The Message of Krishna Is Love
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When in Bahá'í history
Paris (today: Paris, France)
In Paris on one occasion a man from India stated frankly to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: “My aim in life is to transmit as far as in me lies the message of Krishna to the world.”
In His loving way the Master replied: “The Message of Krishna is the message of love. All God’s prophets have brought the message of love. None has ever thought that war and hate are good. Every one agrees in saying that love and kindness are best.”
A negative approach would have hurt this man. The Master did not offer argument. Instead He showed appreciation, and thus He encouraged this devout follower of Krishna.
Source: Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 25 “The message of Krishna is love”, p. 58.
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