Looking for Krishna?

I have been reading the Bhagavad Gita over the weekend and so this is going to be a little different post on my blog.

As I continue to read,  many thoughts flood my mind. The version, I am reading is by Eknath Easwaran . He was one of the teachers of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi has his own translation of Bhagavad Gita which I might eventually read, some day.

Anyhow  this blog is not about discussing the exact teachings and content  of Bhagavad Gita, but intriguing how it establishes that Krishna is not somebody different than Arjun himself. Krishna is the Eternal self of Arjuna. 

Arjuna , The human, falls into grief and despair and confusion when faced with the army of family members. Dropping his arms, he is at the verge of quitting when his higher self comes to the rescue in the form of Krishna. And so begins the eternal debate between Arjuna and Krishna. The debate is a tool for clarifying confusion about connecting with higher self and when we do, how we eventually find the strength and the answer within.

As I delve deep into that thought and I am soaking that in, apparently Krishna is that Eternal self within each one of us and eventually aren’t we are all seeking Krishna? Finding krishna is nothing but a way to find the answer we are urging at certain point in time in our life.

But then it is not just Arjuna who was seeking Krishna in the time of Mahabharata, but Radha is also seeking Krishna through her love and then there is Mira who is trying to find Krishna through her devotion. Arjun is seeking Krishna through Karma, his actions, his commitment to life and his commitment to the truth.

Therefore, there is no set method or set type who seeks to find Krishna, the Eternal self. Krishna can be found through love, through selfless devotion or by standing up for yourself, picking up arms and jump right in the battle ground.  So how do these paths then vary from one another?

While they sound very different, I find more commonality than differences.

1.  We are all seeking Krishna.
2. Krishna can be achieved with any path that fits. 
3. None of the paths are devoid of pain and confusion. 
4. The pain to self and also to others around you.

Suffering is part of being human and I’m intrigued how this thought concluded from Bhagavad Gita resonated with the teaching of Buddha.

I wonder.

I will close on that note and no matter what path you choose,  I hope that you all find our own Krishna.