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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 72633" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong>Ashtavakra</strong> was a sage in ancient india. <strong>Ashtavakra</strong>, also spelt as <strong>Ashtaavakra</strong> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sanskrit</span></u></a>:अष्*टवक्र means "eight bends". Ashta means eight. Vakra means bend or deformity.</p><p>In ancient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></u></a>, the sage <em>Ashtavakra</em> was known to be a very intelligent and spiritually well advanced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">rishi</span></u></a> who realized self or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman_%28Hinduism%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Atman</span></u></a>. More information about his birth and life comes from the Indian epic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Ramayana</span></u></a>. Sage <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uddalaka&action=editredlink" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Uddalaka</span></u></a> ran a school (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashram" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Ashram</span></u></a>) teaching Vedic knowledge. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahola&action=editredlink" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kahola</span></u></a> was one of his best disciples. Uddalaka was so pleased with him that he had his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant and wanted her child to surpass all the sages of his time in spirituality and intelligence, so, she began to sit in the classes taught by Uddalaka and Kahola, listening to their chanting of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">mantras</span></u></a> with the unborn baby. In ancient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></u></a>, there was a belief that when expectant mothers exposed themselves to spiritual teachings the child in the womb heard it and gathered that knowledge and became a genius in that spiritual area after its birth. It was one day, as Kahola recited the Vedas as laid down in the disciplinary rules, and within hearing distance of the child growing in the womb, that it heard the recitation but, since it was already aware of the correct pronunciation of every syllable since its mother used to attend classes with rapt attention, whenever Kahola pronounced a syllable wrong, the child in the womb squirmed in distress. Sujata informed Kahola that he had pronounced the syllable wrongly as indicated by the child in the womb. This happened on eight occasions. Kahola perceived this as arrogance on the part of something, yet to manifest itself in the world, and he cursed the foetus with eight deformities. So, when the baby was born, it had eight bends, was crooked in eight places. Naturally, he was named <em>Ashtavakra</em> (Eight Bends).</p><p>Around the time Ashtavakra was born, his father was invited to argue with the great philosopher, Bandi. In those days, philosophical arguments were commonplace and the best were invited to argue in the presence of the King. Bandi was supposedly the son of Varuna - the Lord of all water bodies - and was sent incognito to land to get rishes, or sages, to conduct a ritual that his father wanted to perform. Bandi was well known as a philospher and easily defeated Kahola. As per the rules of the contest, Bandi's victims had to 'drown' themselves in the river nearby (Ganges?). Nobody knew of Bandi's real identity or his intention in demanding that his victims should submerge in the river. Kahola, too, lost the argument and had to submerge himself in the river. Ashtavakra was therefore raised by Uddalaka and his disciples and within a short time mastered everything that was expected of a 'Brahmin'. Uddalaka and his disciples took pains to see that Ashtavakra was always kept in the dark about the fate of his father. However, Ashtavakra came to know the truth when one of his friends, inadvertently, blurted out that the person who Ashtavakra thought was his father, was, in fact, not his father. Ashtavakra then demanded the truth from his mother and decided to confront Bandi and defeat him in an argument.</p><p>Ashtavakra then made his way to the King's palace and presented himself as a challenger. The kind-hearted King could not bear the thought of someone so young losing to Bandi and meeting the same fate as countless other Brahmins and tried to dissuade the young boy. Ashtavakra, was, however adamant, and after an initial test, the King decided to let him face Bandi. Ashtavakra won the argument and demanded that Bandi restore to life all the sages and Brahmins he had forced to be drowned. One of the conditions of the contest was that if Bandi loses he would grant any wish of his vanquisher. By this time, Varuna's ritual was also complete and he had rewarded all the sages and Brahmins and so when Bandi was defeated, he revealed his true identity and the reason behind the 'drowning' of his victims. At Bandi's request, Varuna bade the sages and Brahmins farewell and brought them to surface. Kahola was extremely pleased with his son's intelligence and knowledge. He immediately regretted his harsh words that had caused Ashtavakra to be born with deformities and asked him to take a dip in the Holy Ganges. Following that, Ashtavakra's body was freed of his eight deformities.</p><p>Later <em>Ashtavakra</em> grew into a spiritually advanced rishi and realised Atman. He went to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithila" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">Mithila</span></u></a> and instructed King <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaka" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Janaka</span></u></a> about the concept of Atman. These teachings form the content of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtavakra_Gita" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">Ashtavakra Gita</span></u></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtavakra_Samhita" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Ashtavakra Samhita</span></u></a> as it is sometimes called.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 72633, member: 4990"] [B]Ashtavakra[/B] was a sage in ancient india. [B]Ashtavakra[/B], also spelt as [B]Ashtaavakra[/B] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/U][/URL]:अष्*टवक्र means "eight bends". Ashta means eight. Vakra means bend or deformity. In ancient [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]India[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the sage [I]Ashtavakra[/I] was known to be a very intelligent and spiritually well advanced [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]rishi[/COLOR][/U][/URL] who realized self or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman_%28Hinduism%29"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Atman[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. More information about his birth and life comes from the Indian epic [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Ramayana[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Sage [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uddalaka&action=editredlink"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Uddalaka[/COLOR][/U][/URL] ran a school ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashram"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Ashram[/COLOR][/U][/URL]) teaching Vedic knowledge. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahola&action=editredlink"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kahola[/COLOR][/U][/URL] was one of his best disciples. Uddalaka was so pleased with him that he had his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant and wanted her child to surpass all the sages of his time in spirituality and intelligence, so, she began to sit in the classes taught by Uddalaka and Kahola, listening to their chanting of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]mantras[/COLOR][/U][/URL] with the unborn baby. In ancient [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]India[/COLOR][/U][/URL], there was a belief that when expectant mothers exposed themselves to spiritual teachings the child in the womb heard it and gathered that knowledge and became a genius in that spiritual area after its birth. It was one day, as Kahola recited the Vedas as laid down in the disciplinary rules, and within hearing distance of the child growing in the womb, that it heard the recitation but, since it was already aware of the correct pronunciation of every syllable since its mother used to attend classes with rapt attention, whenever Kahola pronounced a syllable wrong, the child in the womb squirmed in distress. Sujata informed Kahola that he had pronounced the syllable wrongly as indicated by the child in the womb. This happened on eight occasions. Kahola perceived this as arrogance on the part of something, yet to manifest itself in the world, and he cursed the foetus with eight deformities. So, when the baby was born, it had eight bends, was crooked in eight places. Naturally, he was named [I]Ashtavakra[/I] (Eight Bends). Around the time Ashtavakra was born, his father was invited to argue with the great philosopher, Bandi. In those days, philosophical arguments were commonplace and the best were invited to argue in the presence of the King. Bandi was supposedly the son of Varuna - the Lord of all water bodies - and was sent incognito to land to get rishes, or sages, to conduct a ritual that his father wanted to perform. Bandi was well known as a philospher and easily defeated Kahola. As per the rules of the contest, Bandi's victims had to 'drown' themselves in the river nearby (Ganges?). Nobody knew of Bandi's real identity or his intention in demanding that his victims should submerge in the river. Kahola, too, lost the argument and had to submerge himself in the river. Ashtavakra was therefore raised by Uddalaka and his disciples and within a short time mastered everything that was expected of a 'Brahmin'. Uddalaka and his disciples took pains to see that Ashtavakra was always kept in the dark about the fate of his father. However, Ashtavakra came to know the truth when one of his friends, inadvertently, blurted out that the person who Ashtavakra thought was his father, was, in fact, not his father. Ashtavakra then demanded the truth from his mother and decided to confront Bandi and defeat him in an argument. Ashtavakra then made his way to the King's palace and presented himself as a challenger. The kind-hearted King could not bear the thought of someone so young losing to Bandi and meeting the same fate as countless other Brahmins and tried to dissuade the young boy. Ashtavakra, was, however adamant, and after an initial test, the King decided to let him face Bandi. Ashtavakra won the argument and demanded that Bandi restore to life all the sages and Brahmins he had forced to be drowned. One of the conditions of the contest was that if Bandi loses he would grant any wish of his vanquisher. By this time, Varuna's ritual was also complete and he had rewarded all the sages and Brahmins and so when Bandi was defeated, he revealed his true identity and the reason behind the 'drowning' of his victims. At Bandi's request, Varuna bade the sages and Brahmins farewell and brought them to surface. Kahola was extremely pleased with his son's intelligence and knowledge. He immediately regretted his harsh words that had caused Ashtavakra to be born with deformities and asked him to take a dip in the Holy Ganges. Following that, Ashtavakra's body was freed of his eight deformities. Later [I]Ashtavakra[/I] grew into a spiritually advanced rishi and realised Atman. He went to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithila"][U][COLOR=#800080]Mithila[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and instructed King [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaka"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Janaka[/COLOR][/U][/URL] about the concept of Atman. These teachings form the content of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtavakra_Gita"][U][COLOR=#800080]Ashtavakra Gita[/COLOR][/U][/URL] or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtavakra_Samhita"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Ashtavakra Samhita[/COLOR][/U][/URL] as it is sometimes called. [/QUOTE]
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