Alex:
>
> > Oopsie, I didn't finish my train of thought there. Krishna was
> > born of a woman, that's true, but he was an avatar from the
> > beginning. I don't think you _become_ an avatar.
>
> But that's a post hoc ergo propter hoc distinction, not an observable
> difference. 'Becoming', vs. the Being method of realizing that's who
> you were all along...
Krishna knew from the beginning.
> If one applied the 'test' for avatarness you
> suggested would be appropriate vis the Red Emperor debate (in fairly
> specific terms, IIRC), one _would_ conclude that Krishna wasn't one.
True, I'll have to extend my definition to include
miraculously born, self-aware avatars...
> Cue a flamewar about the Singular nature of Vishnu? ;-)
OK, he's singular, but that's O[Gloranthan]T.
Nils Weinander
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