Krishna

Krishna is a sanskrit word meaning black or dark, as in color. (perhaps his skin was dark?) The life of Krishna (ca. 3000 B.C.E.) is hard to determine, for like Jesus, the most reliable source material preserved historically covers only about 20 years of his life. Most of what is available about Krishna comes down from the great Hindu epic entitled the Mahabharata (literally Great-Bharata, as the ancient name of India is Bharat). The heart of the Mahabharata is the dialogue between Krishna and one of his closest disciples Arjuna, entitled the Bhagavad-Gita (literally: Song of the Glorious One).

The Mahabharata and Bhagavad-Gita together are the main written material by which we know Krishna today, and is an epic struggle between the forces of ignorance, and the forces of knowledge. There is a great version of the Gita, called "Jnyaneshwari" written by the poet Sadguru Jnyaneshwar, with whom Meher Baba said He had a strong link. Besides what Baba has revealed about the true life of Krishna, that book Jnyaneshwari may be the most accurate rendering available of what Krishna shared with Arjuna, since a Perfect Master (or Sadguru) can speak with Infiinite Knowledge about the events of the past. Meher Baba totally confirmed Krishna's spiritual status as the Avatar (Christ) of ancient India. Today, Krishna is arguably the most popular of the Hindu gods, and is considered to be an Incarnation of Vishnu the Preserver. Krishna’s beloved was named Radha, and we also know very little about her historically.

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Meher Baba on Krishna:

"Krishna, as the Avatar, was not only spiritually perfect but Perfection personified. He was also perfect in everything. If he had wanted to, He could have shown himself as a perfect drunkard, a perfect sinner, a perfect rogue, or a perfect murderer; but that would have shocked the world. Though possessed of perfection in every respect, it was not necessary for Him to exhibit it in fulfilling His mission."
Meher Baba, Discourses, Perfection pp. 80-81 (Myrtle Beach: Sheriar Press, 1987)

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"…Krishna proved to Arjuna, who was his devotee, that his apparent bringing about of the physical and mental annihilation of the vicious Kauravas was for their spiritual salvation. Perfection might manifest itself through killing or saving according to the spiritual demands of the situation."
Meher Baba, Discourses, The Place of Occultism in the Spiritual Life, pp. 197 (Myrtle Beach: Sheriar Press, 1987)