30+ Quotes By Devdutt Pattanaik That Will Make You Rethink Mythology As You Know It

30+ Quotes By Devdutt Pattanaik That Will Make You Rethink Mythology

We’ve curated a list of 30+ quotes by Devdutt Pattanaik that will make you rethink mythology as you know it. Here’s the list:

Quotes By Devdutt Pattanaik On Mythology

Here is a list of quotes by Devdutt Pattanaik on mythology:

• “Within infinite myths lies the eternal truth. Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes, Indra has a hundred, You and I, only two.”
• “Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.”
• “Mythology is not religion. It is the study of stories that people tell to explain the world to themselves.”
• “There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.”
• “Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.”
• “In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.”
• “Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems.”
• “Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.”
• “Mythology is not religion. It is the study of stories that people tell to explain the world to themselves.”
• “Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.”

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Quotes By Devdutt Pattanaik On Self And Consciousness

Here is a list of quotes by Devdutt Pattanaik on self and consciousness

• “Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham.”
• “Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you.”
• “We knot our imagination with fear to create aham.”
• “Tapasya and yagna are two tools that can help us unknot the mind, outgrow fear and discover atma, our true self.”
• “Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.”
• “We are not rational creatures who feel; we are emotional creatures who rationalise.”
• “To be a woman is like becoming a prey, her every move watched by hungry predators.”
• “Every glance of man is a violation. No one is spared. No one. Not mother, not sister, not daughter.”
• “It is only fear of Dharma that keeps men in check.”
• “What the person, who knows the truth, will speak, will not be understood by the person who does not know the truth.”

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Quotes By Devdutt Pattanaik On Dharma

Here is a list of quotes by Devdutt Pattanaik on dharma:

• “Dharma is more about empathy than ethics, about intent rather than outcome.”
• “I follow dharma when I am concerned about your material, emotional or intellectual hunger.”
• “I follow adharma when I focus on my hunger at the cost of yours.”
• “In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him.”
• “The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.”
• “Mythology tells people how they should see the world... Different people will have their own mythology, reframing old ones or creating new ones.”
• “Unlike fiction or history, mythology is a pluralistic truth with many interpretations, all of which needs to be respected.”
• “For politicians, dates are important. For human beings and devotees, God is everywhere, every time.”
• “Modern people want to feel liberal, so they construct a past that's conservative.”

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