The first book to cover Krishna&rsquo;s entire life, from his childhood pranks to his final powerful acts in the Mahabharata war <br /> <br />&bull; Draws from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India&rsquo;s sacred oral tradition <br /> <br />&bull; Shows how the stories of Krishna&rsquo;s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings <br /> <br />&bull; Provides a valuable meditative tool that allows the lessons of these stories to illuminate from within <br /> <br />Krishna, one of the most beloved characters of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many lights: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, an exemplary ruler, and the Supreme Being. In <em>The Complete Life of Krishna</em>, Vanamali, a leading Krishna expert from a long line of prominent Krishna devotees, provides the first book in English or Sanskrit to cover the complete range of the avatar&rsquo;s life. <br /> <br />Drawing from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India&rsquo;s sacred oral tradition, Vanamali shares stories from Krishna&rsquo;s birth in a dungeon and early days as a merry trickster in Vrindavana, through his time as divine ruler at Dwaraka, to his final powerful acts as the hero Arjuna&rsquo;s charioteer and guru in the Kurukshetra war. She explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, and attained complete mastery over himself and nature. By integrating the hero-child with the mahayogi, the playful lover with the divine ruler, Vanamali shows how the stories of Krishna&rsquo;s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings. <br /> <br />This complete biography of the man who was also a god provides a valuable meditative tool allowing Krishna&rsquo;s lessons to illuminate from within.