Pleasure, happiness, and freedom from misery || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2020)
अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते । ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥
andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'vidyāmupāsate tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṁ ratāḥ
Those who worship avidyā enter blind darkness. Those who delight in vidyā enter darkness as it were, yet deeper.
~ Ishavasya Upanishad, Verse 9
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Acharya Prashant: “Those who worship avidyā enter blind darkness. Those who delight in vidyā enter darkness as it were, yet deeper.”
If you worship avidyā, you enter darkness; if you worship vidyā, then you enter even deeper darkness. That’s what the verse is saying. Intriguing and fascinating!
