How to cremate the dead in today's age? || Acharya Prashant (2018)

I said to the wanting creature inside me, “What is this river you want to cross? There are no travelers on the river road, and no road.Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, or nesting?There is no river at all. And no boat and no boatman.There is no towel rope either and no one to pull it.There is no ground, no sky, no time, no bank, no fort. And there is no body, and no mind.Do you believe that there is some place, that will make the soul less thirsty?In that great absence, you will find nothing.Be strong then and enter into your own body. There you have a solid place for your feet.Think about it carefully.Don’t go off somewhere else.

~ Guru Kabir Sahib

Question: Acharya Ji, the thirst of the soul cannot be quenched by anyone. True. Yet there is hope and longing for God. What does Kabir Sahib mean by – “Enter into your own body. Don’t go off somewhere else”?

Acharya Prashant Ji: Who is thirsty? The bodied one is thirsty.

Before you look around to quench your thirst, it is important to understand the nature of this thirst. It is important to go within yourself and know why you were thirsty at all. Who is the one who is thirsty? What exactly is the definition of this ‘thirst’? That is what Kabir Sahib is saying.