44: Ashtavakra - The Boy Who Was Born Crooked and Understood What the Scholars Forgot

from The Long Thread - Ancient Stories For The Present Moment. · host Ashvee Kanwar

A boy was born with eight curves in his body.His father cursed him before he was born.At twelve years old he walked into the most learned court in ancient India to win his father's freedom.The moment he entered — the greatest scholars in the kingdom laughed at him.Ashtavakra stopped.Looked around at all of them.And laughed back.This story is the doorway to one of the most radical teachings on identity ever recorded anywhere.New story every day.Follow so you never miss one.

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