Monday, April 2, 2012

Rama Vs Krishna !!

Jai Gurudev !!

What's the difference between Rama and Krishna ?

One can say , both are just different forms of the same God . But , if we dwelve deep into their lives and their mission thereon , more truths would start revealing in front of us !!



Rama taught the disciplines of Life !!
Krishna marks Total and unconditional Love !!
 
 Rama's life says , " How God performs His duties ? " by taking a human form !!
Whereas Krishna , being in the form of  Lord , soaked other people in Love and made them to perform their duties !!

In other words, Rama indicates, " As God , what I do ?"
Krishna says, " You, as humans do the same as what I do ? "

Infact Mahabharatha came next to Ramayana , ie, Krishnavataar came next to Ramavatar . Why ?
Because, till Ramavatar , God was the sole doer of heroic acts!! This brought all the people to His Feet !!
Whereas in Krishnavatar , Krishna made Arjuna to perform the Heroic act . He was behind Arjuna !!
Indirectly Krishna's motive was to show that "Man can perform the Heroic acts equally to Him , provided the man is equipped with the Courage to perform along  with the unconditional Love !!


How he gets the courage ?
By doing "Nama Japa!!" that is "Repeated chanting of Lord's names !!" . Infact this is a  meditation. This was shown in Ramavataar , by Hanuman !!

Unconditional Love can be practised by the man , if  he leaves the "Mamakara" or the "Mine " feeling  minus the Ego attached to it !!
This was shown in Krishnavatar , by Arjuna .

 Arjuna was couragoeus and also practised unconditional Love without any Ego feeling , whereas Duryodana has the Ego feeling leading to his downfall !!


Rama showed what role does Faith plays in our life , by instilling Devotion and Faith in Hanuman !! Hanuman was always chanting the Ram Naam and believed, "Ram Naam" is more powerful than Rama Himself for Ram Nama fetches Ram automatically.

Krishna marked the significance of Guru in one's life !! With Guru's blessings and guidance , one can reach the ultimate goal of life !!

But , why then Mahabharatha came later than Ramayana ?
Because, With the courage and Faith in God ( as in Ramavataar ) , the man moves on to the next level of existence ,  that is, with  Guru's Guidance or Blessings ,   he gets  unconditional Love devoid of  Ego   ( as seen in Krishnavataar ), which leads to  "Faith in Oneself "  !!

Following Krishnavatar, comes Kaliyuga, which calls the need for the above characteristics .This is mandatory for a man to remain unshaken , in the midst of n number of turbulences he has to encounter in Kaliyuga, which is inevitable !!

Love & smiles...

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