Religious violence is not about a handful of terrorists; it's an entire ecosystem of passive toxicity supported by lakhs of people. When toxicity is beamed to you on TV and social media, you don't resist. And one day, it explodes into active violence. This is because we're still animals who live without understanding ourselves — this is called ignorance. Therefore, we need wisdom literature to help us transcend our animal disposition.
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Questioner: Sir, I am Saurabh Kumar from Rajdhani College, Delhi University. My question is that there is one or two days ago, there was Ram Navami. Some people were going and cheering Shri Ram, Shri Ram at the mosque and figuring out some flags at the mosque. And they are looking like Ravani Sena; they are cheering Ram, Ram. How can people go this down? I mean, they are kind of rubbish. And it is called culture. I mean, please take that.
Acharya Prashant: I do not really know the facts of this case. Even you probably do not know. You can only quote that which has been brought to you by the media. We do not know what is it that the media is bringing to you. One has to be very, very skeptical these days. Anything can be shown to you. Anything can be proved to you. This is the age of mass indoctrination and hysteria.
Questioner: Sir, sometimes before that was a North Indian kind of thing. But it became kind of like the Pan India movement. Some Maharashtra, Bengal, UP, Rajasthan — it's all over India. So, it is more concerning, how our society is growing. Even we are talking in this classroom or auditorium but the others are doing something very dangerous, so that others are feeling insecure. How can we neglect that thing?
