Sage Teachings
Wisdom from enlightened sages
15 dialogues
Yudhishthira and His Dog - At the Gates of Heaven
Yudhishthira & Indra / The Dog (Yama)
True dharma is revealed in how we treat those who cannot benefit us. The final test is not grand but humbleâa choice no one sees except ourselves. Loyalty to the helpless is the measure of character.
Nachiketa and Yama - The Boy Who Questioned Death
Nachiketa & Yama
The Self is eternal and untouched by death. What dies is only the bodyâthe temporary clothing of consciousness. Turn the senses inward to discover what was never lost.
Beyond Duality
Janaka & Ashtavakra
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.
Yudhishthira and the Yaksha - The Questions at the Lake
Yudhishthira & Yaksha (Yama)
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.
Yudhishthira and Narada - Why Heaven Bored Him
Yudhishthira & Narada
Paradise without purpose creates its own suffering. Boredom can be a doorway to deeper self-knowledge. We often don't know who we are until the circumstances that defined us are removed.
Narada Teaches About True Devotion
Narada & Hunter (becoming Valmiki)
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.
Satyavati's Last Departure
Satyavati & Vyasa
Our ambitions ripple beyond our ability to control them. The consequences of our choices may take generations to unfold. Sometimes the only wisdom is knowing when to walk away.
Savitri Confronts Yama - Death Shall Not Have Him
Savitri & Yama
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.
Who Are You Really?
Janaka & Ashtavakra
Liberation is not something to be attained in the future through practice or accumulationâit is the recognition, here and now, that you are already the pure awareness witnessing all experience, not the body-mind that appears within that awareness.
Who Are You Really?
Janaka & Ashtavakra
You are not the body, mind, or any limited identityâyou are pure Awareness itself. Liberation is not achieved through effort but recognized through understanding your true nature.
The Self Alone Exists
Ashtavakra & Janaka
The Self alone truly exists; the world, body, and mind are appearances within awareness like waves in the oceanânever separate from their source, never diminishing its infinite nature.
Test of the Realized One
Ashtavakra & Janaka
The realized one is marked by natural freedom from attachment, fear, and ego - not by withdrawal from life but by clear seeing.
The Liberated One's Way
Ashtavakra & Janaka
The liberated one transcends both enjoyment and renunciation, living naturally without method or effort, responding to life spontaneously.
The Nature of the Wise
Janaka & Ashtavakra
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.
No Teacher, No Student
Nidagha & Ribhu
Even the sacred guru-disciple relationship is ultimately a play within the one Brahmanâliberation is not transmitted from one to another but recognized as one's eternal nature.