Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.

Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.

"On the eve of Mahashivratri, the grand auditorium of Gautam Buddha University was packed to capacity. Hundreds of people sat on the floor when chairs ran out. Thousands who had arrived from across India and abroad witnessed a new side of Acharya Prashant — that of an accomplished actor."

“On the occasion of India's 77th Republic Day, philosopher and author Acharya Prashant said that our nationalism is neither Jinnah's nor Hitler's nor that of the Balkans. That kind of nationalism is violent. But our nationalism does not demand enemies. The nationalism enshrined in our Constitution is beneficial for the entire world."

"Teachers' Day should not just be about flowers on a desk. It should be about freeing the next generation from ignorance and fear. If that does not happen, then every day becomes a funeral of education. We may produce engineers, doctors, and executives, but without wisdom, they only build higher prisons for themselves."

"More than 1,000 species in India are critically endangered or vulnerable, and hundreds to thousands of species vanish globally each day due to human activity. If you truly love animals, your first fight must be against climate change – and for forests, clean rivers, and the protection of habitats. A species can go extinct without being killed; destroying its home is enough. We must think of the millions of species we may soon never see. Climate change, deforestation, and industrial animal agriculture are the main drivers of mass extinction, with just 8-10 domesticated species now making up 96 per cent of the world’s total animal mass, while millions of wild species have been reduced to the remaining 4 per cent."