There is Only One God Today, and You Know the Name || AP Neem Candies

Acharya Prashant

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There is Only One God Today, and You Know the Name || AP Neem Candies

Acharya Prashant: The heroes down the centuries and history, I repeat, had clearly identifiable targets. You have to fight mankind. It’s a very helpless situation. Today's teacher or hero or prophet or messiah, whatever you want to call him, has to fight everybody. Just about everybody. He has to fight all those who are outside his social circle. More dangerously, he has to fight those who appear like his accomplices, his supporters. And even more dangerously, he has to fight off the effect that the company of the world has upon him. So, he has to fight himself as well. Krishna was never affected by Kans because there was just one Kans in the faraway city and Krishna was happily coming up in an innocent village. Today the cult of Kans is everywhere. If today a Krishna were to be born, he would find, he would find that his father, and his mother, are all brethren of Kamsa. He would find that the water of Yamuna is polluted with sans hood. There is nothing but Kanseverywhere. Whom to fight?

Raddha comes to Krishna. And after being with her for a few months, Krishna discovers that Radha is an agent of Kamsa. What will Krishna do now? The ancient Krishna had it just too easy. Today it’s going to be far more difficult. Hanuman turning upon Rama. Lakshman conspiring with Meghnath. And Krishna goes to fight Kans and Chanur and in the thick of the battle, he discovers that Raddha is campaigning for Chanur. And Krishna is teaching Arjuna. And Arjuna is appearing like an absorbed student. And just then the back of Krishna is speared down. And with the light going out of his eyes Krishna turns back and sees Yudhishthir. In his last moment he turns to Arjuna and Arjuna has a naughty smile on his lips. That’s the final chapter of Gita were it is to be written today. Whom to fight? The enemy is not outside anymore. The enemy is there right in your house. Your friend is the enemy, your wife is the enemy, your lover is the enemy, your student is the enemy, and your teacher is the enemy. And when you look into the mirror, you are your worst enemy.

These are nice, cute stories Sandeep, but they are all behind us. All the monkeys will chase down Rama if he goes to them to seek help today. The monkeys have all been bought over by Ravana. All the monkeys.

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