Posted on: 11 Apr 2023
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami. Lord Krishna killed demons in His childhood, won the battle of Kurukshetra even without a weapon, but why did Jesus Christ play a horrible divine drama through crucifixion?]
Swami replied:- God Krishna was shot dead by an arrow of a hunter in the end and if Krishna wanted to avoid this horrible torture it could have been very easily done just by His will. But, it was not done so since there was strong reason of deed-fruit cycle for it. Similarly, behind the crucifixion there was a strong divine reason. The reason was that the people in that region at that time were very cruel in their behavior. God wanted to change them with love and kindness. The crucifixion of Jesus was essential for this program. Jesus said at the time of His arrest that if He prayed, His Father (Father of heaven) would send lakhs of soldiers. It was the will of God and Jesus Himself was God. Hence, all this was His will only. The entire life of the human incarnation of God Datta is only hidden suffering of the punishments of His ardent devotees only. He enjoys both tragedy and comedy equally since He is the king of Yoga and Yoga means equal enjoyment of tragedy and comedy as we enjoy hot and sweet dishes equally in the meals. This is beyond the understanding of human level.
Q. Why did Jesus say that the bread is His body and the wine is His blood?
[Why people couldn’t accept that which was done by God is the best and question again and again that incidents should be done as per their wish. In the Last supper Jesus Christ distributed bread and a glass of wine to his disciples and said "this bread is my body and this wine is my blood" please explain inner meaning of those words. I wonder how they ate the bread and drank the wine after listening those words.]
Swami replied:- Eating the bread was indicated as the torture of His body by the frequent belt beatings and drinking the red wine was indicated as the flow of His blood. The torture of His body along with bloodshed is the tragedy and eating bread with drinking the red wine is comedy of the entertainment. Jesus, the human incarnation, is the king of Yoga in which both happiness and suffering are equally enjoyed. These words came from His mouth only and not from the mouths of His disciples. The disciples were very much shocked with blocked minds and hence, couldn’t understand His deep words. Human minds can understand anything at their level only.