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SATYAKAMA JABALA - THE SEEKER OF TRUTH & THE KEY ROLE WOMEN PLAY IN INSTILLING VALUES & RESPECT FOR THE DHARMA

SATYAKAMA JABALA – THE SEEKER OF TRUTH & THE KEY ROLE WOMEN PLAY IN INSTILLING VALUES & RESPECT FOR THE DHARMA

In the Chandogya Upanishad one reads the story of Satyakama, the son of Jabala. Satyakama was brought up by Jabala a single-mother (yes during the vedic times, so there is nothing new about single-mothers now). No one knew who his father was. Interestingly, neither did Jabala herself.

Jabala was a very good mother and she instilled all the right values in Satyakama. She particularly taught him…

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chandogya upanishads satyakama jabala

Gautama Muni accepted him as disciple because he was truthful. He saw that he has got the brahminical qualification, truthful.

Lecture on SB 1.2.2 -- Rome, May 26, 1974:

If anyone wants to become a brāhmaṇa, it is not that the brāhmaṇa's son would automatically become brāhmaṇa. No. Anyone could become brāhmaṇa. Just like Jābāla Upaniṣad. Satyakāma Jābāla. This Satyakāma was the son of a prostitute. He was not a brāhmaṇa's son. So he wanted to become brāhmaṇa. So he went to Gautama Muni, "Sir, please initiate me. I want to become a brāhmaṇa." Śūdras were not initiated. In the formerly... Śūdras are common. Therefore Gautama Muni inquired that "What you are? Because I do not initiate who is not born of a brāhmaṇa father." So he said, "I do not know." "So go to your mother. Ask whose son you are." The mother said, "I do not know." So he came and he said that "Sir, my mother does not know whose son I am." So Gautama Muni accepted him as disciple because he was truthful. He saw that he has got the brahminical qualification, truthful. Everyone is not willing that to admit that he is the son of a prostitute. No. But he admitted, "Yes, my mother does not know by whom I was begotten." So this is qualification.

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Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Who is a Brahmin? A story from the Chandogya Upanishad

Jabala, a woman who was poor and had worked in the houses of several rich men, did not know who the father of her son Satyakama was. When it was time for Satyakama to gain an education, he asked him mother what he should tell....please click here to read more

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