To date, mass extinction has occurred five times on Earth. Mass extinction means the complete destruction of all living beings. Five times in history, the Earth's temperature increased beyond limits, and life on the planet came to an end.
And now, the sixth mass extinction has begun! The reason for… read_more
Overview
Fighting Duryodhana is Dharma . Fight Duryodhana in the way you can, that is swadharma . Dharma is the same for everybody, but swadharma varies according to your physical, social, temporal conditions.
But remember that swadharma can never be in contradiction of Dharma ; swadharma will always be something… read_more
Verse: Deh Shiva bar mohe ihai
देह शिवा बर मोहे ईहे, शुभ कर्मन ते कभुं न टरूं न डरौं अरि सौं जब जाय लड़ौं, निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं, अरु सिख हों आपने ही मन कौ इह लालच हउ गुन तउ उचरों, जब आव की अउध निदान बनै अति ही… read_more
Question: Sir, I was reading a study in the 'Times of India'. It said that women are happier being single. Now, when I read this as an Indian woman, brought up in the Indian culture, this is very conflicting because women in India are looked down upon if they are… read_more
Questioner: Acharya Ji, today let’s talk about the two very famous and inscrutable Masters of the 20th century.
Acharya Prashant: (Reading the questioner’s mind)
Yes, you want to talk about Osho and J. Krishnamurti, that whether there is any difference in their method, or they converge at some point.
Q: … read_more
Questioner (Q): Is it possible to live alone?
Acharya Prashant (AP): Why does this question arise?
Q: Because I don’t want to get married.
AP: Why don’t you want to get married?
Q: Because I want to go on the path of spirituality. And dependency should not be there. I… read_more
Questioner: Sir, I have had this question for a really long time. After being born and brought up in their parent’s home for nearly two and a half decades, one very fine day, Indian women, or women in general, have to leave their parent’s home and are married off to… read_more
Question: Two years back I got diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. After being under medication for eight months, I realised that I am very much dependent on it. So I skipped the medicines and found a very stupid alternative, which was smoking weed. And then I got dependent on that too.… read_more
Love is great. Love is necessary. Love is beautiful.
But what is love?
For most of us, love is the greatest excitement and comfort—and also the greatest suffering. Whether love has become a problem or something you cherish the most in your life, please go deeper… read_more
Questioner (Q): It is a true honor to be here today talking with you about climate change. I am an economist and the director of the graduate programs of sustainability in Bard College of New York. Along with my colleagues, we are making an effort to create a worldwide teach-in… read_more
Questioner (Q): We are too considered or concerned about our society or the people around ourselves. So, whatever they say, like, a particular thing is the best, so, we start thinking in that direction. We get so-called motivated by them to achieve that thing. So, I guess ‘A,’ make targets… read_more
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”
~ John 13:16
Question: The Abrahamic religions, all of them, are against idol worship. Not only Christianity, but also Islam, Judaism. But in Hinduism, there… read_more
Questioner (Q): What is the exact meaning of ’Gahna Karmo Gati’? There are a lot of sayings about that.
Acharya Prashant (AP): You'll have to quote the entire shloka (verse); then you'll understand. Actually, these three words, ‘Gahna Karmo Gati’, have been quoted so variously and so frequently, even by… read_more
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय
नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा
न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।। 2.22 ।।
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi
tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya
nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
As after rejecting worn out clothes a man takes up new ones, likewise after rejecting worn out… read_more
