Arjuna

You just confirmed you were Christian. So who said you were so, you did.

Christians like some people who are not Christians, will be ignorant of the teachings of their own scriptures. Such a one I daresay is you holkapolka. To you Jesus is the King of Peace and so you keep in mind the 5th commandment which says: 'Thou shalt not kill'. Whilst they forget that Jesus is said to be a warrior King who will fight AND wage war for God. In the OT God commands his people to kill. Thus killing and fighting is sanctioned by God under certain conditions [Leveticus 24:17 - 'Anyone who takes the life of any human being shall be put to death.'] in your own scriptures! You may say, well the OT does not apply to us, as some people do. Jesus is reported to have made a whip to drive the people out of the temple [John 2:15-16]. Jesus use forced. You may call it pacifism if you like, but we can see that a whip is not a tool for passivism, nor is overturning people's tables. Jesus will also be that warrior of God I said he is described as. In Revelations Jeus will wage a war in righteousness [Revelations 19:11-15] having a cloak dipped in blood. Remember, war and fighting is acceptable under certain conditions in your scripture, which you apparently are unaware of. Will you prove your righteousness [in a hypothetical situation] where your wife or girlfriend is raped in front of you and you do nothing, but offer up your daughter to be raped too? The verse you cited was one about retailiation. Remember in Israel however, where one might have done something ignorantly and there were safe cities? Jesus is saying that likewise, you must forgive. Clearly, not only must you study the Bhagavad Gita, you need to study the Bible as well.

The ignorant will ask such things as you have. In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna teaches Arjuna about the transient body and the eternal self. People who do not see believe this means that people can go about killing anyone since their true selves are not the body. They will ask, as you have, - "then why not kill such and such if this is so". I would advice you to study the Bhagavad Gita and like Arjuna become the student to it's teachings.

Why were you banned from Krishna.com?

In this universe, according to the Gita, there is the concept of dharma, or duty/conduct. The dharma of all people is to render service to the Supreme, Krishna and advance from the cycle of rebirth through this. However, people become so immersed and obsorbed in the material world that they resort to thinking in a material manner and look for peace in material things which are transient. If you understand dharma you will have the answer to your question. The Gita verse below may apply to you.

I would say, why would I want to live eternally in this transient world? The atman, my true self, has always been and always will be. When this garment is shed I should like to merge with brahman [bg. 2:72].

Maadhav, Besides what you said, what do you have to say about those verses used to counter your negative criticisms about Gandhi and his lot? On a side note, you strike me as someone who would not mind walking in Godse' shoes for a day.

How to become a devotee of Krishna is explained in the Bhagavad Gita. Cutting your hair is definately not a necessity.

There is a difference?

I am.

It is the young who lead.