That is Bharat! || Neem Candies

Acharya Prashant

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That is Bharat!  || Neem Candies

I cannot tell you what Bharat is by referring to the etymology of the word. If you ask me what is love, it would be foolish of me to say, “L-O means this, V means this, E means this.” If you ask me what is love, I will wait for you to taste love, and in that movement, when you would be in love, I will say, that is love.

So, if you ask me what is Bharat, I will wait for you to look at the snow-capped Himalayas, and then when your eyes would be shining with wonderment, I will say, that is Bharat. Or when you would be reading the Upanishads, and your mind would suddenly be getting lighter and your face would have a certain radiance, and you would have felt for yourself deeply in your heart what it means to say pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ (this is full, that is full), then I will say, that, that is Bharat.

Otherwise, what does ‘Bha’ and ‘rat’ and all these mean? Nothing.

This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
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