#1351 - How a Simple Chess Game Trapped a Mighty King

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Through an ancient story of a king and a brilliant chess player, Sadhguru explains the miraculous nature of the human mind. He shares how our minds can either multiply misery or manifest miracles, and how exploring the Miracle of Mind can help one unlock one’s full potential. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.4	Welcome to the podcast, Sadguru, of Mystics and Mistakes.
0:47.0	A story of how a simple chess game trapped a mighty king, narrated by Sadguru.
0:58.0	There is a beautiful King, narrated by Sadguru. There is a beautiful incident which happened. You know chess was called Shatranj in India.
1:04.0	You know? The game was invented by some Indian mathematicians.
1:10.0	Generally, the legends say it comes from the Nalanda University or some mathematician from the Nalanda University.
1:18.6	Nalanda University is thousands of years old.
1:23.6	Sometime in 1500 BC, there was a university with over 30,000 people studying and 18,000 faculty.
1:35.3	Hello? You never heard of anything like that in any part of the world.
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