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Arjuna's Prayer

Arjuna's Prayer

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07-08-2009, 11:20 AM

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1:40

Gita Dharma

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Bhagavad Gita As It Is
text courtesy of
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
www.krishna.com

All excerpts are from Chapter 11

image: Ganga River just before entering Rishikesh

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Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced [[ˈkr̩ʂɳə] in classical Sanskrit) is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other traditions within Krishnaism consider Krishna to be svayam bhagavan, or the supreme being.
Krishna is often depicted as an infant, as a young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana, or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita.
The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions. They portray him in various roles: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero and the Supreme Being. The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's legends are the Mahābhārata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.
The various groups dedicated to different manifestations of Krishna such as Vasudeva, Bala Krishna and Gopala, existed as early as 4th century BCE. The Krishna-Bhakti Movement spread to southern India by the 9th century CE, while in northern India Krishnaism schools were well established by 11th century CE. From the 10th century CE, with the growing Bhakti movement, Krishna became a favourite subject of performing arts. The regional forms of Krishna such as Jaganatha of Orissa, Vithoba of Maharashtra and Shrinathji in Rajasthan were developed. Since 1966, the Krishna-bhakti movement spread in the West, with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Devotion to Krishna is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, Bahá'ís and beyond India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna

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