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Is Krishna Real?
How certain is it that it is a real Krishna that is seen in a vision? [cf Yoga Sutras 3;36-37] Searching for evidence, you may find there are mentions of a Krishna in the instructive, old Upanishads. They are religio-philosophical works mainly. Three of them spend some lines on Krishna, and the rest do not mention him. The three mentions in Sixty Upanishads of the Veda [So] are:
Maybe you consider the long epic poem of Mahabharata about the marring war that Krishna is involved in, as proof. Consider Dr Poul Tuxen's [Wy] points then:
The Bhagavad Gita: [LINK] Literature Ay: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 1st ed. New York: Theosophical, 1946. Online. [oaks.nvg.org/pv6bk12.html] Clh: Dimmit, Cornelia and van Buitenen, J. A. B. trs: Classical Hindu Mythology. Temple University. Philadelphia, 1978. Mmw: Ganguli, K., tr. The Mahabharata, Vols 1-12. 4th ed. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1981. Online So: Deussen, Paul, tr. Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Vols 1-2. Varanasi: Banarsidass, 1980. Wy: Tuxen, Poul, tr. Bhagavadgita. Herrens Ord. København: Gyldendal, 1962. USER'S GUIDE to abbreviations, the site's bibliography, letter codes, dictionaries, site design and navigation, tips for searching the site and page referrals. [LINK] DISCLAIMER: [LINK] © 20022008, Tormod Kinnes. All rights reserved. [E-MAIL] | ||||||||||||||||||||||