Does Acharya Prashant Dismiss Alternative Teachers?
Below is a curated collection of articles and videos presenting Acharya Prashant’s position on this topic, in his own words. Read on and decide for yourself!
Gratitude Across Spiritual Traditions
Acharya Prashant: I'm indebted to many. I'll begin with Saint Kabir; there are all the known and unknown seers of the Vedantic literature. Among the more recent ones, we have Jiddu Krishnamurti, we have Ramana Maharshi, we have Ramakrishna Paramahansa. There is Guru Nanak; Ramcharitmanas, when I read it, it captured me. Then there is the entire Sufi tradition: Baba Farid, there is Baba Bulleh Shah, a few pieces from Amir Khusro stayed for long with me. Then the whole Buddhist and Zen tradition. How many do I name? And there is so much that they have given me, and the ones that I have just now named constitute only a small fraction of the ones I have gained from.
Originally published on YouTube (Time Stamp: 3:47-7:35)
A True Teacher Leads to Freedom
Acharya Prashant: Listening to someone if it is enabling you freedom from your shackles, then that person is good for you, whereas if you are listening to someone who is himself conditioned, himself in dark ignorance, what would that person bring to you? — Ignorance and more ignorance.
Originally published in AP Articles
Different Teachers, Same Truth
Acharya Prashant: The fact is that if you are clever enough, you will exhaust every teacher very soon. Because the Truth is so simple. There is hardly anything exciting, complicated or new about it. What one teacher is saying, the other teacher says exactly that, maybe in another language, maybe using other methods.
Originally published in AP Articles
When it comes to Kabir Saheb, I said, I am a fanboy
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