*** 錫呂克里希納與正法及懲罰 ***
錫呂克里希納(Shri Krishna)是我們内裏非常重要的神祇，因為祂是毗濕奴(Vishnu)(的轉世)，毗濕奴是駐在幻海(Void)、臍輪(Nabhi)，正是祂(譯者：應該是指錫呂毗濕奴)產生我們内裏的正法(dharma)。假如錫呂毗濕奴被喚醒，祂會帶給你光，去除你的無明，去除你的黑暗面，你會開始看清楚任何帶給你毀滅的行為，就是這樣來建立(你内在的)正法。當然正法也是由十大導師(Ten Gurus)所建立，十大導師是以先知的身份來到地球，來教人們正法。所以錫呂毗濕奴加上十大導師，就是來建立人們内在的正法。
但是當正法衰敗時，錫呂克里希納就降世在地球，來毀滅那些造成正法衰敗的人們，這就為什麼祂說："當正法沒落時，我就降世地球"。祂也說："我保護聖人，而且我殺掉所有的魔鬼、撒旦及所有帶來毀滅的人"，這些可以説是祂以錫呂克里希納的身份，在遠古以前所做的承諾。做為毗濕奴時，祂主要是扮演正法的給予者，但是祂的所有潛在特質，是在祂以錫呂克里希納的身份降世時才真正表現出來。
錫呂克里希納的前半生是張顯出祂美麗的特質，即祂說你要像一個靜觀者(witness)來看外在世界的這齣戲(drama)。但是接下來，祂也殺掉那些壞人---那些試圖帶給上帝快樂子女麻煩的壞人，祂確定是一個會保護(好人)及殺掉邪惡力量的神祇。在祂當上國王之後，祂甚至殺掉祂的親舅舅，因為他舅舅是一個很壞的人。所以祂並不相信"寬恕"，基督及許多聖人都說要寬恕，錫呂克里希納是唯一說："我必須要懲罰(壞人)"。
濕婆神(Shiva)在過去甚至出於祂的純真，而給予惡魔(rakshasas)愛，給予他們祝福。但是錫呂克里希納一點都不相信寬恕，因為這也是重要的，必須有一個嚴苛的角色，有著嚴苛與堅決的信念，來主張：魔鬼就是魔鬼！魔鬼必須被殺掉！
錫呂克里希納的一生殺了許多人，但這並不表示人們有權力去殺其他人。祂是錫呂克里希納，我們並不是，做為人類的我們必須去寬恕。一旦我們(選擇)寬恕，那麼我們的憤怒及報復的心態都交給了錫呂克里希納，祂會接手去處理。一旦你說："我原諒"，那麼祂就接手了！因為祂不會原諒，所以假如確實應該去懲罰，祂就會接手處罰那些迫害聖人、毀滅正法的人。
註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂克里希納普祭(Shri Krishna Puja)的談話1993-08-15. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.
We have to understand clearly that Shri
Krishna is a very, very important deity within us because He is the Vishnu, who
resides in the Void, in the Nabhi. He is the one who generates dharma within
us. ...............
He is in the
Void and if He is awakened He brings you to the light, removes your ignorance,
removes your darkness, and you start seeing that whatever you were doing was
destructive for you, and that’s how the dharma is established. Of course, the
dharma was established also by all the ten Gurus who came on this earth, the
prophets, who taught us about dharma.
So this
combination of Shri Vishnu and the ten Gurus is to establish dharma within
us. ........
But Shri Krishna
is the one who says that “I come on this earth when there is a glani, means demise,
of dharma.” When the dharma becomes weak then He comes on this Earth, and then
He destroys the people who are responsible for bringing dharma to this level of
doom. The second thing He says, that “I protect the saints. I protect the
saints and I kill all those who are devils or who are satanic, who are
destructive.” These are His promises which He gave long time back as Shri
Krishna. As Vishnu we know Him only as the one who is the giver of dharma,
mainly. But all His potent qualities really were expressed when He came as Shri
Krishna. .........
So Shri
Krishna’s first half of His life He spent in Gokul and Vrindavan where He
showed His beautiful expression of His character, as He made it, what He calls
as leela, leeladhara, the one
who said that you become a witness; you witness the whole world like a drama, sakshi swarupa. And
then once you see the whole world as just a child watches, in a child-like
mirth and joy, you enjoy life. That has happened to you people that you have
become like citizens of Vrindavan and Gokul, the way you are enjoying yourself,
enjoying each other’s company, enjoying the bliss of God. Then He showed also
by killing Kaliya, by killing Putana and other people, that if anybody tries to
trouble such joyous children of God, He is the one who will definitely protect
and kill all such evil forces which are troublesome.
But later on He
becomes the king, and when He becomes the king He uses His powers in a
different way. First of all, if you see His own uncle, His own relation, His
own uncle, mother’s brother, was Kansa, and was such a bad man. So Shri Krishna
didn’t spare him, He killed him. He killed so many people. Before becoming the
king, He killed so many people. Now what does that mean, that His own uncle He
killed? One quality that He has, which Christ had, we can say, or so many
saints had, is forgiveness. He did not believe in forgiveness. He’s the only
one who said that, “I have to punish.” We have to have somebody who should
punish also.
If you are like
Shiva, then Shiva used to even love rakshasas
and in His innocence He used to give them also blessings. But Shri Krishna did
not believe in forgiveness at all because it was important that there should be
somebody with a very stern mind, with such a stern understanding that a devil
is a devil, and devil must be killed.
He has done in
His lifetime, if you see, killing of so many people. That doesn’t mean that we
have right to kill anybody. He was Shri Krishna; we are not. We have to forgive
because we are human beings. Once we forgive we transfer all our anger, all our
attitude of taking revenge, to Shri Krishna. He takes over. Once you say that
“I forgive,” then He takes over, because He does not forgive. He will
immediately take over from you and if it is justifiable, if it is necessary He
will punish the people who are torturing saints, who are destroying the dharma.
