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The Message Papers
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The Prophetic Life
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Krishna
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The Message Papers
The Prophetic Life
Krishna
And when we come to Krishna, in spite of all the love and lyric that is connected with his life, in spite of all the beauty and joy and color that his life gives, making a beautiful picture of his youth, he had to face a tremendous problem. And that was to defend the five brothers, the Pandavas, who were exiled from their kingdom. One might ask what had a mystic, a prophet, a teacher, to do with this problem? But this problem was a means, a means to bring out the message that was meant for Krishna to give. And this message was an all-sided philosophy. It is not the philosophy of one particular pitch, but it is a philosophy which contains all the notes of the music of life. If one reads that little book, the Bhagavad Gita, one finds that it is a phenomenon, that everything is dealt with: pride and honor and bravery and courage and fight and harmony and peace and love and surrender. Imagine!
It shows how everything in life has its meaning and its place, if you can only know how to use it for its best advantage. Krishna has shown that war has its meaning and peace has its meaning and power has its meaning and resignation has its meaning. It is not wise to consider a few things of life of no use and the things which one considers of great importance as the only useful things. One must see life as a whole, and that everything that is in life has its meaning. And if one can utilize everything of life towards its own purpose, then the purpose of life is fulfilled.
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