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So where does the solution come from? Where does that answer come from? That answers come from the stories. The stories that we have known for yoga. The stories that we have believed to exist on Yogs. But at the end of the day we are still very intrigued about the fact that these stories are just some religious texts. So I leave this portal open to you all and this question over to you all
Manya Munjal
@manyamunjal · 0:45
So, firstly, the topic that you have told us about well, that is an intriguing one. I believe that stories are not just the ones which are heard and just passed on over these generation to generation. They indeed have some sort of heritage, some sort of love and joy
Stories are remembered due to religious importance or due to other factors, like presenting an unknown idea, or to even have a great story. But as you said, stories do have a lot of answers. For example, in Ramayan in Ramayan, Ramp was called Maryada Poroshotam. So Ram taught us how to live life, how to follow up principles. So stories are very important. And one should always look at stories not just as frictious texts, but as ways to learn more and to grow
Maybe because some stories just don't last long or some story don't have more effect on them but believe every story has a tale to tell. Every story has unimportant role to play. If some stories have less role and some have more roles maybe it's because they're not told well enough or maybe because they are not passed on well enough
I think it's really interesting how certain stories stick around and others don't. You can view this question from both sides. The Indian epics such as Mahabharat and Ramayan are definitely more popular than the others because of its religious aspects. But within these religious aspects lie the answers to some of man's most complex questions today. Maybe not direct answers, but they are there within the story. Maybe in the structure of a situation a character is enduring or a journey that he is taking
Nupur Chauhan
@Nupur_23 · 0:30
Hi, Chevia. Thank you so much for your reply. I completely agree with whatever you said. And I also am on the same part, that stories do preserve our culture and they are just a medium. Like, not just a medium, but a medium in which we can inculcate our knowledge, our values to the future generation that might be lost in the way otherwise. So, yeah, thank you so much, and I hope that you have many beautiful stories to pass on
Nupur Chauhan
@Nupur_23 · 0:31
Hi. Manya thank you so much for your reply. I completely agree that the stories that grandmothers have to tell are very different and something that we can look up to forever in our lifetime and we can just look back at them and keep smiling for the rest of the day. So I am also the same father's stories. They are not just texts that are passed on from generations over. They have a lot of meaning, they have a lot of values and certainly they have a lot of answers
Nupur Chauhan
@Nupur_23 · 0:24
Thank you so much for your reply. I completely agree with each and every point you made and on the same path as you are. And the followup example that you gave fit so aptly into this whole plot of the stories that we are talking about. And yes, I also wish that you may have many more stories to tell and to pass on and you feel the story that resides within you
Nupur Chauhan
@Nupur_23 · 1:00
Hi Mary, thank you so much for your reply. I completely agree that each story comes with its own lifetime and its own life lessons. It is just that some stories that I personally believe that they really have the potential to stick around for ages because not just they have answers that we are looking for, but the plot on which they are based, they're like very particular and something that humans will forever continue to face in their lives
Nupur Chauhan
@Nupur_23 · 0:46
I just hope that we can preserve our stories, the vocal traditions that we have in form of arts, culture, literature, in whatever way possible, because they hold a lot of answers that we would or the future generation would need. For sure
Such as it can be short stories, novels, fairy tales, fables, meds, legends and like in our childhood we have listened a lot of stories, some popular ones maybe The Lion and the Mouse, andrea Harry Potter and the need for the storytelling is stories are important for many reasons. It gives us a voice and a way to express our thoughts, feelings and express ourselves and it provide insight into the other cultures and religions and help us to appreciate the diversity
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