When Krishna is supreme, how can the knowledge he gives get lost?
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The question is that, if Krishna, as in the Gita, if the knowledge is lost, if Krishna is the supreme controller, then why does he let his knowledge get lost? The verse is, It says, by the power of time, this knowledge has been lost. So, this material world is a place which is primarily meant for the souls who want to commit Krishna. And for those who want to commit Krishna, there is a facility.
In terms of Guru Sadhya Shastra, in terms of Krishna-Nirvana of the Avasthas, in terms of the holy places, and other such spiritual facilities. But those who don’t want to commit Krishna, there is a facility for that also. And, in general, the tendency of the human memory is to forget.
Not just forget past which we have experienced, to forget the spiritual reality, to go down to the mental reality. That’s why Krishna wants periodically to give knowledge. Now, you may say, why has Krishna made the human memory like a room? Why do yogis have that tendency? No, Krishna is simply accumulating our freedom.
So, those who don’t want to forget Krishna, why is there a facility for that? And, the nature of things is, it’s like, it’s in the nature. If you are driving a car, then you just have to keep steering back again and again on the track. Otherwise, the car will go off track.
The same thing, parampara. Whatever knowledge Krishna gives, it gets diluted, it gets distorted, it gets lost. That means that pure knowledge, or its essential meaning, is no longer accessible.
Then Krishna comes, and Krishna sends his representatives, and they take back his knowledge. So, Krishna is the supreme controller. But, Krishna’s omnipotence does not mean that he suppresses the soul’s independence.
One character is Krishna’s omnipotence, another is the soul’s independence. So, Krishna has his omnipotence, but he does not suppress the soul’s independence. And, if some souls want to distort, misinterpret, or otherwise dilute his knowledge, he allows them to do that.
He also sends his forces, sends his systems, he also sends his systems for correcting them. But, if somebody wants to do that, that is how you accommodate that. So, for those souls who want to be misled, he will allow them to be misled.
By the general misleading knowledge that is developed in the world. But, some people want to stay misled while pretending to be religious. So, he sends them his representatives.
So, for those who want to be led, he will send Krishna, and his systems for correcting them.