As young people, we mistakenly take tradition to be the Truth. Tradition tells you in advance, "This is important," and you believe it. This has to stop. You must question, inquire, and experiment. Because if you have readymade definitions of what is important, then you will never come to what is truly important. And when you independently inquire, a lot of unimportant nonsense disappears from life, and fresh space is revealed. Now, through your own discretion and wisdom, if you decide that these things are indeed important, then so be it.
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Questioner: Good afternoon, sir. I am Siddhi Deshwal. I am in 11th grade right now. And first of all, your words, they truly inspired me. My mother is a big follower of yours, so she's told me a lot about you. One thing which I really wanted to know is that we're all 11th and 12th graders, and we all have to deal with failures, setbacks, we have to deal with external responsibilities, distractions, and whatnot. So, the Gita, it's not just a religious book, it's also a life coach. Are there any verses in it or any advice from it which you would like to explain to us, which helps us deal with that specifically?
Acharya Prashant: Ignore the random noises. Choose the right war and then give yourself fully to it.
There would be random provocations, insinuations, stimulations. Something pricks from here, somebody pokes from there. All those petty things are to be ignored. And then you'll be in a position to pick only the right war for yourself, the right war. That's all. You cannot have a war on a thousand fronts. That's not possible. You have to ignore the 999 trivial fronts.
