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as Jesus was considered an incarnation of God himself, so was Krishna
the incarnation of Vishnu in a virgin conception. [Vishnu
Parana, translated by H. Wilson, london 1840, p 502] "It has been admitted by most of the learned that the Shastras and Vedas, or scriptures of the Hindoos, were in existence 1400 years before the alleged time of Moses Sir William Jones, of pious and orthodox memory, confesses that, "the name of Chrishna, and the general outline of his story, was long anterior to the birth of our Saviour, and, to the time of Homer, we know very certainly. I am persuaded also (continues he) that a connection existed between the old idolatrous nations of Egypt, India, Greece, and Italy, long before the time of Moses. In the Sanscrit Dictionary, compiled more than two thousand years ago, we have the whole story of the incarnate Deity, Born of a Virgin, and miraculously escaping in his infancy from the reigning tyrant of his country." This tyrant, alarmed at some prophecy, sought the infant's life; and, to make sure work, he ordered all the male children under two years of age to be put to death. Here is the true origin of the horrid story about Herod, of which no Greek or Roman historian says a single word. That the Christian story was taken from the Indian allegory, is traceable in every circumstance the reputed father of Chrisna was a carpenter a new star appeared at the child's birth he was laid in a manger(celestial)he underwent many incarnations to redeem the world from sin and mental darkness, (ignorance and winter) and was, therefore, called Saviourhe was put to death between two thieves he arose from the dead, and returned to his heavenly seat in Vaicontha." |
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[ Christian Mythology Unveiled, Kessinger Publishing, 1842 ] |
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***** Krishna
is recorded in the "Bhagavat Geeta" as saying to his beloved
disciple Arjouna: [1]
Wilkes, Charles (translator): Bhagavat-Geeta, 1785 p 52 |
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This "Devi" is apparently the same as Krishna's mother, Devaki, and, as was the case with these many ancient gods, Krishna has also been considered to have been "born of a virgin." Indeed, Carpenter repeats the assertion, also made by Rev. Cox, that Krishna's father was Vishnu, not the mortal Basudev, a sensible notion in light of Krishna's status as a sun god and incarnation of Vishnu. Regarding Krishna, Doane also states: According to the religion of the Hindoos, Crishna was the Son of God, and the Holy Virgin Devaki. The ex-priest McCabe also reports Krishna's mother as a virgin, with Vishnu as his father: "Thus one of the familiar religious emblems of India was the statue of the virgin mother (as the Hindus repute her) Devaki and her divine son Krishna, an incarnation of the great god Vishnu. Christian writers have held that this model was borrowed from Christianity, butthe Hindus had far earlier been in communication with Egypt and were more likely to borrow the model of Isis and Horus. One does not see why they should borrow any model. In nearly all religions with a divine mother and son a very popular image was that of the divine infant at his mother's breast or in her arms." None of these writers originated this contention, as, moving back in time, we find reference to Devaki's virgin status in the writings of the esteemed Christian authority Sir William Jones from 1784: "The Indian incarnate God Chrishna, the Hindoos believe, had a virgin mother of the royal race, who was sought to be destroyed in his infancy about nine hundred years before Christ. It appears that he passed his life in working miracles, and preaching, and was so humble as to wash his friends' feet; at length, dying, but rising from the dead, he ascended into heaven in the presence of a multitude." [ Acharya S.: Suns of God , Adventures Unlimited Press, 2004. p. 205-206 ] Further online reading: http://www.truthbeknown.com/virgin.htm |