02 Uddhava Gita from Bhagavata Purana 2.5-7

Weekly class on selected chapters taught by Swami Tadatmananda.
The Uddhava Gita is a small section from the famous Bhagavata Purana in which Sri Krishna imparts powerful Vedantic teachings to his dear friend and devotee, Uddhava, much in the same way that Sri Krishna teaches Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.

[ravish]

Thank you swamiji and a great shout out for everyone to be more accepting and loving of everyone irrespective of their mental and physical make up. The LGBTQ community definitely needs a lot of acceptance around the world even though there have been some significant strides over the past decade.

[NFZ]

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् ।

देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ५॥

Vasudeva sutam devam kamsa Chanoora mardhanam

Devaki paramaanandam Krishnam vande Jagad Gurum.

O son of Vasudeva, O Lord who destroyed Kamsa and Chanuura

O Joy of mother Devaki, Salutations O Krishna, the teacher of the world.

[anandajogacenter]

Hari Om swamiji! I so agree with you! This is not a history book but it is an important spiritual teaching of how to live with increasingly adharmic society. Please stay strong and continue with your very important teachings. I give you my support. 🍀🙏❤️

[jasminka-kt]

Thank you Swamiji for an excellent class. As you've pointed The Uddhava Gita is so relevant to times we are living in. Superb text! Om Shanti! 🙏

[klparmar]

Do not worry so much about your mother, father and siblings. Do not worry so much about other people.

Do not worry about your spouse, children and friends. You are obsessed with your involvements in Maya.

The One Lord God is Kind and Compassionate, O Nanak. He is the Cherisher and Nurturer of all living beings. ||15||

[Arahansannihilation]

I missed the sound of the Vedic chant. Every time I hear it just put me into a calm state.

[anilmishrassblintercollege]

Please go through whole bhagawat puran, ❤❤

[gridcoregilry]

Thank you for this crystal clear explanation <3

[paulinedonohoe]

Thank you Swami for your excellent explanation of unconditional love. Your comments about people in America not telling their children to leave home if they, are gay I don't feel can be true. I know of many families who completely reject and disown their children if they are gay. Many do not of course reject their children. So I feel it is wrong to say that it happens India but not America. I'm a retired counsellor who has lived in Canada, Australia, United Kingdom. It is a big problem for gay children in the west also to be loved unconditionaly when they are gay. Of course like I mentioned there is a mixture of responses from parents. I hope this comment is helpful helpful and thank you once again for your excellent lessons. Namaste

[venkataramamuthuswami]

Is it not possible that the Mahabharata and Bhagvadpurana narratives could be corroborated? Because of the curse on Arjuna in the "Nagaloka", things happened to his grandson, Raja Parathekshit, whose mind was gaslighted to meddle with the Rishi's meditation. The Hindu texts may not be historical records, but their messages could related thru ages.

[TheSHRAYASH]

Namaste, Swami Ji. Thank you so much for your teachings. 
I'm a bit puzzled about the concept of objectivity in an enlightened person. If the aim of spiritual life is to detach emotion from our thoughts, does it also extend to our speech? Isn't it Dharma to speak truth, kindly, and beneficially (Satyam, Priyam, Hitam)? The emphasis on kindness suggests that we should speak in a way that doesn't harm someone's emotions. However, if we're meant to separate emotions, should we speak straightforwardly regardless of how it affects emotions? In essence, should we prioritize what we say over how we say it?

[Prasannakumar-jlpi]

King Janaka might be an enlightened person but surely not a good king.
He failed in his duties to his people.
He is not making efforts to help his people. Therefore he is not following karma yoga. How to explain this paradox

[soultospirit]

You might have heard this kind of comment already... but Sri Yukteswar (Yogananda's teacher), in the book the Holy Science, uses a different method for calculating the Yugas that puts us in the Dwapara Yuga, that he calls the "Age of the Electricities" (he wrote this in the late 1800's). He said that we will begin to discover "fine matters and electricities" (he subtle and hidden realms) and learn to harness them. He would agree with you that things are better, and he would agree this does not mean we will be free of conflict. Yogananda in interpreting Yukteswar says he believes we will begin to understand that "thoughts are universal." As we perceive how thoughts are always present in the ethers, we will have to take greater responsibility in this coming age for what we tune into and think. This will necessitate and advancement in our viveka and capacity to reason.

[vsplit]

The voice level is dropping really low in quite a few places making it hard to follow without keeping the volume level really high.

[archockencanto]

Mahabharata also says it was the son of Muni Shameeka, Rishi Shringi, who upon getting 'teased' by his friend for his father having a dead snake thrown on his neck by Parikshit, got angry and cursed him to die in 7 days by Takshaka.

At-least in the Kumbhaghonam Sanskarana...
It's in the latter part of Chapter 40 of the Adi Parva, under the Pauloma Parva.

Edit: Astika Parva, not Pauloma*

Sorry for the error.