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Sage Teachings

Wisdom from enlightened sages

79 dialogues

Where Has Delusion Gone?

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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Delusion was never real—like the snake seen in a rope, it was a misperception in awareness. When recognition dawns, ignorance does not go anywhere because it never truly existed.

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Peace Beyond Words

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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The deepest peace cannot be described or understood—it can only be recognized as what we already are beneath all concepts, in the silence before words arise.

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The Nature of the Wise

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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The wise one lives fully in the world but remains untouched because he identifies with awareness itself, not with the passing experiences that appear within it.

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The Knower of Truth

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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The knower of truth perceives all forms as expressions of one awareness, transforming experience from fragmentation to unity without losing the ability to function in the diverse world.

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Janaka's Final Realization

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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The final realization is that the Self was never bound, never seeking, never separate—the entire journey of awakening was the Self playing at forgetting and remembering itself.

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Ribhu's Farewell

Ribhu & Nidagha

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The ultimate farewell teaching is that there was never separation between teacher and student - only Brahman playing the game of teaching itself what it already knows.

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Resting in the Self

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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Resting in the Self is not passive withdrawal but vibrant presence—it accommodates all activity and experience while remaining undisturbed, making action more effective and relationships more genuine.

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Final Destruction of Duality

Ribhu & Nidagha

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The final destruction of duality dissolves even the spiritual understanding 'I am Brahman' - what remains is pure being without a knower, where neither knowledge nor ignorance exist.

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True Happiness

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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True happiness is not found in changing circumstances but is the unchanging nature of the Self, always present when we stop seeking it outside ourselves.

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Special Instruction

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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Even the sense of spiritual progress is a subtle form of ego; true liberation comes from seeing through the one who measures progress and releasing all spiritual ambition.

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The One Who Has Arrived

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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One who has arrived recognizes there was never a journey—the sense of traveling was a dream, and awakening reveals that the Self was always present, complete, and free.

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Beyond Qualities

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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The Self is beyond all qualities—good and bad, pure and impure, wise and ignorant. These attributes belong to the body-mind, while awareness itself remains untouched by any characteristic.

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The Fearless One

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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True fearlessness comes not from courage but from recognizing that the Self is unborn and undying—when identification with what can be harmed dissolves, fear has nothing to attach to.

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Detachment in Action

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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True detachment is not avoiding action but recognizing there is no separate doer - action continues naturally while the Self remains untouched.

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Dissolution of the Mind

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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The mind need not be dissolved through effort; when seen clearly as an appearance in awareness, it naturally settles into its proper place.

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Liberation is Your Nature

Nidagha & Ribhu

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Liberation is not a future attainment but your eternal nature—you are always already free, and the path is simply recognizing what has never been otherwise.

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Neither Bound Nor Free

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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True realization transcends even the concepts of bondage and liberation - the Self was never in either state and cannot be categorized.

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No Teacher, No Student

Nidagha & Ribhu

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Even the sacred guru-disciple relationship is ultimately a play within the one Brahman—liberation is not transmitted from one to another but recognized as one's eternal nature.

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Janaka's Awakening

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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When recognition dawns, even the abandonment of the world is seen as unnecessary—the world itself is the Self appearing. The seeker, the seeking, and the sought are revealed as one undivided awareness, and the journey is seen to have never happened.

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