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yasminsarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaivābhūdvijānataḥ | tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ || 7 ||
When to the man of realization all beings become the very Self, then what delusion and what sorrow can there be for that seer of oneness? (Or--

प्रश्नकर्ता: “पूर्ण से पूर्ण को निकाल लो, पूर्ण ही शेष रहता है,” इसका मर्म, मुझे तो अर्थ से नहीं समझ में आया, क्योंकि जो...
आचार्य प्रशांत: कहीं और की बात हो रही है, दुनिया की चीज़ों में ऐसा नहीं होता।
दुनिया की चीज़ों में कितनी भी बड़ी चीज़ से…

इस संसार में कर्म करते हुए ही (मनुष्य को) सौ वर्ष जीने की इच्छा करनी चाहिए। हे मानव! तेरे लिए इस प्रकार का ही विधान है, इससे भिन्न किसी और प्रकार का नहीं है। इस प्रकार कर्म करते हुए ही जीने की इच्छा करने से मनुष्य कर्म में लिप्त नहीं…

प्रश्न: उपनिषद् भी कहते हैं *“*एकोहम् बहुष्यामि”
तो क्या ये जो कल्पना होती है, वो इश्वर के मन में होती है कि, ‘’मैं एक हूँ, और बहुत हो जाऊं?’’
वक्ता:ये उसके मन में होती है जिसे बहुत दिख रहे हैं। इश्वर न बहुत है न एक है; जब

Different indeed, they say, is the result of vidya and different indeed, they say, is the result of avidya. Thus have we heard from the wise who had explained it to us. He who knows both vidya and avidya together, transcends mortality through avidya and reaches immortality through vidya.

Unmoving, the One, than the mind is swifter.
The senses fell back as ahead It speeded.
Though standing, It passes all others running.

Questioner (Q): Sir, as a woman, how should I perceive religion? Religion and culture are supposed to help, but I have practically seen that religion is associated with patriarchy and misogyny. Please tell me, as women how should I look at religion? Acharya Prashant (AP): See, the relationship…
Questioner: Greetings, Acharya Ji. My question is that wherever I look on social media platforms, whether it is YouTube, Instagram, or Twitter, when I read the comment sections under the content posted there, I repeatedly see an allegation being made against the Foundation and against you, that you too are…
प्रश्नकर्ता: मेरा सवाल फिर से मृत्यु के ऊपर ही है। आम ज़िन्दगी में जीवन के बारे में बोला जाता है कि जीवन आनन्द है या जीवन यह है, पर इसमें मृत्यु की कोई बात नहीं आती। जैसे आध्यात्मिकता में भी आप देखें तो लोगों ने मृत्यु पर ज़्यादा चर्चा नहीं…
श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्पर: संयतेन्द्रिय: | ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति || ४, ३९ || जितेन्द्रिय, साधनापरायण और श्रद्धावान मनुष्य ज्ञान को प्राप्त होता है तथा ज्ञान को प्राप्त होकर वह बिना विलम्ब के तत्काल ही भगवत्प्राप्तिरूप शान्ति को प्राप्त हो जाता है। —श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, अध्याय ४, श्लोक ३९प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी,…
It moves and yet It does not move. It is far and also near.
It is found within all…

इन सब से मुक्ति का एक ही तरीका है, वो बचो ही नहीं जो मूर्ख जाकर के दुनिया से, जगत से, प्रकृति से कामना पूर्ति की आशा रखता था, वो बचो ही नहीं। उसके अलावा और तुम कितने भी हथकंडे लगा लो, अतीत तो लौट-लौट के बार-बार आएगा और सर पर चढ़ेगा ही चढ़ेगा।

How did the Buddha look then? Who is the Buddha? Let’s try to understand with the story of Gautama Buddha, The ‘Shakya Muni Buddha’ as we call him. So, who was he? Let’s look at his central characteristics. One, someone who is well versed in the knowledge of his time. Buddha had deep scriptural knowledge. He was born in a Hindu Kshatriya family, he was a prince and ever since his childhood he was quite talented. So, one thing about him is that he was quite well-read. Second thing is, he was deeply interested in knowing the depths of life. He did not want to remain merely at the superficial levels, so he would observe a lot, he would think a lot. https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles/todays-buddha-1_4d1b6bf

A strange situation is that a beautiful woman’s life is perhaps more complex than an average-looking woman’s life, because a beautiful looking woman has a lot of men eyeing upon her, and she can get whatever she wants. And what you will get for your beauty, that is the real…

Something is very wrong somewhere. The first thing in liberation is: do not be dependent on somebody, at least for your bread, for your basic sustenance. What kind of empowerment is this that happily accepts dependence on somebody else’s money on a date, and also for an entire lifetime? It…

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्कार, सर। आज का सबसे पहला प्रश्न जो है वह सनातन के ऊपर है कि सनातन माने क्या? और ऐसा क्या है जिसको वास्तविक रूप में सनातन कहा जा सकता है?
आचार्य प्रशांत: देखिए, सनातन का अर्थ होता है वो जो काल की सीमाओं से के बाहर का हो।…

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रिया: ।।1.42।।
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
When the castes mix, that spells hell for the family. It destroys the family, in the way that the ancestors all fall because they are deprived of the Pindokdakriya.…

◾ एक ही जाति होती है - वह है "बल"। बल विकसित करो अपने भीतर।
◾ आत्मा का इस पूरे देह व्यापार से कोई लेना देना ही नहीं।
◾ मिथ्याचारी वह है जो आगे के लालच में अच्छा काम करता है।
◾ आत्मा का विकृत सिद्धांत ही भारत की दुर्दशा…


यदा नाहं तदा मोक्षो
यदाहं बन्धनं तदा।
मत्वेति हेलया किंचिन्-
मा गृहाण विमुंच मा॥८- ४॥
अनुवाद: जब तक 'मैं' या 'मेरा' का भाव है तब तक बंधन है, जब 'मैं' या 'मेरा' का भाव नहीं है तब मुक्ति है। यह जानकर न कुछ त्याग करो और न कुछ ग्रहण ही…

One can become an entrepreneur, for example, in the field of killing animals, cutting animal flesh, and supplying freshly cut flesh to people at their doorsteps. And this might be a successful business model.
This kind of an entrepreneurship is idiocy, perversion, profanity. The evil was present right in the…

We all need space. Man’s inner nature is freedom. When I say man, I mean both man and woman, mankind. Just as you need free mental space, you also need free physical space.
In fact, I find the idea of a shared bed quite vulgar. The double bed is an…

There was this king of the demons; his name was Hiranyakashyupa. The king worked really hard. He kept austerities, he forced even God to come down and bless him. So, it would have required a very special effort. But then, what did he want from God? Nothing but the extension…

Love is when you start seeing the deep desire beneath all your superficial desires. Love is when you start seeing what you are really really thirsty for. Superficially, the desires of different people are different. Deeply, we all share one desire.
So, what is it that happens in love? In…

What is it that Shri Rama stands for? He stands for detachment. He stands for fearlessness. He stands for compassion. He stands for Dharma.
Is there Dharma really in your life? And by Dharma I do not mean a creed or a cult, or observation of certain rituals, or the…

The approach of self-help is: “I am sad because my desires have not met fulfillment. So, the way to help myself is: fulfill desires.” It’s a dimensional difference. Therefore, self-help pleases but helps not. It is not then ‘self-help’; the genre should be more correctly called ‘self-gratification’.
And if you…

If Facebook is satisfying you, it is not called as time wasted. Full stop. If the purpose of time is your satisfaction, and if doing all kinds of nonsense on Facebook satisfies you, then you cannot call it as wasted of time.
The only thing that determines whether time or…

Know your duty and give yourself totally to it. Will there be pleasure? No sir, not at all. There would be some higher than pleasure, more fulfilling, more satisfying than pleasure. Pleasure is a turncoat: today one thing, tomorrow another thing.
The one who lives by his duty, his dharma…

You are a bird; your nature is to fly. You don’t need to be taught your nature; you need to be freed from the cage.
But we are pretty special characters. Instead of opening the door of the cage, we try to teach the bird to fly within the cage,…

What is the nature of a gymnasium? The gymnasium only gives you obstacles. Have you ever noticed? You want to raise something—what is the gymnasium giving you? Weights, and weights are obstacles against the rise. The gymnasium really does not support you, it actually obstructs you.
The world is anyway…

Channelize your desire. You must know what you are really hungry for. Your central and primary desire is not sex. Sex may appear overpowering, tempting, but that is really not what you ultimately want. Figure out what you really must have, and then sex will be assigned automatically, inwardly, its…

We deeply disagree with freedom. We may keep saying we want it, but we agree only with the cage. Why do we agree to the cage? Because the cage gives us fruits and vegetables. Freedom means, no more fruits and vegetables. Freedom means, now you are on your own. Go,…

Man was never so powerful with respect to his environment as he is today. No virus can harm you; no bacteria can harm you; there are no plagues, no black deaths. You can produce as many objects as you want, you can order them at the click of a button;…

ना ब्रह्म से मतलब, ना गीता से मतलब, ना उपनिषदों से मतलब। अंधविश्वासों से मतलब है, कुट्टू के आटे से मतलब है।
"क्या चबा रही हो भाभी?" कहेंगी, "ये फलाहारी लड्डू हैं।" ये फलाहारी लड्डू कौन-से होते हैं? अब यह धार्मिकता का प्रमाण दिया जा रहा है कि, "हम फलाहारी…

“Shiva is not giving me peace. Maybe gold, riches, pleasure, entertainment can give me peace?” This is a foolish approach. The master and the servant are one. The servant will not give you what the master is not giving you. Shakti and Shiva are one; the creator and his creation…

People talk of personal time as opposed to professional time, right? They forget that the profession that they have chosen has also been chosen by the person. So, even that which they are mistakenly calling as professional time is only personal time.
Our lives have only personal time. To be…

The mind is not evil; it is just stupid. You cannot put somebody to the sword just for stupidity. And how will you kill the mind? Does the mind stand independent of you? Does it?
The mind is your shadow. If you change, the mind will change. And that is…

Once I said, your face is smeared with mud, and religion is like pure water meant to be thrown on your face so that you get cleaned up. But when that water hits your face, the water too gets muddy.
Falling on your face, the water has cleared away some…

Companionship is wonderful. Be with one person, ten persons, anybody who helps your mind be centered. Being with such a person or a group of persons is wonderful.
If marriage is another name for beautiful companionship, marriage is wonderful. But what matters is not the social institution of marriage but…

सेक्स अगर तुम्हें शांत कर सकता होता, दो बार, चार बार में कर गया होता न? यहाँ तो लोग अपने जीवन काल में हज़ारों बार कर जाते हैं और उसके बाद भी लालायित रहते हैं, प्यास ही नहीं बुझती।
अधेड़ हो गए, साठ के हो गए, अस्सी के हो गए,…

डिप्रेशन तब तक नहीं हो सकता जब तक अपने-आप को बहुत मजबूर अनुभव ना करो । और मजबूर हम नहीं होते, मजबूर हमें हमारी अंधी कामनाएँ बनाती हैं। अन्यथा कोई मजबूर नहीं है। कामनाओं में भी कोई दिक़्क़त नहीं है, अगर वो अंधी ना हों। कुछ ऐसा माँग रहे हो…

तुम्हें क्या लगता है नर्क वो जगह है जहाँ बड़े-बड़े कड़ाहों में तेल उबल रहा है और लोग उसमें पकौड़ो की तरह तले जा रहे हैं? ना! नर्क वो जगह है जहाँ सब खूब मेहनत करते हैं, कमाते हैं, खाते हैं और सो जाते हैं। नर्क बड़ी साफ़-सुथरी जगह है…


Desire begins when you perceive a world out there, and the world makes a promise. What does the world say? ”Here you will get what you want.”
You cannot desire in absence of a promise. This is the fundamental duality of mind. You desire only because you are hopeful that…

In vikarma (sinful action) you say, “I am already liberated and I don’t need any liberation.” In vikarma, the one who is in bondages is so deeply dishonest that he starts proclaiming his liberation and says, “I am already liberated. Who needs liberation? I am happy and I will…

You want some money? It is a little desire, and it is a harmless desire. The problem starts when you start wanting peace through money. Money is harmless. But when money becomes a proxy for peace, then money is very harmful.
People do not chase money; they chase peace through…

Insecurity is there only when there is desire in the relationship. And desire, as you know, is self-centered. Are you relating with the other for your own personal pleasure or gain or happiness? Then does the relationship have much substance at all? And if it doesn’t have much substance, what…

The sexual activity is just like any other activity of man: he is searching for God. He searches for God in ambition. He looks for God in money. He looks for God in fame. He also looks for God in a woman’s body.
But because he is not in touch…