Man has yet to grow to that height where he can be a contemporary of Krishna’s. Firstly, his uniqueness lies in the fact that although Krishna happened in the ancient past he belongs to the future, is really of the future. Krishna is utterly incomparable, he is so unique. QUESTIONER: WHAT ARE THE DISTINGUISHING VIRTUES OF KRISHNA THAT MAKE HIM RELEVANT TO OUR TIME? WHAT IS HIS SIGNIFICANCE FOR US? PLEASE EXPLAIN. He has no definition of goodness other than that. He functions out of his totality, and whatsoever happens out of that totality is good. He is very spontaneous, without any ideals and without any ideology… just a man living from moment to moment, responding, not with any a priori idea. He can sacrifice himself he can cheat you. He can be good, he can be bad he can be truthful, he can be deceitful. He was totally into life, into all dimensions of life, and he enjoyed everything - from love to war, everything there is no denial in him. He is the most playful god, the most non-serious there is no comparison to him. Osho says Leeladhar is one of the names of Krishna. A deep laughter will spread all over your life. You will enjoy it, every bit of it, you will not be serious. When man becomes really mature, he again becomes childlike. His efforts chasing butterflies won’t lead him anywhere, because he is going nowhere. A child’s actions don’t have any meaning or goal. It is absolutely purposeless just like a small child. In India, we don’t term the life of Krishna as character (charitra), we call it Krishna’s Leela, his play. Osho says Krishna is the perfect man if fun is the sign of a perfect man. The choice of phrase is tremendously significant. The Hindu scriptures term the life of Krishna as ‘ Krishna Leela’ – the play of Krishna. Dance and drama enactments of the life of Krishna ( raas leela), ritual fasting ( upavaas), a night vigil ( ratri jagaran) and a mega festival ( mahotsava) on the succeeding day are key elements of the Janmashtami celebrations.

It celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Janmashtmi is a significant date in the Hindu calendar.

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