Bhagavan Sri Krishna – The Divine Perfection : 1. Swami Krishnananda


21/11/2018
(Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmashtami, August 25, 1978)

We are here gathered today to rouse our souls to a state of a supernormal type of divine appreciation in the holy act of the adoration of the divine incarnation we know as Bhagavan Sri Krishna, which advent is celebrated not only throughout this country but in many other parts of the world where his presence has been felt, and where he is enshrined in the hearts of people.

This periodical awakening of the human spirit in the celebrations of the religions of humanity constitutes a great significance in human life, in all life in general. There seems to be in every type of living pattern a longing to reach a perfection which one secretly feels lingering in oneself, sometimes being conscious of it and sometimes not being conscious of it. The restlessness and the eagerness to achieve a higher perfection in life is present in all pattern of creation. This restlessness of spirit and an aspiration for the higher becomes a conscious element in the human level, while it is unconsciously driven into the life of subhuman beings. Nevertheless, it is present everywhere as a dual feeling of an inward restlessness and inadequacy, and in a longing for a larger and wider perfection.

If we ponder very deeply over our longings and aspirations, we would realise that what is asked for is capable of being defined only in terms of perfection, in types of wholes or entireties, whatever that little pattern of entirety be. It is something very novel that manifests itself in every life, right from the lowest category of living beings like amoeba or fungi up to higher levels of being such as the human and any other conceivable type.

This is a feature which people very rarely find time to think of, a feature which also reveals what it is we are actually asking for in our lives, our struggles and our endeavours. We are not satisfied with anything that is partial, segregated, segmented or isolated. We are always in states which assert themselves as wholes or completes. Whatever be the pattern of life through which one is obliged to pass, it asserts itself as a completeness. Even an insect is a completeness by itself. It may be an ant, or something which is not even cognisable to our eyes. Gnats, mosquitoes and even minute patterns of life are a completeness by themselves, wholes in themselves, and they assert their wholeness in their lives.

To be continued ..


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