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follow me from the hall to the the entire Vedantic philosophy.
streets to listen. If Krishna him- Krishna cannot be called merely
self were to come, imagine what an avatar. Avatar is God coming
your state will be!” down. Krishna never came
In the presence of the Infi- down. Not only did He live the
nite, you become one with Him! higher divine life, but also
It is not the charm of the Lord. brought the higher life to add
No, it is you yourself who is brilliance and joy to the every-
standing there. Who is there in day worldly life – political,
this world who doesn’t love social, economic and scientific.
himself, his own Self in that Even in the field of war, he
form that is standing there? The lifted Arjuna to higher levels. In
total identification is felt auto- a morally degraded age, He
matically. Whether it is Jesus stood out as a brilliant entity –
Christ or Mohammed, Mahavir inspiring, purifying, beautifying
or Buddha, or any mighty life around him. He was one of
master who is revelling in that the greatest expressions of the
experience of the Self, we can- divine that manifested among
not take our minds away from mankind.
Him, because we see in Him
what we want to be, because it Krishna: The Infinite
is our own Self that we see in Sometimes people ask, “Swa-
Him. miji, is Krishna historical?” Is
Krishna is one of the most God historical? History is the
enchanting personalities in chronological order of things
literature. The more you con- that happened in life. But all
template on His personality, the these are happening in Him.
more philosophical you become. Think! Therefore, He is beyond
You will find symbolized in it chronology; He is beyond

Constantly remember Him. The
more we live in Him through our
SRI R. KRISHNAMOORTHY
thoughts, the more we yield unto
Secunderabad Him to sing His song through us.
Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 18 November 2017