Questions about Krishna's 'playboy antics'

[Ben_Sinner]

Are these stories supposed to be taken literally?

I came across a post on Quora who basically said the milkmaids are really thoughts, not actual woman that Krishna fooled around with.

That when he got them naked to come to him, it is meant as “nakedness of ego”, not of clothes.

I was just wondering if these are just speculative opinions, or if this is the actual interpretation of these stories about Krishna

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Are these stories supposed to be taken literally?

I came across a post on Quora who basically said the milkmaids are really thoughts, not actual woman that Krishna fooled around with.

That when he got them naked to come to him, it is meant as “nakedness of ego”, not of clothes.

I was just wondering if these are just speculative opinions, or if this is the actual interpretation of these stories about Krishna

Umm… Krishna never existed, so isn’t it kind of a mute point?

For those people who believe he does, I imagine it’s meant to be fairly literal since sexuality seems to play a large role in Hindu beliefs.

 

[Petaro]

Does Superman prefer blondes?

 

[Servant19]

Umm… Krishna never existed, so isn’t it kind of a mute point?

For those people who believe he does, I imagine it’s meant to be fairly literal since sexuality seems to play a large role in Hindu beliefs.

Yes He did, He authored the Bagavad Gita…



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[openmind77]

Are these stories supposed to be taken literally?

I came across a post on Quora who basically said the milkmaids are really thoughts, not actual woman that Krishna fooled around with.

That when he got them naked to come to him, it is meant as “nakedness of ego”, not of clothes.

I was just wondering if these are just speculative opinions, or if this is the actual interpretation of these stories about Krishna

Most of the stories about Krishna are myths created by people (over several thousand years) to illustrate his divine nature.

Once when there was a thunderstorm, he lifted up a mountain and held it up so that all the people could take shelter under it (he has been given a special name to indicate this feat of power - Giridhari) . He also killed the demon Narkasura.

These stories are just as true as the story about naked women (btw all those women were supposed to be in love with him).

However, the underlying point of the stories is that everyone (men and women) loved him and he protected them all. And of course, he gave the discourse that forms the Bhagvat Gita - which we have today.

 

[ProdglArchitect]

Yes He did, He authored the Bagavad Gita…



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No, authorship was attributed to him. Krishna may have, at one point, be a human being who wrote stories, but the Hindu deity who now embodies the title of Krishna is a myth.