For you to benefit from the darshan of Shri Krishna's statue, you should already have a relationship with Shri Krishna and the Gita. If you have had no prior connection with the Gita, then darshan makes no sense. Darshan is a great way to immediately bring back all that has been hidden under the dust of time. You could either re-read the entire Gita or simply look at Shri Krishna’s statue. It’s a fantastic method — but only for Gita lovers.
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Questioner: Pranaam Acharya ji, earlier during the discussion, you were telling us that we receive Shri Krishna in a way that we look for. On the one hand, we are reading Shrimad Bhagavad Gita today, and in a more direct way, we are coming close to him. On the other hand, we've heard a few stories in Bhagavata Purana about Shri Krishna and his way of life. When we read that he was a charmer, he used to dance around with the women of his village. He used to be a prankster with his friends. He used to be a notorious thief during his childhood, and he was a friend of friend to Shri Krishna and even to Arjuna. So, what is Shri Krishna like then?
Acharya Prashant: What's the contradiction that you are seeing? Where's the problem? We said the avatar could be anywhere, in any shape, at any time. Wherever the avatar would be, in whatever shape, he would have a personality. And where there is a personality, where there is a person, there are stories. That person would be doing something. That person would have a name and a gender. So, the Bhagavata Purana has such stories. Fine.
Questioner: But on the other hand, as we study, we get to know that we cannot create an image of Him. Creating an image of Him would be a falsity, or it would be like limiting Him.
