Leading 14.

4 Minion Pro 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,
and he took it, and there was this rule for a householder, the dharma,

Leading 16.8 Minion Pro 14pt

that when a householder is going to eat something,
if someone else is around, he cannot eat by himself.
He has to give it to them and then eat.
This is a lot in those days.
That anybody who is sitting to eat cannot eat by himself

Leading 18 Minion Pro 18pt

if he sees someone else around, he has to feed them and then eat.
So, he was afraid because he has only one roti,
and if he sees somebody has to share with them,
so he was hiding his roti underneath his robe,
and he found some place where there was nobody.

Leading 28.8 Minion Pro 24pt

And then he was about to go and eat that piece of roti
at that moment,
an eagle came and just took the roti also of his hand.
At this moment he could not tolerate, he shouted,
Leading 14.4 Calbri 12pt
Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,

Leading 14.4 vardana 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,

Leading 14.4 Arial 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
Leading 16 Minion Pro 12pt
Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,
and he took it, and there was this rule for a householder, the dharma,

Leading 18 Minion Pro 14pt

that when a householder is going to eat something,
if someone else is around, he cannot eat by himself.
He has to give it to them and then eat.
This is a lot in those days.
That anybody who is sitting to eat cannot eat by himself

Leading 20 Minion Pro 18pt

if he sees someone else around, he has to feed them and then eat.
So, he was afraid because he has only one roti,
and if he sees somebody has to share with them,
Leading 16 Calbri 12pt
Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,

Leading 18 Calbri 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,

Leading 16 vardana 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,

Leading 16 Arial 12pt

Everything was in a loss, and he became a popper.
And he found himself roaming from street to street, so hungry.
And he wanted a piece of bread.
He asked everybody, nobody had a piece of roti chapati, not bread.
So, and finally, somebody gave him a dry bread piece of roti chapati,
01 Introductions Qualifications

Minion regular 12pt 14.4pt

It was dinner time like most of you are having now. But then he got confused, no, which is real? Maybe this
I am dreaming. Is that real or this real? He got concerned about this, what is reality? And he was one who
would never leave questions very easily. He would come up with questions. So, he called all the scholars in
the kingdom and asked them the solution. Everybody gave some answers, he was not satisfied at all. No an-
swer could satisfy him. Then someone whispered in him, but this kept bugging in his mind for several days of
long search. Someone said there is one man called Ashtavakra, you should approach him. This man, Ashta-
vakra, his body was bent in eight places. I mean he had eight deformities in his body.

His legs were, one was long, one was short, like that hands one was long. There were so many knots in his
body. Eight knots, that’s why the name came to him Ashtavakra. Means the man with eight knots, eight
bends in his body. He was the Brahmanjani who nowhere after Brahman. And then he was invited to the
court. Then Ashtavakra tells, there is a conversation between Jannak and Ashtavakra. This is the most unique
conversation that has taken place on this planet. The discussion between Ashtavakra and Jannaka is a very
unique phenomenon.

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There was someone who has enjoyed the peak of the life and wanting to know about the self, about the
reality. And there is someone who has risen to the pinnacle of existence and telling them what the reality
is. It is called Ashtavakra Gita. The song of Ashtavakra. Krishna gave the Gita to Arjuna in the battlefield,
amidst all chaos. Here Jannaka was given the Gita. We use the knowledge. We will discuss about that in the
coming days. Every evening we will go through how much we go. One by one small versus couplets. And
they are fully pregnant with all that is needed. So this Gita took place in a royal residence, in a very peaceful
Jazul at

mosphere. So Ashtavakra was brought to their palace with all honor. Many people thought, well this man, he
doesn’t even look presentable. And he is going to teach the highest knowledge to the king. But Jannaka was
far sighted person. He could recognize the glow, the light. You know it is very difficult for people to recognize
the truth and reality. People recognize pomp and show. Because eyes are on just the outer. Eyes are unable to
see the light or the life which is beyond, which is deep inside. So Ashtavakarigita is not for, for someone who
has not done anything started in the path. For someone who has already started the path, this opens up many
avenues. The In order to receive anything, we need to qualify for it. If you receive a dress, that dress should

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feed you. Otherwise, what is the use? Having such a dress. You receive a food that
food should agree with you. Otherwise, what is the use? It should be eatable. See
something to drink. You should be able to drink it and hold into your system. Other-
wise, however big, however wonderful it is, it is of no use to us. Knowledge and rel-
evance. An event or instance has reference. In wherever there is life, there is rever-
ence. Without these three principles, life cannot evolve. So also with the Ashtabakra
Gita, to acquire this knowledge, we need some qualification. What is the qualification?

Like if you have to go to a medical school, you should be knowing at least the alpha-
bets to begin with. Imagine you have never gone into a school, never learnt alphabets
and if you have to go to medical school, what can you do there? Same way, far-brim
my Gyan, the biggest knowledge, the ultimate knowledge. We require certain things,
what are these certain things? To begin with a disciplined person only can be given
this knowledge. Discipline in what way? Someone who has the reverence for life. They
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are disciplined in the body. This we know, usually when we hear a discipline, we think of just body having
food in the proper time, going to bed at proper time and taking bath and keeping your body straight and stiff
and healthy. This is what we think. Everything here is listening to your body, not listening to your fantasies.
You have eaten, your stomach is full, but something has come, a burfi, or gulab, jamun, mango milkshake.
Now your tongue says, no, I should have a little more of that and you drink a little more and next day you
are flat in your bed. This we have not listened

to our body, but we have been carried away by our tongue. We have had its own discipline if you just listen
to the body that is enough. Some of us are so much obsessed about our eating habits. We are in either of the
extremes. Either we say, oh, I must have this, I must have this. What you are doing, you are spoiling your
system. Your system is elastic, it has so much ability, but you are trained giving a particular specific foot to
your system all the year. Later on it doesn’t agree anything else into the body. Don’t think we have disci-
plined the body. Another day another gentleman came. He said he has been just eating raw vegetables for
many, many

cambria
From your side, even if you don’t speak some people get turbulent, that’s your natural response. But
from your side, do not speak, this is a, oh you will take for next five days. To begin with five days, do
not speak any harsh word. Let not any harsh word come out of your mouth to anyone. For the divine
dwells in every heart, do not hurt with your words. For the divine dwells in every heart. Anyone whose
words are cultured, whose speech is cultured, they are eligible for a star aggregate. One who do not,
even at the moment of highest peak of anger, cannot utter words which are unpleasant. Words which
would be like arrows. This is the second discipline, discipline in words. You will see that when you
start with that you will not get a chance to speak

harsh words in your life. Just a little tilt in your tone is sufficient enough. You don’t have to yell at peo-
ple, just tilt in the tone of your voice. We’ll do the job. If it is required somewhere here and there, the
things doesn’t go faster, smoother enough, then we feel we must show some anger. Even in the show-
ing of anger, there is no need to use any harsh words. It will happen. The situation happens all around
you like that. But see, most of us, our tongue is so, it says the tongue does not have a bone, that is true,
that is how it goes in all directions, up and down and right and left. We slap people right and left by
our tongue. This is misusing the power of speech. We have been endowed with a power of speech,
not to create turbulence, but to bring peace in the mind. Purpose of words is to create silence, but our
words go like stones and hit the silent mind, create tur

bulence all over. We have got to bear this in our mind. Culture of speech, our main purpose of silence, one of
the main objectives of silence is to make you aware what you talk. If someone is demanding something from
you, which is not in your capacity, you can quietly say, I am sorry, I apologize you, I cannot do this. Or you can
ereland shout at them. Culture of words. Don’t think speech is a small power, it is a very big power. The more
and more we are soaking in the being, any harsh words from us will become cursed. Our words are there to

bless people, bring peace in the world. So from today take this over everyone, not to speak any harsh words for
five days. Let us see what happens. The world will not fall on our head, nobody is going to do any big harm to
us. Nothing will happen, you will find in fact it is so nourishing, so enriching to life. Purity of speech, cultur-
ing of speech. Third one, culturing the mind. One who has never meditated has no right even to touch the
book of Ashtavakra. One who has never experienced stillness of the mind at any time, even a few minutes, few
hours. One who has not had the restful alertness, should not even touch this book. One who
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are disciplined in the body. This we know, usually when we hear a discipline, we think of just
body having food in the proper time, going to bed at proper time and taking bath and keeping
your body straight and stiff and healthy. This is what we think. Everything here is listening to
your body, not listening to your fantasies. You have eaten, your stomach is full, but something has
come, a burfi, or gulab, jamun, mango milkshake. Now your tongue says, no, I should have a little
more of that and you drink a little more and next day you are flat in your bed. This we have not
listened

to our body, but we have been carried away by our tongue. We have had its own discipline if you
just listen to the body that is enough. Some of us are so much obsessed about our eating habits.
We are in either of the extremes. Either we say, oh, I must have this, I must have this. What you
are doing, you are spoiling your system. Your system is elastic, it has so much ability, but you are
trained giving a particular specific foot to your system all the year. Later on it doesn’t agree any-
thing else into the body. Don’t think we have disciplined the body. Another day another gentle-
man came. He said he has been just eating raw vegetables for many, many

basker
From your side, even if you don’t speak some people get turbulent, that’s your natural response. But from
your side, do not speak, this is a, oh you will take for next five days. To begin with five days, do not speak any
harsh word. Let not any harsh word come out of your mouth to anyone. For the divine dwells in every heart,
do not hurt with your words. For the divine dwells in every heart. Anyone whose words are cultured, whose
speech is cultured, they are eligible for a star aggregate. One who do not, even at the moment of highest peak
of anger, cannot utter words which are unpleasant. Words which would be like arrows. This is the second dis-
cipline, discipline in words. You will see that when you start with that you will not get a chance to speak

harsh words in your life. Just a little tilt in your tone is sufficient enough. You don’t have to yell at people, just
tilt in the tone of your voice. We’ll do the job. If it is required somewhere here and there, the things doesn’t
go faster, smoother enough, then we feel we must show some anger. Even in the showing of anger, there is no
need to use any harsh words. It will happen. The situation happens all around you like that. But see, most of
us, our tongue is so, it says the tongue does not have a bone, that is true, that is how it goes in all directions,
up and down and right and left. We slap people right and left by our tongue. This is misusing the power of
speech. We have been endowed with a power of speech, not to create turbulence, but to bring peace in the
mind. Purpose of words is to create silence, but our words go like stones and hit the silent mind, create tur

serif
bulence all over. We have got to bear this in our mind. Culture of speech, our main purpose of silence, one
of the main objectives of silence is to make you aware what you talk. If someone is demanding something
from you, which is not in your capacity, you can quietly say, I am sorry, I apologize you, I cannot do this. Or
you can ereland shout at them. Culture of words. Don’t think speech is a small power, it is a very big power.
The more and more we are soaking in the being, any harsh words from us will become cursed. Our words
are there to

bless people, bring peace in the world. So from today take this over everyone, not to speak any
harsh words for five days. Let us see what happens. The world will not fall on our head, nobody
is going to do any big harm to us. Nothing will happen, you will find in fact it is so nourishing, so
enriching to life. Purity of speech, culturing of speech. Third one, culturing the mind. One who has
never meditated has no right even to touch the book of Ashtavakra. One who has never experi-
enced stillness of the mind at any time, even a few minutes, few hours. One who has not had the