
There is no particular glory or joy in defeat. Victory is likable because man associates joy with victory and the loss of joy with defeat. Your victories will not bring you joy. If your victories are bringing you joy, then it is a very shallow joy. And when joy there is, joy remains equally in victory and in defeat. Victory appeared favorable, defeat appeared unfavorable, the poet is celebrating the fact that that which appeared unfavorable is no more unfavorable.







Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. – Khalil Gibran
Speaker: The Heart stands for Freedom. The Centre, the Core stands for Freedom. The Truth stands for Freedom. And because the Truth is Truth, it cannot go away or disappear. Then why do we feel un-free? If Truth stands for Freedom

Question: Acharya Ji, why do the wise call the Aatman, ‘the enjoyer?’
Acharya Prashant: Enjoyer, in the sense of the watcher. Just as in the cinema hall, you enjoy the show. How do you enjoy the show? By leaping into the screen? In Cinema Hall, how do you enjoy it?



Acharya Prashant (AP): Questioner is asking — “Acharya Ji, 'love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn, a slavery. How shall my heart be unsealed unless it be broken?'

You asked me how I became a mad man. It happened thus: one day, long before many Gods were born, I woke up from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen- the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives- I ran maskless through the

“No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.” ~ Khalil Gibran
Questioner: What is the role of a spiritual teacher in one’s life? How does life change in the presence of a spiritual teacher or a Guru?


The Gita can come only from someone who understands the world. And if you understand the world, you cannot keep failing in the world. Shri Krishna was the one who brought victory when defeat looked so probable. The Ātman, the Self, within you is the climax of perfection. The man of God is a winner in the world as well. That is full embrace.
The worldly philosophy says, “Even if you lead a corrupt life, at the last moment you utter ‘Ram, Ram’, and you are redeemed.” I say just the opposite. Even if you have lived a life of wisdom, you can still lose it in your last breath. Even your wisdom requires a supporting and nourishing ecosystem. You can never afford to be complacent.
Understanding expresses itself through action. And understanding knows no other expression. Words are a very poor substitute for the right action and that is what Gibran is talking of here. He says that which is understood claim for its final expression as action in life. The poet often lets his understanding become his words. To that extent, there is a flow but if the words remain mere words and do not turn into life then there is no freedom yet. The imprisonment continues. Live what you love, otherwise, the punishment is tremendous.
“The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.” -Khalil Gibran, ‘Sand and Foam’
Question: Once during a discourse on the Bible, you too have said, “The more you know the Truth, the more you want to know; such is…
You are always in Home, but there are some people who open their eyes and see that they are always at Home. And there are some people, who are in the Home, and yet they keep sleeping and dreaming that they are somewhere far away. And not only are they dreaming that they are somewhere far away, they are actually planning, of course in their dreams, to go further far away. That is the ‘Home’ that Khalil Gibran is talking of – where you really are.
“Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow. Solitude is the ally of sorrow as well as a companion of spiritual exaltation.”
-Kahlil Gibran (The Broken Wings)
Acharya Prashant: “Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it…
And I have found both freedom and safety
in my madness;
the freedom of loneliness
and the safety from being understood
For those who understand us,
enslave something in us.”
Khalil Gibran
Question: Why is Khalil Gibran saying that those who understand us enslave…
But it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit.”
Khalil Gibran
Questioner: Sir, what pleasure is and what is its place in life?
Speaker: Khalil Gibran is saying, “Pleasure is a freedom song, But…
Question: Why can’t he hear? What stops him from hearing?
Acharya Prashant: He is asking, “When there is the Call and the Caller, why can’t the Caller himself make the…
“Let the whole world listen.
The sky will now speak to the earth,
but the earth is deaf as you and I”
~ Khalil Gibran
Speaker: “Let the whole world listen. The sky will now speak to the earth, but the earth is deaf as you and I”. What…
When you reach the Heart of Life you will find yourself not higher than the felon, and not lower than the Prophet.
~ Khalil Gibran
Speaker: “When you reach the Heart of Life you will find yourself not higher than the felon, and not lower than the Prophet”. At…
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
~ Khalil Gibran
Question: Pranaam Acharya…
Acharya Prashant: That is a surprise how in the movement of hurt we see only that which has been hurt and we totally ignore that which has been not and both are…
Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?
-Khalil Gibran The prophet (The farewell)
Acharya Prashant: There are two ways one can look at this; which of these two…
The Two Hermits Upon a lonely mountain, there lived two hermits who worshipped God and loved one another. Now, these two hermits had one earthen bowl and this was their only possession. One day, an evil spirit entered into the heart of the older hermit and he came to the…
~Khalil Gibran.
Kindly elaborate on the above two lines. What do renewal of love, unsealing…
is a residence far away from any other
residence and neighbours.
Your inner soul is a home far away from
other homes named after you.
If this residence is dark,
you cannot light it with your neighbour’s lamp;
If it is empty you cannot fill it…
“Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment that I cast off this day,…
आचार्य प्रशांत: ऐसों से बचना जो मिलते ही ये कहते हैं कि चल यार, वीकेंड (सप्ताहान्त) पर पीते हैं। ऐसों से बचना जो जब तुमसे मिलने आते हैं तो तुम्हारे लिए साथ में गलौटी कबाब लेकर आते हैं, बचना। ये तो आया ही है देह का सुख साथ लेकर के।…
आचार्य प्रशांत: आपकी इच्छा है; आपका विचार है, यह नहीं कह रहा हूँ। आपकी इच्छा है। अब इसके आगे सवाल क्या है यह पूछो।
प्र: विचार के मध्य यह…
“If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,
open your heart wide unto the body of life.”
Khalil Gibran
**“*Virgins indulge in sex for curiosity,Harlots for money,Widows for remembering the good old days,Wives out of a sense of duty,While the pure pleasure of sexIs possible in adultery.*”**…
पिछले वर्ष ईरान में 22 वर्षीया 'माशा अमीनी' की ईरानी पुलिस द्वारा हत्या हुई। पूरी दुनिया ने विरोध जताया। माशा ओमिनी का जुर्म क्या था? उसने हिजाब वैसे नहीं पहना था जैसा ईरानी सरकार का आदेश था।
इस बर्बर हत्या के बाद ईरान की सड़कों पर हज़ारों महिलाओं की भीड़…

Research has shown that loneliness is found throughout the society, including among people in marriages along with other strong relationships, and those with successful careers. As a subjective emotion, people experience loneliness even when surrounded by other people.

Love is great. Love is necessary. Love is beautiful.
But what is love?
For most of us, love is the greatest excitement and comfort—and also the greatest suffering. Whether love has become a problem or something you cherish the most in your life, please go deeper into the matter. Know…

Spirituality is about belonging to existence. Not belonging to a narrow household, or caste or ideology. All these are boundaries. So, wherever there are boundaries, there is violence. Wherever there are boundaries, there is also the fear of being small, powerless, limited. The really non-violent one is at home, everywhere and in every situation. Non-violence is not about following duties. Non-violence is an action in clarity and love. That alone is non-violence.

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्ते, आचार्य जी। सर आज काफ़ी अच्छे सीख थे सत्र में। और मेरा प्रश्न भी इस सत्र से ही सम्बन्धित है। सर, आपने बताया था कि मान्यताओं का सम्बन्ध अनुभव से है। प्रारम्भ में हमने चर्चा की था। यानी कि जो विकार हैं, वो भी एक तरह से मान्यताओं…

Questioner: Namskar Acharya ji. Pardon me for not remembering exactly but in one of the shivirs where we had read ‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’ to come to terms with this expression called ‘Adhikar Bhed.’
So therein Ramakrishna was saying that, “now in modern times there cannot be any Adhikar Bhed,…

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्ते आचार्य जी, मैं पिछले दो-तीन महीने से अध्यात्म में हूँ। थोड़े समय से बिलकुल सही चल रहा था, जब तक मन और बुद्धि पर काम हो रहा था तो ज़्यादा डर नहीं था, पिछले हफ़्ते कुछ ऐसा हुआ कि बहुत ज़्यादा डर लगने लगा। मैं जिनसे सीख रही…

प्रश्नकर्ता: मन क्यों हमेशा सुरक्षा की तलाश में लगा रहता है? क्या हैं मन के सदा असुरक्षित अनुभव करने के कारण? मैं तो अध्यात्म में, आप में और शिविर इत्यादि में भी सुरक्षा की तलाश कर रहा हूँ कि संसार में सुरक्षा न मिली तो सत्य में मिल जाए। मैं…

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्ते आचार्य जी, आपने कहा था कि ग़लती ‘मैं’ भाव से आती है। तो इसके साथ ही अक्सर हम अपनेआप को ये तर्क देते हैं कि मुझसे ये ग़लती हो गयी, ये मैं नहीं थी। तो ये ‘मैं’ भाव क्या है? और ग़लती किसको कहा जा रहा है तब?…

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, मुझे कर्म में कोई विश्वास नहीं है, भक्ति में कोई श्रद्धा नहीं है। मुझे धर्म की कोई समझ नहीं है, तो परमात्मा की कृपा मुझ पर होगी या नहीं? परमात्मा से मेरा कभी साक्षात्कार होगा?
आचार्य प्रशांत: तो अभी जैसे भी हो तुम, उससे अगर संतुष्ट ही…

प्रश्नकर्ता: जो अभी जिज्ञासा है मेरी आचार्य जी, यूट्यूब पर एक शॉर्ट्स देखा था, उसके सम्बन्ध में है। तो एक बहुत सुप्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति जो श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता पर बोलते हैं उनका वह शॉर्ट्स देखा था; काफ़ी चल रहा है, बार-बार मेरे फीड पर आया। तो वो निष्काम कर्म पर बोल रहे थे…

आज्ञाभयसंशयात्मगुणसङ्कल्पो बन्धः ।
ājñābhayasaṁśayātmaguṇasaṅkalpō bandhaḥ
Bondage is to imagine that Ātman has qualities like doubts, fear, etc.
~ Niralamba Upanishad, Verse 25
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Acharya Prashant (AP): “Bondage is to imagine that Ātman has qualities like doubts or fear etc. Bondage is to imagine that Ātman has doubt or…

जिन वज़हों से एक आदमी दुखी है, उन्हीं वज़हों से पूरी दुनिया दुखी है, चाहे कोई भी हो। आदमी हो और आदमी का दर्द अलग-अलग नहीं है। बच्चे और बूढ़े का दर्द अलग-अलग नहीं है। ऊपर-ऊपर से लगेगा कारण अलग हैं, स्थितियाँ अलग हैं, गहराई में दर्द, दर्द एक है। दुख के यही मूल कारण हैं। न जानना ‘अज्ञान’, और न झुकना ‘अविश्वास।’

आचार्य प्रशांत: आनंद फ़िल्म में राजेश खन्ना, अमिताभ बच्चन की जो आपसी नोंक-झोंक होती थी, बड़ी दिलचस्प थी — कि ज़िंदगी तुमको बड़ी चाहिए कि लंबी चाहिए। ‘बाबू मोशाय, ज़िंदगी बड़ी चाहिए या लंबी चाहिए?’
लंबी चाहिए तो खूब नकारात्मकता से भरे रहो। जितना तुम शक्की रहोगे, प्रकृति ने संयोग…

Questioner: I have a question on an excerpt from you.
“Aloneness is not about being free of others and living without others. Aloneness is to live without oneself. Aloneness does not have much to do with the so-called others; aloneness has everything to do with the one called oneself.”
I’d…

प्रश्नकर्ता: तलब एक हैप्पिनेस (खुशी) है सर, हैप्पिनेस को किस तरह कन्सिडर (मान) कर सकते हैं?...कि मतलब हमारी जो इच्छाएँ हैं वो पूरी हो जाएँ? या उसमें कोई दुख वगैरह उसको कन्सिडर करते हैं? सर एक लाइन (पंक्ति) है कि हर लाइफ़ (जीवन) की एक हैप्पी एंडिंग (सुखान्त) होती है,…

प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम आचार्य जी, सबसे पहले तो आचार्य जी आपको कोटि-कोटि धन्यवाद, मेरी और मेरी माताजी की तरफ़ से।
मेरी माताजी सन् २०२० से आपको सुनती आ रही हैं। उनका खोया हुआ हौसला, आत्मविश्वास और मानसिक सम्बलता, जो खो गयी थी, वो आपके वीडियो के माध्यम से वापस आयी है।…

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी प्रणाम। आचार्य जी, पिछले एक साल से आपको सुन रहा हूँ और आपकी अनुकम्पा से ग्रन्थ भी पढ़ने शुरू किये हैं तो अभी प्रतिदिन कुछ नया सीखने को मिलता है, मन बिलकुल लगा रहता है और जैसा पहले चला करता था, उससे बिलकुल बदल गया है जीवन।…

Acharya Prashant: Everybody in his own personal way is seeking fulfillment and that is love. If you are young you may seek fulfillment in somebody's body, if you are middle-aged you may seek fulfillment in wealth and prestige, if you are old you may seek fulfillment in security and property…

Acharya Prashant: Man bows down to only two things, you know—either to fear or to beauty. Today the world has neither of these. There is very little to be afraid of, you know. If the Earth is being destroyed, you can colonize another planet. “So, don’t worry, we will fly…

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, प्रणाम। आचार्य जी, मेरा क्वेश्चन (प्रश्न) डर को लेकर है। अभी तीन दिन मैंने यहाँ वालंटियरिंग (स्वयं सेवा) की; दिन अच्छे गुजरे; मज़े में निकल गये। लेकिन अभी ‘मीट द मास्टर’ के लिए यहाँ पर मैसेज (संदेश) रिकॉर्ड करना था।मेरा काफ़ी मन था आगे आकर बोलने का…

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पांडव। न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।
~ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, छठा अध्याय, दूसरा श्लोक।
जिसको संन्यास कहते हैं उसको तू योग जान क्योंकि संकल्पों का त्याग न करने वाला कोई भी व्यक्ति योगी नहीं होता।
प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी प्रणाम। मैं संकल्पों के त्याग का तात्पर्य समझना चाहता…

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, कई बार स्थिति ऐसी हो जाती है कि एक ही चीज़ का लम्बे समय तक सॉल्यूशन (हल) नहीं मिल पाता। जैसे मान लीजिए कि कोई मानसिक समस्या है, उसमें काफ़ी समय बीत गया और उस पर मनन-मंथन भी काफ़ी हुआ, लेकिन उससे उबर नहीं पाये हम, उससे…

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्ते सर, मेरा नाम अंकिता रावत है। सर, जैसे कि मन हमेशा चीज़ों की ओर आकर्षित होता है तो आकर्षित का मतलब होता है कि हमें वहाँ खुशी मिलेगी, हम उसके पीछे भागते हैं और वो और अन्त में हमें दुख ही होता है, मतलब खुशी और दुख का…