Dear Hari
Before coming to Hare Krishna movement
i had an understanding that GOD- Krsna is nor man nor female.
Since he is the original Being and he doesn't need to be man or female for any reason.
And the same For Radha she also nor female nor a man she is GOD.
But in that movement the Image of God was mixed a lot with human life so i became bewildered on this issue?
I am still believe that God doesn't need to be male or female,and to consider God female or male is something like puting some limitations on Him .
So please clarify this issue tell what do you think about this ?
God and mans limitations on HIM
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Re: God and mans limitations on HIM
After all we as a spirite in our pure state of atman have no sex identification Why should God have that?
Re: God and mans limitations on HIM
God does not need anything so God does not need to be male or female. However, considering the holistic nature of the Supreme and the divine harmony that exists everywhere, it makes sense that God would also manifest the divine balance between the archetypical male and female energies. Archetypes are not limitations for they are the origin and therefore that God would be the source of all archetypes is perfectly compatible with God's position.
As far as the soul having no gender, I assume that the soul is also a complete unit balanced between the male and female energy, as is God. This state of balance between the male and female energy is neither male nor female for it is the union of both and a complete individual that transcends gender! Considering this, the soul has no gender. Similarly, the perfect God is perfectly balanced in the archetypical male and female energy and has no gender, which makes your previously held ideas still valid.
Yet, for the sake of enjoyment and for the sake of enabling a life filled with experiences, pleasure, and challenges, the Supreme divides eternally as the Supreme Male and Supreme Female. So the one complete balance is also existing simultaneously as two in complete balance. And thus there is perfection in the world for we now have a prototype we may follow to live life to its fullest extent.
As far as the soul having no gender, I assume that the soul is also a complete unit balanced between the male and female energy, as is God. This state of balance between the male and female energy is neither male nor female for it is the union of both and a complete individual that transcends gender! Considering this, the soul has no gender. Similarly, the perfect God is perfectly balanced in the archetypical male and female energy and has no gender, which makes your previously held ideas still valid.
Yet, for the sake of enjoyment and for the sake of enabling a life filled with experiences, pleasure, and challenges, the Supreme divides eternally as the Supreme Male and Supreme Female. So the one complete balance is also existing simultaneously as two in complete balance. And thus there is perfection in the world for we now have a prototype we may follow to live life to its fullest extent.