The Uddhava Gita: The Final Teaching of KrishnaWidely read, The Bhagavad Gita is a classic of world spirituality while The essential companion to The Bhagavad Gita, The Uddhava Gita has remained overlooked. This new accessible and only English translation in print of The Uddhava Gita offers a previously unexplored path to understanding Hinduism and Krishna’s wisdom. Written centuries apart, the ideas of the two dialogues are similar although their approach and contexts differ. The Bhagavad Gita is filled with the urgency of battle while The Uddhava Gita takes place on the eve of Krishna’s departure from the world. The Uddhava Gita offers the reader philosophy, sublime poetry, practical guidance, and, ultimately, hope for a more complete consciousness in which the life of the body better reflects the life of the spirit. |
Contents
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The Uddhava Gita | 21 |
Afterword | 244 |
Notes to the Translation | 246 |
Sanskrit Glossary | 255 |
Further Reading | 259 |
Acknowledgments | 263 |
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Common terms and phrases
action ancient appears asked attached attained awareness become begin Beloved bhakti birth body born bound Brahma bring called comes completely consciousness continue creation dark dear death deity desires devotee devotion Dialogue divine duties earth eternal existence experience faith feet fire five flow gain Gita give gods gunas guru heart heaven human ignorance individual king knowledge known Krishna lead learned liberation light live mantra matter maya means mind move multiplicities nature never objects offerings one’s path perform person pleasure practice present Purana purity Radiant rajas Reality realization religious remains renunciation ritual sacred sage sannyasin sattva scriptures seek senses siddhi sound space spiritual supreme Swami tamas teacher teaching tell things transcendent translated true truth Uddhava understand universe Vedas Vishnu wealth wise worship Yoga Yogi