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Gautama

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Vedic sage

Person · Open Library

Born
1929
Works
26

Top works

  • Striyām̐ Gāyatrī upāsanā kyom̐ kareṃ?
  • Pūjā rahasya
  • Gāyatrī sahasranāma
  • Śiva Saṃhitā
  • Oṅkāra siddhi (Praṇava yoga kā tātvika vivecana)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
192
Total plays
1,191

Tags

New CaledoniarockpsytranceelectronicRussia

Gautama is a rock band hailing from Izhevsk, Russia. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gautama">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that]. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms]. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question. There are questions that should be put aside. These are the four ways of answering questions.
  • Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.
  • “The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood; words in the hands of someone skilled can do more damage than a weapon in the hands of a warrior.”
  • “Well, Lord, is the soul the same as the body, is the soul one thing and the body another?”
  • Just as a bird, wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden, so too, the bhikkhu becomes content with robes to protect his body and with almsfood to maintain his stomach, and wherever he goes he sets out taking only these with him. Possessing this aggregate of noble virtue, he experiences within himself a bliss that is blameless.
  • Any kind of material form whatever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all material form should be seen as it actually is with proper wisdom thus: “This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.”

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Key facts

Spouse
Ahalyā
Children
Shatananda and others
Honors
One of the Saptarishis (Seven Great Sages Rishi )
Religion
Hinduism

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Encyclopedic overview

Major texts

Śruti

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gautama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.