[Advaita-l] Re: Lord Krishna lived for 125 years

Jaldhar H. Vyas jaldhar at braincells.com
Thu Sep 16 13:10:20 CDT 2004


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Stephen wrote:

> Trying to tie traditions together, can Krsna be equated to Abraxas of
> the gnostics? -Stephen
>

I don't know about this Abraxas but the gnostics in general were dualists.
They thought that the world was an illusion created by an evil creator
(demiurge) who was not the same as the real God and that Gods earthly
incarnation was a mere phantom.

All of this is the polar opposite of Advaita teachings.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>



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