r/TheGita

Looking for a few people to test my iOS app and give me honest feedback.

https://reddit.com/link/1vnushp/video/up3v1hz449jh1/player

I built My Krishna, a conversational app where you can ask questions about Krishna and explore the answers through conversation.

I'm especially interested in feedback on the user experience, responses, and anything that feels confusing or could be improved.

If you'd like to test it:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-krishna/id6782722854

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Anyone reading in English? I started today and I am loving it, really.

Lord Krishna killed Kansa because Kansa had imprisoned his parents. Lord Rama killed Ravana because Ravana had kidnapped his wife.

Neither Rama nor Krishna killed Ravana or Kansa simply because they were “bad people.” They had deeply personal reasons to fight them—love, loyalty, duty, and attachment to their own loved ones.

Rama and Krishna were not on a mission to cleanse the world of every brutal or immoral person. Yet, when their own parents, wives, and loved ones were threatened, they took up arms and went to war. In those wars, many people were killed because of their attachment to those they loved.

This raises a difficult question:

If Rama and Krishna themselves fought wars because of their attachment to their loved ones, why does the Ramayana and especially the Bhagavad Gita teach us not to be attached to our loved ones?

If attachment is the problem, why was attachment to parents, spouses, and family such a powerful motivation in their own actions?

Perhaps the deeper teaching is not that we should stop loving or caring for our loved ones. Perhaps the distinction is between love and attachment—between protecting someone out of dharma and acting out of selfish possession, fear, or desire.

But if that is the explanation, then we have to honestly ask: Where exactly is the line between love, duty, and attachment in the actions of Rama and Krishna themselves?

That, to me, is a much more interesting question than simply saying, “The scriptures tell us not to be attached.”