Prakriti is another name for duality. Prakriti carries two ends. At one end is the perceiver, and at the other end is the perceived environment or objects or the world or the universe. The ‘I’ that exists at one end of Prakriti says, "I am," and no more. The other end provides a name and meaning to the "I am," the ego self. The Prakriti world exists in this ‘I’ for the sake of its enjoyment and liberation. If you can understand this, you will know the purpose of life, and you will know how to live.
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Questioner: What is Prakriti?
Acharya Prashant: Prakriti is the freedom of Brahm. Brahm, being absolutely free, is free even to express itself in a dualistic way. Brahm, being absolutely free, enjoys the freedom to even express himself in an unfree way. It's part of the freedom of Brahm.
Brahm is obviously non-dual. Prakriti is another name for duality. Prakriti carries two ends. At one end is the perceiver, and at the other end is the perceived environment or objects or the world or the universe, whatever you may call it. That's Prakriti. So, the knower of Prakriti is actually inside Prakriti. Brahm is not even a knower. Knowledge, in Prakritik terms, is dualistic because it requires an object to be known.
