Michael Beloved

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Uddhava Gita Explained

Beschreibung

This translation and commentary is a deep-read in-depth study of the instructions given to Uddhava who questioned Sri Krishna about the perplexities of material existence. Many readers of the Bhagavad Gita wondered if that discourse was the complete idea of Sri Krishna. After a fair reading of these instructions to Uddhava, anyone would conclude that the instructions to Arjuna were only part of the course. This is verified in the Bhagavad Gita itself where Sri Krishna said that initially He taught two yogas and then He said He would teach Arjuna the karma yoga path, leaving aside and discouraging Arjuna from taking the jnana yoga approach. Interestingly, in the teaching to Uddhava, Krishna stated that He taught three yogas, namely karma yoga, jnana yoga and bhakti yoga. In the discussion with Arjuna, He admitted teaching only the first two of these three, with stress on karma Yoga which was recommended for Arjuna. The complete teachings of Sri Krishna are given in the Uddhava Gita. Incidentally, the title, Uddhava Gita, was not assigned in the original text which is part of the Srimad Bhagavatam, just as the title Bhagavad Gita was not listed in the Mahabharata from which it was extracted. Uddhava Gita may be called the Completed Bhagavad Gita or Bhagavad Gita Purna. All unanswered questions which Sri Krishna either avoided or answered partially are fully dealt with in the Uddhava Gita. For that matter instead of advocating karma yoga which is detachment with worldly life, Sri Krishna insisted on jnana yoga, which is detachment and full abandonment of worldly life. Karma yoga means that a person leaves aside the result of his or her activities, both the good and bad reactions, while jnana yoga means that a person refuses both the results and the opportunities for activity. And that was the path which Krishna recommended to Uddhava.

Autor

Michael Beloved (Yogi Madhv¿ch¿rya) took his current body in 1951 in Guyana. In 1965, while living in Trinidad, he instinctively began doing yoga postures and trying to make sense of the supernatural side of life. Later on, in 1970, in the Philippines, he approached a Martial Arts Master named Mr. Arthur Beverford, explaining to the teacher that he was seeking a yoga instructor. Mr. Beverford identified himself as an advanced disciple of Rishi Singh Gherwal, an astanga yoga master. Mr. Beverford taught the traditional Astanga Yoga with stress on postures, attentive breathing and brow chakra centering meditation. In 1972, Madhv¿ch¿rya entered the Denver Colorado Ashram of Kundalini Yoga Master ¿r¿ Harbhajan Singh. There he took instruction in Bhastrika Pr¿¿¿y¿ma and its application to yoga postures. He was supervised mostly by Yogi Bhajan's disciple named Prem Kaur. In 1979 Madhv¿ch¿rya formally entered the disciplic succession of the Brahm¿-Madhava Gaudiya Sampradaya through Swami Kirtanananda, who was a prominent sanny¿si disciple of the Great Vaishnava Authority ¿r¿ Swami Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, the exponent of devotion to Sri Krishna. After carefully studying and practicing the devotional process introduced by Sri Swami Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, Madhvacharya was inspired to do this translation of the Bhagav¿d- G¿t¿, which initially was published hard bound, under the title of Bhagavad G¿t¿ in Its Own Time and Place, by Asian Printery, Gujarat, India. The translation without commentary is published as Bhagavad G¿t¿ English. The translation with sansikrit text and word-for-word meanings, is published as Bhagavad G¿t¿ Revealed. This publication does not concern making or controlling disciples. It is designed to give readers insight to what Sri Krishna and Arjuna discussed in the discourse, without any effort to convince or convert. It is free of missionary overtones. Regarding those who carefully study the G¿t¿ and those who hear it with confidence,, Sri Krishna said this: I would be loved by the devotee who by sacrifice of his knowledge, will study this sacred conversation of ours. This is My opinion. (18.70) Even the person who hears with confidence, without ridiculing is freed. He should attain the happy worlds where persons of pious actions reside. (18.71)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael Beloved
• Seitenzahl: 750
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1580g
• ISBN-13: 9781942887430
• ISBN-10: 1942887434
• Artikelnr.: 62097416