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Do not consider that Krsna belongs to the Hindu community or Krsna belong to the India or any way, ksatriya, no. He does not belong to any material designation. He is above

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"Do not consider that Kṛṣṇa belongs to the Hindu community or Kṛṣṇa belongs to the India or any way, kṣatriya. No. He does not belong to any material designation. He is above"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

So you should not take Kṛṣṇa that because He appeared in India therefore He is Indian or Indian God. That is a mistake. Kṛṣṇa is for everyone. Do not consider that Kṛṣṇa belongs to the Hindu community or Kṛṣṇa belongs to the India or any way, kṣatriya. No. He does not belong to any material designation. He is above.

Kṛṣṇa has many incarnations. Sometimes He appears in the species of fish. Keśava dhṛta-mīna-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare (Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotra 1).

That does not mean that He belongs to the fish community. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva, Vasudeva belonged to the kṣatriyas. That does not mean that He belonged to the kṣatriya community.

Then again He was transferred to Vṛndāvana to become the foster son of Nanda Mahārāja. And Nanda Mahārāja was a vaiśya, mercantile community man. So that does not mean that Kṛṣṇa belonged to the vaiśya community. He does not belong to any community.

So you should not take Kṛṣṇa that because He appeared in India therefore He is Indian or Indian God. That is a mistake. Kṛṣṇa is for everyone. Do not consider that Kṛṣṇa belongs to the Hindu community or Kṛṣṇa belongs to the India or any way, kṣatriya. No. He does not belong to any material designation. He is above.

And you'll find in the Bhagavad-gītā, Fourteenth Chapter, He claims, sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayaḥ (BG 14.4).

There are 8,400,000's of forms of living entities, including human being. And Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā, "I am their seed-giving father." So He claims to be father not only of the human society but of the animal society, beast society, bird society, insect society, aquatic society, plant society, tree society—all living entities. God cannot belong to any particular community or class. That is misconception. God must belong to everyone.

So when we speak of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, do not take it as a sectarian view. Try to understand the philosophy. He belongs to every living entity. He is the supreme living entity. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13).

That is the Vedic version. He is the leader of all living entities. By our different result of our work we have assumed different dresses, but as living entity we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Try to understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness in that way.

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Page Title:Do not consider that Krsna belongs to the Hindu community or Krsna belong to the India or any way, ksatriya, no. He does not belong to any material designation. He is above
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-12-10, 13:04:16
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1