To Krish: True path to liberation-is worshipping krishna the ideal goal of all?

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namaste Krish:

We will forward this question to Swami and post his reply.

 

Jai Maa

 

vishweshwar

 

 

-- In , " siksashtak " <krisam76 wrote:

>

> Dear Group:

>

> Namaste and greetings. I have been an avid fan of this group and its

> activities and what Maa and swamiji are doing for sadhaks like us. In

> fact swamiji jeeps telling us " worshipping divine " is our main goal

> and we are not concerned with type of god as all lead to one and are

> same.

>

> I have a question that has been bothering me for some time.I have

> seen some people who are strong " devotees of Krishna " and

> worship " only krishna " and read " only bhagavad gita " .

>

> Their view point is like this:

>

> Krishna is everthing as he himself declared in Bhagavad gita.In fact

> Liberation comes from HIM alone and none. Theu even refuse to

> acknowledge shiva and do not consider shiva to be equal to krishna.

>

> According to them -krishna ia all and supreme and others are created

> by him!!! this includes us(humans) and other gods or celestial

> controllers.

>

> They say that when we worship shiva or devi, no doubt we attain devi

> loka or shiva loka and enjoy punya or fruits of our good deeds BUT we

> HAVE to be born again to this earth once the fruits are burned off.

>

> But when we worship Krishna and Krishna alone, we get salvation and

> liberation and are not reborn.

>

> This philosophy has confused and disturbed a person like me who

> believes in " worshipping divine in whatever form it may be-jesus or

> shakti or shiva etc etc " . sometimes it makes me feel like should i

> just be content reading Gita /worshipping krishna instead of chandi

> and whether chandi will get me liberation or free me from cycle of

> birth or death.

>

> Please enlighten me . In fact swamiji response should quieten my

> disturbed state .

>

> Regards

> krish

>