Book · 1997 · Religion
The Mahabharata
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The Mahabharata itself is a 10 book set that has all been translated already.
Billy Carson · The Shawn Ryan Show · Jan 2024 Listen at 22:15 What they say about it
- Mentioned alongside other ancient texts2
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You can read the Mahabharata. Like there's kind of one truth in the universe.
There's a beautiful piece in the Mahabharata which is the Gita is a small part of.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Mar 2022 But then i was reading all the upanishads the mahabharata the the kid the greek the christian mysticism and all.
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The Mahabharata is a monumental ancient Indian epic detailing legendary conflicts, spiritual philosophy, and vast cosmological wisdom across extensive poetic and narrative texts. The epic emerged in several podcast conversations regarding ancient history, religious texts, and shared human truths. On the Big Technology Podcast, David Cahn referenced the Mahabharata alongside sacred texts like the Quran and the Torah as part of a shared historical tradition pointing toward universal truths. Similarly, Alex Petkas mentioned the epic on Modern Wisdom while exploring common ancestors within Indo-European poetic traditions. On The Joe Rogan Experience and The Shawn Ryan Show, guests like Aravind Srinivas and Billy Carson discussed the text in depth, citing its extensive records of ancient wars, philosophical discourses, and references to powerful legendary weaponry such as the brahmastra across its ten-book structure and related scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita. Furthermore, Jay Shetty brought up a narrative vignette from the epic on On Purpose to illustrate a philosophical teaching involving a teacher and student reflecting on profound life questions, and Wim Hof recalled reading the epic alongside other global spiritual writings in his youth. Across these varied episodes, speakers utilized the Mahabharata to highlight ancient wisdom, cross-cultural mythological patterns, and deep philosophical inquiries.
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Billy Carson when you look in the other text the mahabarata and the bagita you find out about these wars also they're th… 3
“when you look in the other text the mahabarata and the bagita you find out about these wars also they're they're recorded they have weapons called the Brahma asra and the brahaha weapon”
“and you see these wars in the mahabarata the bagita the Bible the Samaran tablets”
“also some of these are like from the mahabarata the bag the Indian vadas um which is a vast amount of wisdom and knowledge right there the mahabarata itself is a 10 book set that has all been translated already”
Alex Petkas recognizing patterns in the Vadic epic tradition of the Mahabar parata and there's there's a kind of common… 1
“recognizing patterns in the Vadic epic tradition of the Mahabar parata and there's there's a kind of common ancestor”
Aravind Srinivas So um the brahmastra is part of the mahabarat. I mean you've talked about Mahabharat in a bunch and Yeah. 1
“So um the brahmastra is part of the mahabarat. I mean you've talked about Mahabharat in a bunch and Yeah.”
David Cahn Like you can read the Quran, you can read the Torah, you can read the Gospels, you can read the Mahabharata… 1
“Like you can read the Quran, you can read the Torah, you can read the Gospels, you can read the Mahabharata. Like there's kind of one truth in the universe.”
Jay Shetty there's actually a beautiful i don't know if we ever talked about this there's a beautiful piece in the mah… 1
“there's actually a beautiful i don't know if we ever talked about this there's a beautiful piece in the mahabharata which is the gita is a small part of and one of the students asked the teacher”
Wim Hof but then i was reading all the upanishads the mahabharata the the kid the greek the christian mysticism and… 1
“but then i was reading all the upanishads the mahabharata the the kid the greek the christian mysticism and all”
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“the Maharaja which is a longer version yeah so the bhagavad-gita is about 700 verses that's talking out at the Maharaja”
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“I remember thinking, this reminds me a lot of like like hearing about the Mahabharata and all these other things happening. Anyway, I would argue that science fiction is like religion for a lot of people”