Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Has anyone else read the Uddhava Gita? I am finding it fascinating when I can read even just a little bit of it at a time. It seems full of wisdom to me. > Thought I'd share this gem below, it is very > symbolic. The river mentioned (Ganges) is considered holy, a part/aspect of God/dess. When we find our refuge in that Divine presence, by whatever name we call him/her, we are protect, like an elephant who takes shelter from the forest fire of the world, by standing within the water of the Ganges River. I just love that. > > > > "Although all people within the material world are > burning in the great forest fire of lust and greed, you remain free and are not burned by that fire. You are just like an elephant who takes shelter from a forest fire by standing within the water of the Ganges > River,." From Uddhava Gita Chapter 11 Verse 29. > > http://www.gita-society.com/section3/UddhavaGita.htm > > > > > > > > Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 I read a couple translations of the Uddhava Gita, and I have to agree, it is beautiful, useful and inspirational ... for me, a key text. Somehow it makes the Gita even more real, and fuses jnana and bhakti. At least that was my experience. Something on surrender ... for whatever reason (maybe a rebellious nature) that term, I could not get a handle on ... I could not even try, it simply was like petting a cat against her fur. It was only today I read Swami's comments on surrender that made sense to me, in his intro to the Kasyapa Sutra: He relates it to parabdha karma, a karmic action that has been released and it on its own trajectory ... you cannot stop it, it is now on the path of physics. What we can do, however, is not let off a further volley of arrows. This he refers to as udasa, surrendering, the acceptance of circumstance without creating additional unnecessary karma by new negative action. This is my paraphrasing, you can read his words on page 12-13 of The Guru the Goddess. Steve C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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