Gen Z isn't rebellious or individualistic - they're simply following their generation's conditioning, just as previous generations followed theirs. Real rebellion begins with honest inquiry into why you live as you do. The primitive restlessness driving all humans remains unchanged; only its expression differs. True freedom requires questioning borrowed desires, recognizing that your ambitions, tastes, and choices aren't genuinely yours. Vedanta teaches this: stop chasing false questions and confront who you actually are beneath all conditioning.
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Questioner: In today's world of social media, constant stimulation, information overload, and doomscrolling, why should Gen Z even care about Vedanta and the Gita, this ancient wisdom?
Hi, I'm Divyanshi Sumrav and welcome to NDTV's special program where we are going to discuss this important issue, the hot issue, with Acharya Prashant, IIT-IIM alumnus. Welcome to the show, Acharya Prashant. You have decoded the timeless wisdom and imparted it to the most restless minds. It may have cured their anxiety; it might have shown them the right path through your teachings.
I would like to talk about Gen Z. We talk about them in so many different ways. How do you see Gen Z?
Acharya Prashant: You see, you used two words in the way you introduced. You said "ancient wisdom" and you said "timeless." So, these are the two ways of looking at anybody. There is something about us which is dependent on time, that you can call ancient or modern. In that sense, Gen Z belongs to today; it’s very modern. It belongs to the present. It is the most present of all generations.
