Gārgī Vācaknavī#Gargi
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#Gargi
Gārgī Vācaknavī · fl. c. 8th–7th century BCE
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Who this is
Philosophy — the tradition's exemplary brahmavādinī, a woman expounder of ultimate reality; a daughter of the Garga clan.
“The greatest debate in the oldest Upaniṣad was ended not by the king who paid for it, nor by the champion who won it, but by the one woman in the hall — who was told her head would shatter if she questioned further, held her peace, came back, asked the two hardest questions of the day, and then, unchallenged, announced the result.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Keep asking "and on what does that rest?" until every thing has given way beneath the question — and if they warn you to stop asking, pause, choose your moment, and ask again.”
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