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SUMMARY:Stories Of The Sages: Vedānta Embodied
DESCRIPTION:Stories transmit what sūtras alone cannot: philosophy embodied. The sages of India’s great wisdom traditions did not philosophize in the abstract. Their insights were forged in life — in bodies broken\, abandoned\, and cloistered. It is through their stories that we encounter exemplars of wisdom in the world. This talk explores three Indic sage stories (from The Stories Behind the Poses)\, each illuminating core Vedāntic concepts — ātman\, avidyā\, karma\, and mokṣa — through narrative rather than doctrine. From Aṣṭāvakra’s deformed body in Janaka’s court\, to Matsyendra’s twelve years in the belly of a fish\, to Bharadvāja’s three lifetimes of incomplete learning\, these tales show that wisdom is not information but transformation. Stories teach you when you least expect it\, which is why they’re so effective.
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