Sree Krishna, the Lord of LovePremananda Bharati, Baba
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Sree Krishna, the Lord of Love
Premananda Bharati, Baba
Krishna (Hindu deity)
The Veda says that the Supreme Deity is both formless and with form at
the same time. Just as the sun in its orb is the concrete centre of its
abstract, infinite self in its manifestation of light and heat, so is
the Supreme Deity, of which the sun is but a physical reflection, the
Concrete Centre of His Abstract Infinite Self of His Effulgence, called
Love, which pervades the whole universe and all space, as the basic
principle of all Existence.
As the sun (the orb) taken together with its light and heat should be
called the sun, and not the mere orb should be called the sun; so
Krishna, the Supreme Deity, should be taken together with His Central
Form and His All-Pervading Effulgence— Love—to be called Krishna. It
will be as wrong to regard the orb only as the sun, that is, the orb
minus its effulgence and heat, to be the sun, as to regard this Form of
Krishna (the Centre of Himself) minus the effulgence—all-pervading
Love—to be Krishna. Thus Krishna, like His physical light-reflection,
the sun, is Infinite, even though He has a finite-looking Form-Centre.
The fear entertained by most people in the West, that the form carries
with it an idea of finiteness, is not true in regard to Krishna's Form.
Not only is Krishna Infinite in His effulgence, but the Image of his
Central Form dwells in every particle of that effulgence, called Love.
Besides, nothing in this universe is finite.
I shall, in succeeding pages, try to prove to you the fact that the
Supreme Being has a concrete-looking Form-Centre, for two reasons. One
is to support the proposition that no form can come out of anything
formless, and the other is that all forms in creation, from a blade of
grass to a divine man, are more or less imperfect manifestations of the
Central Form from which they have sprung. From the blade of grass
upward, the process of evolution discovers more and more outward
resemblance and inward affinity to the Form and attributes of the Author
of the universe. Hence it is true that man is made in the Image of his
Maker.
In the upward evolution of the man-form, the refinement of mental,
moral, intellectual and spiritual attributes contributes more and more
towards the man-form being made a more and more perfect image of his
Maker, both externally and internally.
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