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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

#1370 - Krishna #5 Become Like Krishna

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru Official

Self-improvement, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education, Science, Health & Fitness, Hinduism, How To, Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Life Sciences, Mental Health

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Sadhguru explains why we worship Krishna, though his whole life’s work ended in a terrible, bloody war at Kurukshetra. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies.  Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

When we say Krishna, most people only think of butter and girls and flute.

0:07.0

From 16 to 21, he lived as a Brahmachari.

0:10.0

He took sannyas, lived as a brahmachari, went through severe sardana.

0:15.0

Everything that he wanted to create failed with Kurukshedra war.

0:19.0

But we call him Lord, because through all this he was playful, untouched by a terrible reality,

0:28.6

a terrible drama that's playing around you.

0:31.6

This you can also do, isn't it?

0:33.6

Today's Krishna's Genmasterme. When we say Krishna, there are too many misconceptions about Krishna.

0:46.3

When we say Krishna, most people only think of butter and girls and flute.

0:55.0

Yes.

0:58.0

But we must understand that his butter business was all till he was six years of age or eight years of age.

1:07.0

So all this girl business only till he was 16 years of age.

1:11.6

At the age of 16, when his guru Sandipani made him realize what is the purpose of his life,

1:21.6

first of all, he left Rindhavan, never again came back. Never again came back to see any of his relatives or the girls or boys of his area.

1:35.3

That was the end of it.

1:37.3

At 16, he left.

1:39.3

When he was leaving,

1:41.3

Today if we say Krishna, we say Radeh Krishna.

1:45.0

Radhya comes ahead of Krishna.

1:49.0

Because their love, their intimacy, their romance caught their imagination of a whole culture

1:59.0

in the entire subcontinent in such a way that we don't say Krishna Rade, we say Radekrishna.

2:06.6

But at the age of 16, he saw her for the last time and never again saw her.

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