Acharya Prashant at Oxford University || Ishavasya Upanishad (2026)

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Acharya Prashant at Oxford University || Ishavasya Upanishad (2026)

Science can examine material claims, but Advaita Vedanta deals with the subjective self, ego, suffering, bondage, and liberation—areas outside science’s objective framework. Vedanta need not be accepted because of one’s religion or tradition; its value lies in whether its insights can be personally verified and help free one from suffering. The ultimate responsibility is not toward any philosophy, but toward oneself: to live a truly free life.

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Acharya Prashant: This is the place where the Upanishads first came to the English-speaking world, and it was from the Oxford University Press that the Upanishads were published for the first time in English. So it's a wonderful coincidence that we are taking up the Ishavasya this evening. Right?

Verse two:

कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः। एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे॥

~ ईशावास्य उपनिषद्

Kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṁ samāḥ. Evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare.

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