The New Maladies of the Soul

The world's religions recount innumerable tales of passion in christianity. In buddhism, we see a north indian prince turned renouncer turning back from the edge of nivana because he has conceived a passion to save every soul in history. There is a tradition of hinduo devotional literature that envisages religious love in this way. The great deity, vishnu, world sustainer and soul saver, chose to be born in the form of a young prince. Due to a prophecy, this young noble known as krishna had to be hidden in the guise of a peasant living on the river plains of north india.