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Ashtavakra is a sage mentioned in Hindu scriptures. He is described as one born with eight different deformities of the body. In Sanskrit, Aṣṭāvakra means "one having eight bends".

He is traditionally regarded as the author of one of the greatest cornerstone works of Advaita Vedanta - the Ashtavakra Gita, a philosophical/metaphysical dialogue between King Janaka of Mithila and Ashtavakra himself. ...more

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	The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita 4.64 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — published 1953 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Living: Ashtavakra Gita - Vol. 1 to 12 by Ashṭāvakra, Ravi Shankar (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Living: Ashtavakra Gita - Vol. 1 to 16 by Ashṭāvakra, Ravi Shankar (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashtavakra Gita - Vol.1-3 by Ashṭāvakra, Srinivasa~ (Artist), Shalini Srinivasa (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La science hindoue des lignes de la main 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gítá Ashtávakra - Aṣṭāvakra Gītā: Eagrán dátheangach i Sanscrait agus i nGaeilge 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echos spirituels du Japon : 1916-1918 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashtavakra Gita Zenyaku to Kaisetsu: Advaita Vedanta Hinigen no Koten by Ashṭāvakra, Kendi Aoki (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florilège de la mystique indienne: Une lecture condensée et facilitée de la Bhagavad Gita, de l'Avadhuta Gita et de l'Ashtavakra Gita by Grégoire de Visme, Vyasa, Ashṭāvakra 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Bondage is when the mind longs for something, grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is pleased about something or displeased about something.”
― Ashtavakra

tags: ashtavakra, gita, spirituality, stoicismism

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“All things arise,
Suffer change,
And pass away.

This is their nature.

When you know this,
Nothing perturbs you,
Nothing hurts you.

You become still.”
― Ashṭāvakra, Ashtavakra Gita

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“You do not consist of the elements - earth, water, fire, air or even ether. To be liberated, know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these.”
― Ashṭāvakra, Ashtavakra Gita

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