Krishna is Sanskrit for "the all-attractive Person." It is a name frequently used to refer to the Supreme Being in some of the Vedic writings of India, especially those dealing with the science of devotion to God like the Srimad Bhagavatam and the BhagavadGita.
They explain that Krishna is the original supreme person, the Absolute
Truth, the ultimate source of all energies and of all other incarnations
of God.
Krishna's appearance and activities on earth are the main subject of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, an extensive chronicle of many incarnations of God on Earth. The Bhagavatam's first nine cantos describe Krishna as the almighty origin of all things, how He creates and maintains the universe, and some of His many avatars (incarnations), while the Tenth Canto gives us a picture of His private life — as a beautiful, playful young cowherd boy in the rural setting of Vrindavan(in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India).
In the Bhagavad-gita, which Krishna spoke to His friend Arjuna on a battlefield, He explains theistic philosophy in a nutshell, i.e., that the self always exists and can never die, that we're meant to live in harmony with the supreme will, and that He (God) can most easily be known through the process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service to the Supreme Person.
The Vedas say Krishna is the original person, but that He always appears young and attractive. He knows everything, He contains all of reality, and all other living beings are His inseparable parts. He is the all-powerful, supreme controller of all energies. He is known by different names in different cultures (such as God, Allah, and Jehovah, for example)
Sometimes Krishna sends His representatives—as saints, prophets, or His sons—to teach humankind about Him, and sometimes He comes Himself, as He did approximately 3000 B.C. He spoke the spiritual and philosophical teachings known as the Bhagavad-gita, which explains the essence of our spiritual identity and our relationship with God.
Krishna's appearance and activities on earth are the main subject of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, an extensive chronicle of many incarnations of God on Earth. The Bhagavatam's first nine cantos describe Krishna as the almighty origin of all things, how He creates and maintains the universe, and some of His many avatars (incarnations), while the Tenth Canto gives us a picture of His private life — as a beautiful, playful young cowherd boy in the rural setting of Vrindavan(in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India).
In the Bhagavad-gita, which Krishna spoke to His friend Arjuna on a battlefield, He explains theistic philosophy in a nutshell, i.e., that the self always exists and can never die, that we're meant to live in harmony with the supreme will, and that He (God) can most easily be known through the process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service to the Supreme Person.
The Vedas say Krishna is the original person, but that He always appears young and attractive. He knows everything, He contains all of reality, and all other living beings are His inseparable parts. He is the all-powerful, supreme controller of all energies. He is known by different names in different cultures (such as God, Allah, and Jehovah, for example)
Sometimes Krishna sends His representatives—as saints, prophets, or His sons—to teach humankind about Him, and sometimes He comes Himself, as He did approximately 3000 B.C. He spoke the spiritual and philosophical teachings known as the Bhagavad-gita, which explains the essence of our spiritual identity and our relationship with God.
