Krishna World-View

            
             Krishna was a firm believer in unity, "all is one, and one is God"." He believed all of humanity is connected as one divine unity. Krishna was mainly focused on three topics; monism, pantheism, and Brahman. Monism is complete unity, which Krishna believed the entire world and all of humanity have. There are no separate groups or distinctions, everything is one; everything just is. In the Rig-Veda, Krishna says "There was neither nonexistence nor existence then. There was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. There was neither death nor immortality then" "(10.129 pg 31). In this reference, Krishna is saying there was nothing existing without it's opposite, even the very different things are connected and united. As for pantheism, all things are divine. The divine is immortal, everlasting, and absolute. In the Shvet. Upanishad, "This whole universe is filled by this Person, to whom there is nothing superior, from whom there is nothing different, than whom there is nothing smaller or larger"" (3.1-13 pg.33). .
             This Person fills the entire universe with no exceptions, making it evident that everything must be equal. However that being said, there is one divine being above all else. Brahman is the divine being from which everything comes from, even gods. Even Krishna comes from Brahman, due to Vishnu being one main manifestation of Brahman and Krishna being an avatar of Vishnu. "This is the highest creation of Brahman, when he created the gods from his better part He cannot be seen, for when breathing he is called breath. When speaking, he is called speech; when seeing, eye; when hearing, ear; when thinking, mind. All these are only the names of his acts. He who worships him as the one or the other, does not know him. Let men worship him as Soul [Atman], for in the Soul all these are one"" (Bri. Upanishad 1.4.1-7 pg. 32). Although all are equal and divine, there is one above the universe, and that one is Brahman.