प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, एक तरफ़़ तो फ़िल्में हमें मनोरंजन देती हैं, हँसाती हैं, रुलाती हैं और दूसरी ओर उसी इंडस्ट्री से दुःखद और चौका देने वाली खबरें भी आती रहती हैं। कुछ कहिए।
आचार्य प्रशांत: सबसे पहले तो हमें इस धारणा से बाहर आना होगा कि फ़िल्में हमें मात्र मनोरंजन… read_more
किससे मिल रहे हो? किससे नहीं मिल रहे हो? कहाँ रोज़ पहुँच जाते हो? कहाँ से पैसे ला रहे हो? पहली बात – क्या ईमानदारी से काम रहे हो? दूसरी बात – जो कमा रहे हो, उसको खर्च कहाँ कर रहे हो? छः घण्टे से कोई खबरिया चैनल लगा कर… read_more
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… read_more
Now, mind is movement, right? Why does the mind move at all? The mind wants to reach somewhere. Where does the mind want to reach? Is that place within the mind? The mind wants to reach somewhere. Every thought, every action, every motivation, every emotion rides on a desire, is… read_more
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।… read_more
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.… read_more
प्रसंग:
भारत या इंडिया? इंडिया से नाम बदलकर भारत रखना चाहिए क्या? क्या इंडिया नाम विदेशियों ने दिया है? क्या है इंडिया और भारत का इतिहास? क्या देश का नाम बदलना आवश्यक है? कॉलोनाइजेशन और डी-कॉलोनाइजेशन क्या हैं? क्यों कहा जाता है कि भारत का कॉलोनाइजेशन हुआ है? भारत को… read_more
◾ 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… read_more
भारतीयों को शायद यह लगता है कि हिंदुस्तान से बाहर जहाँ कहीं कोई मिलेगा वह ‘अंग्रेज़ी’ ही बोल रहा होगा। एक तो यह बहुत बड़ी ग़लतफ़हमी है – बाहर जैसे ही हम निकलेंगे वैसे ही जो मिल रहा होगा अंग्रेज़ी ही बोल रहा होगा। हिंदुस्तान बेचारा बस पिछड़ा हुआ है,… read_more
You cannot love someone or something you know very little of. The nation at its root represents a community of people united through certain values. A nation does not become admirable or respectable or lovable just by the dint of being a nation.
If you are to fall in love… read_more
There is nothing in spirituality that will ever violate science. It’s just that spirituality will venture into areas where science never goes at all. Spirituality, for example, will talk about you. Science never talks about you. That’s the difference—that’s the only difference.
It is very, very sad that 99%, I… read_more
A woman is murdered—even that is just a two-inch thing in some newspaper. But if it is a sensational rape case, then the entire country joins in.
Are we really concerned about women? Had we been concerned about women, how is it that the common man of this country is… read_more
Why must man consume with careful consideration? It destroys your inner world. Inwardly it pushes you deeper into the belief that by means of more and more, increased and increased consumption, you will be able to get rid of your inner disquiet.
So, it is not good for you inwardly,… read_more
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… read_more
I cannot tell you what Bharat is by referring to the etymology of the word. If you ask me what is love, it would be foolish of me to say, “L-O means this, V means this, E means this.” If you ask me what is love, I will wait for… read_more
The movies tell us that unless there is a special person in your life, you are really missing out on something big, and then you are seized by FOMO. What is FOMO? Fear of missing out.
“Oh my God, everybody has that! I am the only one left behind! I… read_more
The temperature of this city is already higher than what it should be. It won’t be higher in the next twenty years; it is already higher today. Read how many people are dying and by how many years has the average life expectancy already reduced—already reduced.
What do you mean… read_more
This is the hallmark of gutter knowledge: it will have neither science nor spirituality. This is the hallmark of the gutter person: his words, his convictions, his values will correspond to neither science nor spirituality; it is coming from an altogether different place—the gutter.
He will talk unscientific and unspiritual… read_more
Just watched this movie, Chichore. It is based on IIT Bombay. In the campus, there is one girl in a batch of forty boys. But the girl’s only contribution in the whole story is that she is extremely beautiful, and all the guys are after her. So, in the… read_more
A fellow reproducing blindly is a threat to the entire humanity. How is his family his personal matter? Somebody sets a bomb inside his home, and the bomb is powerful enough to bring down the entire building, not merely his apartment. Will you say, “It is his private matter. How… read_more
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… read_more
You must be wondering why I am speaking about this thing regarding procreation, regarding having kids. It is because this is the single most important issue facing you and me and the planet and the millions of species today. This is the one thing that man immediately, today, this moment,… read_more
What does true nationalism mean in India’s case? Nationalism is founded on truly Indian values. What do I mean by Indian values? I am being very specific here. By Indian values I mean the values enshrined in Vedanta.
As long as the youth remains in touch with the essence of… read_more
It is final that meat eating is stupid for all kinds of reasons, and they will not that final conclusion arrive soon. It will arrive, just as it arrived in the case of cigarette smoking, just as it finally had to be accepted by the tobacco industry that cigarette smoking… read_more
Teach the kids that this planet cannot tolerate even one more human being now. We are already eight billion. At the current rate, we are projected to be eleven billion by 2050. We cannot even tolerate eight point one billion.
You do not merely want to have kids; you also… read_more
“Why do you want to follow their science? We will follow our science!” This kind of thing too you are hearing these days, no? This science and that science, as if there are multiple sciences all opposed to each other. Spiritual sciences! What kind of foolishness is this? Pandit-ji is… read_more
People talk of being expressive as a great virtue, right? They say, “But I want to express myself!” What do you have to express? The gutter says, “I want to express myself”—so that we die of stink?
But the gutters of the world are the ones most eager to express… read_more
You may celebrate Diwali, or you may celebrate Christmas—the weather would remain what it has to. Or is the weather exceptionally fine because today is Diwali? If it has to rain, it will rain. Life has nothing to do with your festivals or your sufferings.
Every instance of freedom from… read_more
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;… read_more
You never take out a candlelight vigil on India Gate when a little girl is being badly conditioned by media, by society, by the school, by all the websites, by all the influences upon her. Have you ever seen a candlelight vigil against all the corrupting forces on the little… read_more
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… read_more
एक बार आप कहीं के लोगों की आदत डलवा दें, कि तुम्हें माँस-ही-माँस खाना है, बिलकुल सब और तला-भुना भी खाना है। अब क्षेत्र में अगर कोई आकर के सेहतमंद खाना बेचना भी चाहे तो उसका रेस्तराँ बंद हो जाएगा कि नहीं हो जाएगा?
तो यह लोग जो गंदगी फैला… read_more
आज से १ लाख वर्ष पीछे जाओ तो अरबों-खरबों जानवर थे, हज़ारों-लाखों प्रजातियों के; और मनुष्य थे कुछ लाख, अधिक-से-अधिक। अब आदमी हो गए हैं ८ अरब और जानवर बचे हैं (हाथों से कम मात्रा दर्शाते हुए) इतने से!
साहब!
जानवर भी कौन से बचे हैं बताइए? जो मनुष्य के… read_more
Distinctions are a burden on the mind. If A is different from B, then one has to remember both A and B.
It is wonderful when A to Z are all one; then you can just remember A and forget everything else.
And if A to Z all are nothing,… read_more
किसी का दिमाग भ्रष्ट करने का एक बहुत अच्छा तरीका होता है उसको सेक्सुअल एक्टिविटी (यौन गतिविधि) की लत लगवा देना। अब वह कुछ भी करेगा।
जैसे की एक घटिया प्रोडक्ट (उत्पाद) है, एक बहुत बेकार उत्पाद है मार्केट (बाज़ार) का, जो कि कोई भी आदमी अपनी सहज बुद्धि में… read_more
The teacher’s role is to show that a teacher is not needed. That is the rightful role of the teacher. I repeat, the teacher’s role is to show that you are unnecessarily coming to the teacher. You are self-sufficient.
Look at the way the world is—violent, chaotic, anarchic. Every thought… read_more
I say, if you have lived up to Rama for 364 days, only then must you celebrate the festival of Rama-ness. How is it that for 364 days your life had nothing to do with Shri Rama, and on the 365th day you jump up and join the bandwagon, the… read_more
It is very well known that one tree over the course of forty years would absorb just one ton of carbon dioxide, and that is if that tree lives to get forty years old. How effective is that? Please. One tree over forty years absorbs one ton of carbon dioxide.… read_more
Rama’s festival has become the festival of shopping, shoppers and shopkeepers—Rama, who never had anything to do with shops; Rama, who was never a buyer or a seller or a consumer; Shri Rama, who stands for that which can neither be bought nor be sold. This festival has turned into… read_more
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… read_more
If there is one thing that we must not talk of as something very beautiful, it is the coming of the next generation. It is not beautiful. It is not auspicious. It is not something to be talked of with a smile. It is something to be talked off with… read_more
तुम्हें बर्बाद करने में एक चीज़ का सबसे बड़ा योगदान रहा है तो वो है – फिल्में और *टीवी*।
तुम्हें पता भी नहीं है जिनको तुम अपने विचार कहते हो वो वास्तव में फ़िल्मी विचार हैं। जिनको तुम अपनी भावनाएँ बोलते हो वो वास्तव में फ़िल्मों ने दी हैं तुमको।… read_more
एक-से-एक पिक्चरें रिलीज़ होती हैं; दो-सौ, चार-सौ, छः-सौ करोड़ जा रही हैं, वो तुम्हारी जेब से ही तो जा रहा है। वो छः-सौ करोड़ का बिज़नेस कैसे किया पिक्चर ने? पिक्चरें जो इतना पैसा बनाती हैं उनको देखने फोर्ब्स पाँच-सौ वाले तो आते नहीं, या आते हैं? रेस चार, गोलमाल… read_more
आप एनडीटीवी पर चले जाइए, आप रैडिफ़ पर चले जाइए – मैं इनकी वेबसाइट की बात कर रहा हूँ। स्क्रोल करेंगे तो ४ खबरें होंगी और ४ खबरों के बाद कुछ नहीं होगा सिर्फ़ नंगी स्त्री देह की नुमाइश होगी। स्त्री देह का ऑब्जेक्टिफिकेशन (वस्तुकरण) लिबरल मीडिया (उदारवादी मीडिया) से… read_more
“I love my Xbox”—and it’s not illegal. But it is performing much the same function as banned narcotics. If we were a conscious society, then we would see that.
All kinds of substance abuse, psychedelics—that’s a temporary relief that returns with vengeance. It hits you, bites you, and makes you… read_more
देश का जो सबसे बड़ा लफंगा हो, अगर वह देश का सबसे बड़ा टीनएज सेलिब्रिटी भी बन गया हो, तो माँ-बाप को समझ जाना चाहिए कि अब बहुत ज़बरदस्त ख़तरा है।
टीनएज (किशोर) लड़कियों को भगत सिंह का पता हो न हो, खुदीराम बोस का पता हो न हो, विनय… read_more
पृथ्वी पर नहीं है इतने संसाधन कि तुम बच्चे पैदा करे ही जा रहे हो, करे ही जा रहे हो। और मैं जो बोलूँगा वो बात बहुत चुभेगी, बता देता हूँ!
इस समय पृथ्वी पर बच्चा पैदा होने से ज़्यादा अशुभ काम दूसरा नहीं है। मातम का काम है अगर… read_more
It is extremely important to see and realize that we are living in an extremely sick world. What you read in the newspapers is sick. What you see around yourself is sick. The markets are sick. The shopping malls are sick. The streets are bustling with sickness. Educational institutions, political… read_more
