Why Krishna? Krishna means Shyam, the dark One and not exactly black.
It is said that Krishna was born on the dark night of Ashtami, hence he came
to be called Krishna.
‘Krishna’, apart from the well-known meaning ‘the dark One’, also has another meaning ‘the attractive One’. The Sanskrit root is ‘karsh’ which means ‘to pull’, ‘to attract’, which has come down to Hindi and other Indian languages in words like ‘akarshan’.
—————-From a religious discourse
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As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. He told him that once he was free of body consciousness he would be able to develop integral vision. Embodiments of Love, Mankind today has three types of vision. The first is body-oriented vision, which is totally superficial. When you have this kind of vision you see only the external appearance of others, such as the clothes and the ornaments they wear, their facial features, their body characteristics, their peculiarities of speech, etc. This type of vision is oriented only towards the phenomenal world. The second kind of vision is insightful vision.
———- Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Purification
The kingdom of my mind is begrimed with ignorance. By steady rains of diligence in self-discipline may I remove from my cities of spiritual carelessness the ancient debris of delusion.
—Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Whispers from Eternity” (a book of prayers)
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From: Vishal – a pure soul like You.
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