Krishna

aliases (en): Krishna Being; Lord of Yoga.

aliases (de): Krischna; Krishna-Wesenheit; Herr des Yoga.

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selection principle. The headings are this index's own. Texts are listed where they treat Krishna, the teacher of Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, as Rudolf Steiner describes him; a name in a row of great teachers is not enough. The teachings of the poem are listed under the entry on the Bhagavad Gita. Texts that name only Jiddu Krishnamurti are not listed.

usage. This entry lists where Rudolf Steiner's collected works (the Gesamtausgabe, GA) treat the subject. It contains no quotations: the headings, scope lines and notes are this index's wording, not Steiner's. Under each heading Steiner's own books (GA 1 to 28) come first, then articles and notes (GA 29 to 46), then lectures in date order. A text is listed when it treats the subject or the point its heading names, not when the word merely occurs. A paragraph number marks the one passage that is the point; otherwise the reference is the whole chapter or lecture. A book's defining paragraph is also listed in German where the German edition numbers it differently. A lecture with more than one English translation is listed once. Texts with no English translation are listed in German, and so are the esoteric lessons (GA 266), whose German is the original record; each reference's witnesses name every language the site serves it in. A reference marked as listeners' notes was written down by others (a listener, a newspaper, the minutes), one marked report by others is another person's account of a meeting or event, one marked mixed sources comes from a volume that holds both listeners' records and texts in Steiner's own hand, and one marked may be abridged is a translation shorter than the German. Read a passage before saying what it contains.

Who Krishna is

5

Where Rudolf Steiner says who Krishna is: the being who taught Arjuna, and the nature of his appearance on earth.

Lectures

  1. GA 109 The Principle of Spiritual Economy in Relation to Reincarnation: VII. Spiritual Bells of Easter, part I10 April 1909p025en:English
  2. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Krishna and Buddha: Ancient Clairvoyance's Dual Conclusion19 September 1912p014en:English
  3. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna's Cosmic Mystery and Human Destiny in the Gita30 December 1912p014en:English
  4. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Cyclic Laws and the Birth of Self-Consciousness1 June 1913p021en:English
  5. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Luke Jesus Child, and Human Creative Forces3 June 1913p019en:English

Krishna and his pupil Arjuna

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Where the relation of Krishna to Arjuna is described: the teacher who stands to his pupil as a god to a man, and the pupil's soul.

Lectures

  1. GA 88 The Astral World and Devachan: 12. The Bhagavad Gita28 June 1903en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Eastern Wisdom and Christian Revelation: Three Spiritual Streams28 December 1912en:English
  3. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Sankhya Philosophy and the Three Gunas of Being29 December 1912en:English
  4. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna's Cosmic Mystery and Human Destiny in the Gita30 December 1912p015en:English
  5. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Transforming Human Evolution's Spiritual Foundation31 December 1912en:English
  6. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Individual versus Community Spiritual Paths1 January 1913en:English
  7. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Clairvoyance and the Birth of Individual Ego28 May 1913en:English
  8. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Soul Upheaval and the Birth of Abstract Thought29 May 1913en:English
  9. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Dream Consciousness and the Path to Higher Worlds30 May 1913en:English
  10. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ascending to Krishna's Realm: Three Worlds of Consciousness31 May 1913p012en:English
  11. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Cyclic Laws and the Birth of Self-Consciousness1 June 1913p020en:English
  12. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna and Christ: Two Impulses in Human Evolution2 June 1913en:English
  13. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Luke Jesus Child, and Human Creative Forces3 June 1913p019en:English
  14. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas: Krishna's Path to Self-Consciousness5 June 1913en:English

Krishna as the higher self of the human being

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Where Krishna is shown teaching the highest humanity as his own nature, the self in every human being that rises above deeds.

Lectures

  1. GA 109 The Principle of Spiritual Economy in Relation to Reincarnation: VII. Spiritual Bells of Easter, part I10 April 1909p026en:English
  2. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Krishna and Buddha: Ancient Clairvoyance's Dual Conclusion19 September 1912en:English
  3. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna's Cosmic Mystery and Human Destiny in the Gita30 December 1912en:English
  4. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Individual versus Community Spiritual Paths1 January 1913p016en:English
  5. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Clairvoyance and the Birth of Individual Ego28 May 1913en:English
  6. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna and Christ: Two Impulses in Human Evolution2 June 1913p020en:English
  7. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Luke Jesus Child, and Human Creative Forces3 June 1913p022en:English

The Krishna impulse and self-consciousness

10

Where the impulse Krishna gave to each individual soul is described: the awakening of self-consciousness as the old clairvoyance ended.

Lectures

  1. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Eastern Wisdom and Christian Revelation: Three Spiritual Streams28 December 1912p018en:English
  2. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Sankhya Philosophy and the Three Gunas of Being29 December 1912p016en:English
  3. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Individual versus Community Spiritual Paths1 January 1913en:English
  4. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Clairvoyance and the Birth of Individual Ego28 May 1913p027en:English
  5. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Soul Upheaval and the Birth of Abstract Thought29 May 1913en:English
  6. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Cyclic Laws and the Birth of Self-Consciousness1 June 1913en:English
  7. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna and Christ: Two Impulses in Human Evolution2 June 1913en:English
  8. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Luke Jesus Child, and Human Creative Forces3 June 1913en:English
  9. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Understanding the Bhagavad Gita's Living Concepts and Consciousness4 June 1913p032en:English
  10. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas: Krishna's Path to Self-Consciousness5 June 1913en:English

Krishna at the close of the ancient revelation

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Where Krishna is placed in history: the last who proclaimed the old revealed wisdom, at the time when the old clairvoyance of humanity faded.

Lectures

  1. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Krishna and Buddha: Ancient Clairvoyance's Dual Conclusion19 September 1912en:English
  2. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Time, History, and the Mystery of Christ's Revelation20 September 1912en:English
  3. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Christ's Inner Monologue and the Mystery of Golgotha21 September 1912en:English
  4. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Transforming Human Evolution's Spiritual Foundation31 December 1912p017en:English
  5. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ascending to Krishna's Realm: Three Worlds of Consciousness31 May 1913p012en:English

Vishnu living in Krishna as an avatar

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Where Krishna is described as an avatar, a human form in which the god Vishnu lives, and what an avatar is.

Lectures

  1. GA 88 The Astral World and Devachan: 11. The Ten Avatars21 June 1903p024en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 109 The Principle of Spiritual Economy in Relation to Reincarnation: VII. Spiritual Bells of Easter, part I10 April 1909p025en:English

Krishna, the sister soul of Adam and the Nathan Jesus child

4

Where the soul that appeared in Krishna is related to the sister soul of Adam and to the Nathan Jesus child, the Jesus child of Luke's Gospel.

Lectures

  1. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Individual versus Community Spiritual Paths1 January 1913p016en:English
  2. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Luke Jesus Child, and Human Creative Forces3 June 1913p020en:English
  3. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas: Krishna's Path to Self-Consciousness5 June 1913en:English
  4. GA 152 Precursors to the Mystery of Golgotha: II. The Christ-Spirit and Its Relations to the Development of Consciousness30 March 1914p007en:English

The Krishna impulse and the Christ impulse

7

Where the two impulses are compared and related, and where Christ is said to have taken Krishna as the covering of his soul.

Lectures

  1. GA 266b From the Contents of the Esoteric Lessons II 1910–1912: Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden — München, 1912-09-011 September 1912p009de:originallisteners notes
  2. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Krishna and Buddha: Ancient Clairvoyance's Dual Conclusion19 September 1912en:English
  3. GA 266b From the Contents of the Esoteric Lessons II 1910–1912: Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden — Basel, 1912-09-2020 September 1912de:originallisteners notes
  4. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Transforming Human Evolution's Spiritual Foundation31 December 1912en:English
  5. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Individual versus Community Spiritual Paths1 January 1913p016en:English
  6. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna and Christ: Two Impulses in Human Evolution2 June 1913en:English
  7. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas: Krishna's Path to Self-Consciousness5 June 1913en:English

Krishna among the great teachers of humanity

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Where Krishna is set beside other great teachers and initiates: Rama, the Buddha, Hermes, Moses and others.

Articles

  1. GA 34 Essays on Anthroposophy from the Journals Lucifer and Lucifer-Gnosis 1903-1908: 2. Initiation and Mysteriesp038en:English

Lectures

  1. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXXIV. Ways of Coming to Knowledge and Will22 June 1904p016en:English
  2. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXXV. Differences in the Structure of the Spirit Between the Second Rama, Krishna and Buddha25 June 1904en:English
  3. GA 139 The Gospel of Mark: Krishna and Buddha: Ancient Clairvoyance's Dual Conclusion19 September 1912en:English

The legend of Krishna's life

1

Where the Indian legends of Krishna's birth, childhood and deeds are told and interpreted.

Lectures

  1. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Transforming Human Evolution's Spiritual Foundation31 December 1912p016en:English

The vision of Krishna in imaginations

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Where the vision of Krishna's universal form in the eleventh discourse is treated, and the pupil's meeting with the Lord of Yoga.

Lectures

  1. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna's Cosmic Mystery and Human Destiny in the Gita30 December 1912en:English
  2. GA 142 The Bhagavad Gita and The Epistles of Paul: Krishna and Christ: Transforming Human Evolution's Spiritual Foundation31 December 1912p031en:English
  3. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Clairvoyance and the Birth of Individual Ego28 May 1913p012en:English
  4. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Dream Consciousness and the Path to Higher Worlds30 May 1913p023en:English
  5. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Ascending to Krishna's Realm: Three Worlds of Consciousness31 May 1913en:English
  6. GA 146 The Occult Foundations of the Bhagavad Gita: Krishna and Christ: Two Impulses in Human Evolution2 June 1913en:English

distinguish from. Vishnu, the god of the Indian trinity, who lives in Krishna as an avatar, a divine being descended into a human form (GA 109 of 10 April 1909); the sister soul of Adam, the soul held back from the Fall, which Steiner says spoke through Krishna and was later incarnated in the Jesus child of Luke's Gospel (GA 142 of 1 January 1913); the Nathan Jesus child, the Jesus child of Luke's Gospel, a person of its own, in whom Steiner says the soul that revealed itself as Krishna was incarnated (GA 146 of 3 June 1913).

see also. Bhagavad Gita; Christ; Buddha; the I; Arjuna.

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