Sri Krishna
Sri Krishna is perhaps the most popular deity of the Hindu pantheon. For many years I thought of him as a generally mellow, benevolent sort, since most of the stories we hear about him, for one reason or another, are cherry-picked to show this side of him. Interested in learning more, I read through some of the source texts and was fascinated by the complicated, strategic, deep, multi-faceted and often aggressive Krishna that I found. The books I read and reference below are Srimad Bhagavtam, 9 th Edition , by Kamala Subramaniam, which gives the life story of Krishna and other avatars, and Mahabharata, 33 rd Edition, by C. Rajagopalachari, the Indian epic about the battle of Kurukshetra. Whether or not you are of the faith, I believe that his life was action-packed, fascinating, and rich with practical lessons which, t...