By Steven J. Rosen
ISBN-10: 031338326X
ISBN-13: 9780313383267
ISBN-10: 0313383278
ISBN-13: 9780313383274
Students of faith and japanese idea will welcome this readable translation and functional statement at the Uddhava Gita, a Hindu textual content during which Krishna's teachings brought within the Bhagavad Gita are prolonged and nuanced.
• provides the Uddhava Gita's 23 chapters, totaling 1,030 verses
• contains observation the place appropriate
• offers a foreword via Dr. Charles S. J. White of yank collage that contextualizes the paintings and explains its value
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Commentary The story of King Mrigi is retold in the Mahabharata. Briefly, the king raised his son, Rishyashringa, to have boy-like innocence, never touching a woman and avoiding all the usual shackles of material life. In much the same way that the Buddha was kept in his kingdom as a youth, just to protect him from the outside world, Rishyashringa became a powerful yogi, because his father sheltered him and kept him pure. As time passed, however, a neighboring kingdom found itself suffering from drought, and its leaders were informed that the unfortunate climate would lose its sway only if Rishyashringa stepped foot in their court.
It is difficult in this age to achieve perfection by engaging in other forms of yoga, which, even if perfected, only serve the purposes of those directly practicing it. Kirtan, however, is blissful and easy to perform, benefiting not only the practitioner but also anyone within earshot. It is open to all, whether plant or animal, child or accomplished spiritualist—any living being can either call out to his Maker with heart and soul or hear that calling on some level, thus achieving the perfection of yoga.
And, mystically, He appears to assume the identity of each. Commentary Although the previous verse compares saintly people to fire, here, the avadhuta Brahmin compares the Supreme Lord to that same element. His point is this: Greatly empowered beings, like demigods from higher planets, reflect the Lord’s qualities to a great degree, while humans may not. In animals, plants, and other organisms, the Lord’s presence may be less obvious still. But despite this fact, He is present in all living entities as their well-wisher, as their source, and as their constant companion.
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