Krishna : 'Zorba the Buddha'

[niranjan]

Krishna,if you view his life in general, is a far cry from the other prophets like Buddha, Mahavira, Muhammad ,Jesus, Moses who lived an austere life of self-denial.

The charecterestic of Krishna's life is his many-sidedness. He was great as a musician, as a scholar,as a yogi, as a dancer, as a poet, as a soldier, as an administrator, as a philosopher and spiritual master, and as a gentleman.

Krishna , through out his life was known for his cheerfulness and his funloving nature and mischief . He stole the butter and ghee of the gopis, teased them and flirted with them, stole their clothes while they were bathing, sang songs in the moonlight(which he loved) and danced with them. He was also known for his sense of humour and cracked jokes spontaneously.


Can you imagine the Buddha dancing gaily with young women, or Jesus playing a flute or Muhammad singing songs in praise of nature and life or Moses cracking jokes?

And even though Krishna's life was a tragedy, he always faced life with non-attachment and equanimity, and a perpetual cheerful smile in his face to the very end.

As Osho says in his classic "Krishna :The man and his philosophy", Krishna represents a new order of humanity; Krishna combined in himself the spiritual charecterestics of Buddha, and the materialistic charecterestics of Zorba the Greek. He was himself steeped in non-attachment,yoga, equanimity of mind, spirituality and at the same time he enjoyed life to the maximum.He was in short Zorba the Buddha.

Krishna was the personification of his teaching,"The wise man is he who is intensely peaceful in the midst of intense action, and intensely active in the midst of intense peace."


Sri Dutta Gurumali, an Indian spiritual master, has stated that Kriishna was the greatest yogi the world has ever known, and the greatest bhogi(enjoyer of life) too that the world has ever known, in the last 5000 years.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, an Indian enlightened master, and who is the creator of the Art of Living Foundation , bases his institutions philosophy on this trait of Krishna, and has stated "God loves fun."

We all don't need to be staunch followers of Krishna, but let us assimilate this beautiful trait of Krishna, namely 'Zorba the Buddha.'

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by niranjan

Can you imagine the Buddha dancing gaily with young women

Hi niranjan and welcome to CR!

I have heard that when Siddhatha was a young man he did more than just dance gaily with young women!

Snoopy.

[Ciel]

Originally Posted by niranjan

As Osho says in his classic "Krishna :The man and his philosophy", Krishna represents a new order of humanity; Krishna combined in himself the spiritual charecterestics of Buddha, and the materialistic charecterestics of Zorba the Greek. He was himself steeped in non-attachment,yoga, equanimity of mind, spirituality and at the same time he enjoyed life to the maximum.He was in short Zorba the Buddha.

Hi Niranjan, welcome and yes. And the very characteristic of Osho's people and his many communes around the world. A beautiful flowering of possibility was created, and has been moving inwards and outwards ever since. I lived in an Osho commune in the uk in the early eighties. It is good to see once more this mention of Osho's dream.

- c -

[niranjan]

Originally Posted by Snoopy

Hi niranjan and welcome to CR!

I have heard that when Siddhatha was a young man he did more than just dance gaily with young women!

Snoopy.

Perhaps, but at the same time he was not a yogi then. And he definetely did not do that after he became the Buddha.

[Snoopy]

well he must have been busy doing some other stuff then!

s.

[niranjan]

True, he was teaching his disciples , and travelling around India, spreading his message.

[Francis king]

and getting drunk and dancing with young ladies..lol

[niranjan]

Originally Posted by Francis king

and getting drunk and dancing with young ladies..lol

Buddha , after his enlightenment , never got drunk or danced with young ladies. ( However I have no problems with the latter one though)

[marmalade]

This is a bit old, but I had a thought to add.

Krishna seems most like Dionysus. And Dionysus was claimed to have come from the East as he was a later addition to the Greek pantheon. I've never seen the two compared, but it makes some sense to me.

[Pathless]

Originally Posted by marmalade

This is a bit old, but I had a thought to add.

Krishna seems most like Dionysus. And Dionysus was claimed to have come from the East as he was a later addition to the Greek pantheon. I've never seen the two compared, but it makes some sense to me.

Dionysus is the shiz-nit. I like him a lot.

[marmalade]

Originally Posted by Pathless

Dionysus is the shiz-nit. I like him a lot.

I have seen Dionysus compared to Jesus in many different books. The whole wine thing for one. I like the idea of a Dionysian Jesus... much less morbid and depressing than the crucified Jesus.

[Dah-veeth]

Originally Posted by niranjan

Can you imagine the Buddha dancing gaily with young women, or Jesus playing a flute or Muhammad singing songs in praise of nature and life or Moses cracking jokes?

Yes, yes, yes, yes