieties of intimate
loving changes. In agreement with Vedas, Krishna is the original
form of God, from where limitless incarnations (including
Rama, Buddha and Jesus) they emanated and of which another
will appear several times in the course of the universal time.
Although God has countless names in different
languages, the name Krishna refers at the maximum level of
perception of God. Krishna, in the sanscrit language, designates
the entity that "attracts all and everything". "Krishna"
always refers to God in his more intimate, original and complete
form.
Most of the scriptures don't present a very clear
image of the Supreme Being.
In the absence of such information, a lot of people
imagine God as an old one, just as it was portrayed in the
famous paintings of Michelangelo in the Sixtin Chapel of Vatican.
The detailed knowledge of the personal aspects
of God, however, are Vedas, that supply thousands of descriptions
of Krishna. A Vedic literature says: "I adore Govinda
(Krishna), the primordial Lord, that is expert in playing
his flute, with the eyes that blossom as lotus petals, with
His head adorned with a peacock feather, His beautiful form
shining with the shade of bluish clouds and His beauty that
enchants millions of Cupids."
In his original form, Krishna lives eternally
in his own spiritual universe, known as Goloka. There Krishna
shows perpetualy as a beautiful youth surrounded of most wanted
associates. In that place while he plays and enjoys activities
of pure love with his more advanced devotees, the Supreme
Personality of God allows His beauty to surpass His majesty.
In His spiritual home, He exhibits his infinite opulences,
talent, beauty and love. It is there that Krishna is always
granting to his more confidential friends a complete dynamics
transcendental happiness that it is going well beyond our
material experience and imagination.
Vedas teach us that, in the present age the most
accessible and effective way of approaching ourselves to God
is chanting of The holy names in the form of the following
mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare
Hare, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. |