By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
Datta, the son of Atri and Anasuya, is considered Adi Guru, the first teacher. He is visualised as under a banyan tree with a cow (who provides) and four dogs (who protect), while he enlightens. Who was his teacher? Nature, he replies. In the Avadhuta Gita, he describes 24 observations that gave him insight as his 24 Gurus.






