I, Lord Krishna

These teachings were very different from the previous ones. For the first time, Krishna describes himself. He tells Arjuna that everything, animate and inanimate are a part of him. I concluded that Krishna’s descriptions basically say that everything depends on him, he is the creator and the one that sustains the world. This seemed to me a little similar to the Christian God. Krishna also continues to describe the way he rules and the way he is worshipped. “I am impartial to all creatures, and no one is hateful or dear to me; but men devoted to me are in me, and I am within them.” (89)

Something else that I consider is very important is how much focus these teachings had on Krishna. Starting from the point in which Krishna stops giving Arjuna advice to the point in which he begins to tell Arjuna to devote himself to him.
“If they rely on me, Arjuna, women, commoners, men of low rank, even men born in the wombof evil, reach the highest way.
How easy it is then for holy priests and devoted royal sages--- in this transient world of sorrow, devote yourself to me!
Keep me in your mind and devotion, sacrifice to me, bow to me, discipline your self toward me, and you will reach me!”
Also, Krishna gives me the impression that before, he was just telling Arjuna the great things that come with following his advice. However, Krishna never really tells Arjuna that to achieve this, he must worship him. I think this is interesting because it is a strategy that people today use to sell, to recruit, to get approved or to simply get what they want.

I found that Krishna never talks about a heaven or a hell, instead he refers to rebirth. “Reaching me, men of great spirit do not undergo rebirth, the ephemeral realm of suffering; they attain absolute perfection.” (81) According to Krishna, those men who have already reached him don’t undergo rebirth and in some way, this stage could reflect heaven, while rebirth reflects hell. “Arjuna, I shall tell you precisely the time when men of discipline who have died suffer rebirth or escape it.”(82)



The following video contains one of the most famous songs ever composed and performed by George Harrison. I’ve grown up listening to this song but I had never really understood it. Finally, when I was reading about Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, it all made sense. My sweet Lord is a song about Harrison’s personal revelation and how much he worships the Hare Krishna.