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Sage Teachings

Wisdom from enlightened sages

13 dialogues

Yudhishthira and His Dog - At the Gates of Heaven

Yudhishthira & Indra / The Dog (Yama)

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True dharma is revealed in how we treat those who cannot benefit us. The final test is not grand but humble—a choice no one sees except ourselves. Loyalty to the helpless is the measure of character.

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Beyond Duality

Janaka & Ashtavakra

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True freedom is not choosing between opposites but recognizing that all duality is a play of the one Self, which remains forever untouched by the pairs it witnesses.

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Yudhishthira and the Yaksha - The Questions at the Lake

Yudhishthira & Yaksha (Yama)

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True dharma demands fairness even when no one is watching. The greatest wonder is our denial of death despite constant evidence. Leadership means making choices that others would refuse.

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Markandeya Tells Yudhishthira About the Great Flood

Markandeya & Yudhishthira

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All things end and begin again. Inside destruction waits creation. Surviving catastrophe requires not faith but endurance—the willingness to keep floating until the waters recede.

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Vashishtha and Vishwamitra - The End of Enmity

Vashishtha & Vishwamitra

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Forgiveness releases the forgiver, not just the forgiven. Old enemies can become friends when pride finally surrenders. The longest journeys often end in the simplest places.

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Narada Teaches About True Devotion

Narada & Hunter (becoming Valmiki)

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Each person bears their own karma alone. The excuses we use to justify wrong action fall away under examination. Transformation begins when we stop blaming circumstances and take ownership of our choices.

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Savitri Confronts Yama - Death Shall Not Have Him

Savitri & Yama

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Love is proven through action, not words. Wit and determination can overcome even cosmic forces. The vows we make are only as real as our willingness to keep them at cost.

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Markandeya Defies Death - The Boy Who Would Not Die

Markandeya & Yama

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Devotion can transcend destiny. Even cosmic laws have exceptions for those whose faith is absolute. Running toward the divine, not away from fear, is the path to transformation.

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Final Teaching on Liberation

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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Liberation cannot be achieved, known, or transmitted—it is simply the recognition that bondage was never real. There is no one to be liberated because the Self was always free.

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Indifference to Liberation

Ashtavakra & Janaka

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True liberation is not gaining freedom but becoming indifferent to both bondage and liberation, recognizing that the Self was never bound and needs no release.

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The Non-Dual Reality

Nidagha & Ribhu

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The trinity of individual soul, world, and God is not three realities in relationship but one Brahman appearing as the drama of three.

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All Paths Lead Nowhere

Nidagha & Ribhu

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No path leads to Brahman because you are already Brahman—all paths are not journeys to truth but exhaustions of the illusion that you are somewhere else.

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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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