Raikwa : the sage in Chhandogya Upanishad who, when Janashruti came to him for spiritual knowledge, was sitting under a cart, & became known as Raikwa of the Cart.
... teach the pupils; princes and learned Brahmins and great landed nobles; the king's son in his chariot and the illegitimate son of the servant-girl. We have here Janaka, the subtle mind of Ajatashatru, Raikwa of the cart. There is Yajnavalkya, militant for truth, calm and ironic, taking to himself, without attachment, worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind to... Vishwavara. 2. The great names that we find in the Upanishads include: Uddalaka Aruni, Gargi Vachaknavi, Janaka, Narada, Pippalada, Prevahana Jairali, Mahidasa Aitareya, Maitreyi, Yajnavalkya, Raikwa, Saunaka, Satyakama Jabala, Sukeshin Bharadvaja. Page 30 learning, knowledge of all the best thought, openness to poetry, art and beauty, an educated capacity and skill in works; in the ...
... ONLY A VISITOR—Chassid 4.I AM AWAKE—Buddhist COMPASSION AND THE NEED TO HELP ONE ANOTHER 1. SENSITIVITY HELPS—Terry Dobson STORIES FROM THE UPANISHADS BY R.R. DIWAKAR 1.RAIKWA, THE CART-DRIVER—Chhandogya Upanishad 2.SATYAKAMA, THE TRUTH-SEEKER—Chhandogya Upanishad 3.THE BOLD BEGGAR—Upanishads 4.THUS SPAKE YAJNAVALKYA—Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.THUS SPAKE ...
... of the servant-girl, seeking any man who might carry in himself the thought of light and the word of revelation, the typical figures and personalities, Janaka and the subtle mind of Ajatashatru, Raikwa of the cart, Yajnavalkya militant for truth, calm and ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind ...
... seeking any man Page 6 who might carry in himself the thought of light and a word of revelation. We meet great personalities like Janaka; we encounter Ajatashatru with his subtle mind, and Raikwa the cart-driver. We meet Yajnavalkya, calm and ironic, who takes into himself both worldly possession and spiritual riches, and who casts away at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a homeless ...
... typical figurers and personalities like Janaka, the great king who was also accomplished in spiritual knowledge and action. We meet also Ajatashatru with a rich and subtle mind, the great teacher Raikwa, who was in his outward profession a cart-driver, and Yajnavalkya, master of worldly possessions and spiritual riches, who cast at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic ...
... , Page 340 seeking any man who might carry in himself the thought of light and the word of revelation, the typical figures and personalities, Janaka and the subtle mind of Ajatashatru, Raikwa of the cart, Yajnavalkya militant for truth, calm and ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind ...
... son of the servant-girl, seeking any man who might carry in himself the thought of light and the word of revelation, the typical figures and personalities, Janaka and the subtle mind of Ajatashatru, Raikwa of the cart, Yajnavalkya Page 132 militant for truth, calm and ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at ...
... son of the servant-girl, seeking any man who might carry in himself the thought of light and the word of revelation, the typical figures and personalities, Janaka and the subtle mind of Ajatashatru, Raikwa of the cart, Yajnavalkya militant for truth, calm and ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind ...
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