Vanamali
The first book to cover Krishnaâ€™s entire life, from his childhood pranks to his final powerful acts in the Mahabharata war , ,â€¢ Draws from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and Indiaâ€™s sacred oral tradition , ,â€¢ Shows how the stories of Krishnaâ€™s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings , ,â€¢ Provides a valuable meditative tool that allows the lessons of these stories to illuminate from within , ,Krishna, one of the most beloved characters of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many lights: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, an exemplary ruler, and the Supreme Being. In ,The Complete Life of Krishna,, Vanamali, a leading Krishna expert from a long line of prominent Krishna devotees, provides the first book in English or Sanskrit to cover the complete range of the avatarâ€™s life. , ,Drawing from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and Indiaâ€™s sacred oral tradition, Vanamali shares stories from Krishnaâ€™s birth in a dungeon and early days as a merry trickster in Vrindavana, through his time as divine ruler at Dwaraka, to his final powerful acts as the hero Arjunaâ€™s charioteer and guru in the Kurukshetra war. She explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, and attained complete mastery over himself and nature. By integrating the hero-child with the mahayogi, the playful lover with the divine ruler, Vanamali shows how the stories of Krishnaâ€™s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings. , ,This complete biography of the man who was also a god provides a valuable meditative tool allowing Krishnaâ€™s lessons to illuminate from within.
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The Complete Life of Krishna: Based on the Earliest Oral Traditions and the Sacred Scriptures