Jesus Christ

What Does Jesus Represent?
What Does Jesus Represent?
4 min
Jesus is not a mere mortal. He is the source of light, the root of all flowers and beauty. Jesus stands for the Truth, and Truth is omnipresent. In one form, he disappears; in another, he arises again. Prophets don’t come and go—they live forever. Going back into the past to look for them is the tragedy of the living. He is here, right now, in the hearts of those who love him.
What is the 'Will of God'?
What is the 'Will of God'?
12 min
God wills that you be godly in your freedom. Because godliness, by definition, cannot be imposed. ‘God’ is patiently waiting for you to be godly. He’ll just keep showing you the mirror in some way or the other. He will keep sending you help—sometimes in the form of a situation, a book, or sometimes in the form of a person. God is nothing but your ultimate potential.
What Is Sin and Repentance if Aham Brahmasmi?
What Is Sin and Repentance if Aham Brahmasmi?
12 min
There is no way to rid yourself of sins except by coming very close to God, so close that you lose your individual identity. This is why the Upanishadic Mahavakya, 'Aham Brahmasmi' (I am Brahma), is central to all spirituality. Without this realization, no redemption is possible. No matter what you say about yourself, Truth, God, or the world, nothing will bring you peace. Only the declaration ‘I am That and That am I’ can offer true rest. Everything else is sin.
Faith does not answer questions, it laughs at them || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2015)
Faith does not answer questions, it laughs at them || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2015)
20 min

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen .

– (Bible, Hebrews 11:1)

Question: Sir, how is faith different from superstition? How do I know that I am not landing in trivia?

Speaker: A similar question was posed to Jesus. He was asked,

Have much? Get more. Have little? Lose all! || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2015)
Have much? Get more. Have little? Lose all! || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2015)
11 min

For to the one who has will be given more and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have even what he has will be taken away from him

-(Bible, Matthew 25:29)

Speaker: The one who already has, shall be given more and more and

Why does man go wrong? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2014)
Why does man go wrong? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2014)
6 min

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

– (Bible, Romans 14:17)

Question: Christ says, ‘The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink’, but on every special day, all I see is meat and

How to be free of envy and jealousy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
How to be free of envy and jealousy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
11 min

“Heart at peace gives life to the body but envy rots the bones.”

BIBLE (PROVERBS 14:30)

Acharya Prashant:

Shilpi is asking:

Namaste Acharya Ji,

The bible says “Heart at peace gives life to the body but envy rots the bones”. I see that I’m stricken with jealousy or envy for

The real teacher belongs only to God || Acharya Prashant, on JesusChrist (2016)
The real teacher belongs only to God || Acharya Prashant, on JesusChrist (2016)
7 min

The Authority of Jesus

And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

~ The Sermon on the Mount

Acharya Prashant: “And so it was, when Jesus had

What is woman? What is Adultery? What is sin? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
What is woman? What is Adultery? What is sin? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
5 min

You have heard it was said, ‘You must not commit adultery.’

But I say to you that anyone who even looks at a woman with a lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in her heart.

So, if your eye — even your good eye — causes you to

Why is Jesus asking to hate one's life? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
Why is Jesus asking to hate one's life? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
29 min

“If anyone comes to me and doesn’t hate his

brother, father, wife and children and

his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”

BIBLE (LUKE 14, VERSE 26-27)

Acharya Prashant:

Question says:

Jesus said, “If anyone comes to me and doesn’t hate his brother, father, wife and children and his

False Teacher and The will of God? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
False Teacher and The will of God? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
3 min

The tree and Its Fruit

Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit,

Whom to pray? What to say? || Acharya Prashant (2022)
Whom to pray? What to say? || Acharya Prashant (2022)
12 min

Questioner (Q): My gratitude, Acharya ji.. I've been listening to you for more than a year. It was a great pleasure, it was an amazing bliss in Rishikesh. And I just bought a book in IISc the first day and I finished reading it in three days because I thought

Give to each what they deserve - that alone is suitable for them ||Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ
Give to each what they deserve - that alone is suitable for them ||Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ
4 min

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

~Matthew 7:6

Acharya Prashant (AP): Your path, cannot be somebody else’s path. No general method, nothing general at all, can ever

What is celibacy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
What is celibacy? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
3 min

Question: Tell us, why Jesus pray celibacy for his followers?

Acharya Prashant: What is meant by celibacy? When Jesus or any other teacher talks of celibacy, what is meant by celibacy? What is the meaning of celibacy?

AP: That is the only meaning of celibacy.

One point commitment; only one

The beautiful woman who shows no discretion || On Jesus Christ (2017)
The beautiful woman who shows no discretion || On Jesus Christ (2017)
5 min

“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.”

~ BIBLE (PROVERBS 11:22)

Acharya Prashant: Questioner has asked me to speak on two verses, and I’ll pick the most spicy one of the two.

“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is

Place of ego- either at the Master's feet or in the Master's embrace || Acharya Prashant (2014)
Place of ego- either at the Master's feet or in the Master's embrace || Acharya Prashant (2014)
8 min

Questioner (Q): What should I do if something is clear, but the leg doesn't step up?

Acharya Prashant(AP): We had talked about the limitation of clarity. Clarity alone is not sufficient. You can be very clear that you are diseased, but unless you are also sure that you can be

If a Christian is one who loves Christ, I am absolutely a Christian || Acharya Prashant (2016)
If a Christian is one who loves Christ, I am absolutely a Christian || Acharya Prashant (2016)
9 min

Listener: Sir I have heard or maybe read somewhere that you are a Christian, is that right?

Acharya Prashant: I love Jesus, l love Krishna, I love Buddha, they are all wonderful. There is no doubt that there is a lot about me which is Christian. I won’t even say

The Ultimate desire || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ and Saint Kabir (2016)
The Ultimate desire || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ and Saint Kabir (2016)
4 min

THE GOLDEN RULE

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” “Enter by a narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it

What is Sin? || Acharya Prashant, on Vivekachudamani and Bible (2018)
What is Sin? || Acharya Prashant, on Vivekachudamani and Bible (2018)
6 min

A teacher is one, who is well versed in the scriptures, pure, unaffiliated by desire, a perfect knower of the supreme, who continuously abides in the supreme, who is as calm as the fire that has burnt-up its fuel, who is a spontaneous ocean of mercy that needs no cause

Lover at heart; disciple from mind || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
Lover at heart; disciple from mind || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
15 min

The fear of the Lord adds length to life

but the years of the wicked are cut short.

BIBLE (PROVERBS 10:27)

Acharya Prashant:

“The fear of the Lord adds length to life but the years of the wicked are cut short.”

BIBLE (PROVERBS 10:27)

Nimisha has quoted from the bible

Timeless Christmas Eve lesson from Jesus || Neem Candies
Timeless Christmas Eve lesson from Jesus || Neem Candies
1 min

Christmas Eve again, Jesus says to his disciples, “I am going to be killed soon.”

One of his disciples, Peter, starts weeping and crying, and he gets a good scolding from Jesus. Jesus says, “Had you had anything to do with God, had you learned anything from me, how could

Why do we want to ‘see’ first and then believe? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
Why do we want to ‘see’ first and then believe? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
6 min

Questioner: Dear Acharya Ji, Pranam!

Thomas had a great doubt about the resurrection of Jesus. Why is it so necessary for us to see first and then believe? Then after seeing we doubt our seeing. How do we rid ourselves of this suspicious attitude?

Acharya Prashant: It’s obvious Nimisha. We

Judas too loved Christ! || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
Judas too loved Christ! || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
4 min

Question: With the deal that Jesus made with the serpent he knew what was coming. Doesn’t that make Judas, the disciple that loves Jesus the most? He must have known that in fulfilling his role, his Life too would be over with. If it is like this, Judas sacrificed his

Anger is often just an impotent and deceptive escape || On Jesus Christ (2016)
Anger is often just an impotent and deceptive escape || On Jesus Christ (2016)
3 min

Anger

You have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever

The highest potentiality of Adam and Eve is Christ || On Jesus Christ (2017)
The highest potentiality of Adam and Eve is Christ || On Jesus Christ (2017)
8 min

Acharya Prashant: The questioner has asked:

“Serpent denotes Kundalini (Helical) awakening in various cultures. In Hindu culture, it signifies the opening of the crown chakra. The serpent here denotes the evil or something else?”

The serpent here is a serpent. Why are you relating it to something else? You know

When a person changes, his relationships too must change || On Jesus Christ (2016)
When a person changes, his relationships too must change || On Jesus Christ (2016)
5 min

Questioner: How to deal with society and the conditioning it brings along with it?

Acharya Prashant: You talk a lot about society, but ultimately our visa expires and we have to return to the same society. What do we do? Do we go to some forest? Do we go to

What does the lazy self want? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
What does the lazy self want? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2017)
12 min

“The craving of a sluggard is a death of him because his hands refuse to work.”

BIBLE (PROVERBS 21:25)

Acharya Prashant:

Nimisha has sent something, it is not a question. I’ll read it aloud, that’s my answer.

Dear Acharya Ji, Pranaam. I want to thank you deeply for reconnecting me

You are the salt of the earth || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
You are the salt of the earth || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
5 min

“Ye are the salt of the Earth; but if the salt have lost his savour,

Wherewith shall it be salted?

It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out,

And to be trodden under foot of men.”

-Mathew 5:13

AP: What does earth represent? And what does the

Who is a man and who is a woman? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
Who is a man and who is a woman? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
12 min

“No woman would have authority over man, no woman would disobey man and her job is to remain Silent.”

~ 1 Timothy 2:12

Acharya Prashant: Every single sutra here contains the essence of Bible, the essence of the word of God. It is just that it is expressed a little

What does it take to believe in miracles? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2017)
What does it take to believe in miracles? || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus (2017)
10 min

Acharya Prashant: The next question says:

Dear Acharya Ji, Pranam

After reading the story of Lazarus, this is what comes to the mind. We all want to see miracles in order to believe in the existence of a God. Something that is magical or out of the ordinary. Most of

How To Express Love?
How To Express Love?
15 min
Love and realization are things that roar aloud. They are extremely intimate, yet if they are there, there is no way you can hide them. These are not things that you can ever prevent from getting expressed. So, don’t even try. This expression means living it. Every thought is an expression, every action is an expression. You just express. By blocking it, you are blocking the thing itself. You don’t allow it to be expressed, and it’s gone.
Why Did Sufi Poets Like Kabir Emphasize Love in Bhakti?
Why Did Sufi Poets Like Kabir Emphasize Love in Bhakti?
5 min
The saints don't display affection at all. Affection actually means disease. Affection means disease. The saints have no affection. The saints have love and love has nothing to do with affection. Affection and affliction go together. It is not affection that characterizes a saint. It is love that characterizes him. Affection and dryness, they go together. Together always. And affection and love, they never go together. So you have to be very clear about what accompanies what.
A Life free of suffering?
A Life free of suffering?
4 min

Questioner: You have said that one must learn to suffer graciously and be calm and firm even while going through it. I am just too anxious to pass through this suffering phase as early as possible; I am not able to keep my calm and go through it with dignity.

Want a Life Free Of Suffering?
Want a Life Free Of Suffering?
7 min
Laugh with no care at all. Why take oneself so seriously? What hurt, what wound can be so big? When we fully well know that the only thing that really is the Truth. Can there be two truths? The truth and the wound. The wound has to be a lie. But it will continue to pretend to be the truth as long as you avoid looking at it. The more you look at it, the more you will see that the wound is just some kind of dressing up that has been needlessly done.
Are You Living Your Own Life, or Someone Else's Script?
Are You Living Your Own Life, or Someone Else's Script?
18 min
Just try figuring out where the thing is coming from. You'll not always succeed. It's a bit of a guesswork but it at least tells you that the thing is not original or authentic, it is coming from somewhere. So you find, for example, some descendant of an aristocratic lineage talking to you and he's talking in a particular manner and if you can see that the manner belongs to his great grandfather that brings a smile to you. Where is the thing coming from? That's not him talking, that's his great grandfather talking.
Message For the Youngsters
Message For the Youngsters
13 min
There has to be a love for freedom. Especially as a young person, one should remain young all his life. You see, but you know, at least when you are in your 20s or 30s, you need to have a burning desire to to live as a sovereign entity. And when that is there, then anything that comes your way would be rightfully utilized, including crutches.
Suffering under peer pressure? || IIT Bombay (2022)
Suffering under peer pressure? || IIT Bombay (2022)
9 min

Questioner (Q): Man is typically a social animal who seeks to coexist with the society around him. I am a vegan but many people around me are not, and that creates a difficulty for me. I want to speak out my thoughts on animal cruelty and get into animal activism,

How to Overcome Sadness?
How to Overcome Sadness?
6 min
Why do you have so much personal time? How are you available to grief? Your consciousness is too self-centered; it needs expansion. Even as you grieve over one death, billions of goats, rabbits, lambs, fish, cows, and chickens are slaughtered. Commit your time. Dedicate it to a higher purpose. We attach great sanctity to our personal lives. Give it up!
How to Handle Insults?
How to Handle Insults?
20 min
Any kind of harm that comes to you can only come due to a lack of self-knowledge. If you do not know who you are, you will be forced to believe whatever others tell you about yourself. We don’t even realize how big a slavery that is! Every time you allow circumstances to rule you, you are actually acting like a dead object. You are alive only if you have something within that circumstances cannot touch.
Living Without God: Principles For A Purposeful Life
Living Without God: Principles For A Purposeful Life
8 min
Any belief is stupid because all beliefs come from a lack of investigation, and a lack of investigation comes from deep fear and a feeling of insecurity. If you are insecure and afraid, then you will not dare to ask questions and investigate. And it is from that fear and insecurity that the concept of God has arisen. Now, God and reality are two different things. God and Truth are not the same thing. The mark of religiosity or true spirituality is an abiding faith in the truth.
How To Get Rid Of Bad Habits?
How To Get Rid Of Bad Habits?
9 min
Don’t live out of habit, live out of wakefulness. Your action must not be habituated action; your thought must not be a pattern-based thought. Your thought, your action must come out of your understanding. Don’t depend on habit.
When You are Alright, then the Sound of Your Footsteps Is Compassion
When You are Alright, then the Sound of Your Footsteps Is Compassion
9 min
When you are not bothered about the other, that is when you are totally compassionate. When you are not trying to change the other, that is when you become an agent of change. Compassion is not about thinking all the time of others. You cannot try to be compassionate. When you are alright, then the sound of your footsteps is compassion. That is what compassion is.
Is Self-Love About Being Happy?
Is Self-Love About Being Happy?
8 min
Making yourself happy isn't self-love. Self-love is gifting yourself the highest possible. If you do not know what to give yourself, at least abstain from giving yourself toxic and harmful things. Real love is always tough. Self-love is an exercise in reduction, not accumulation. When you work to make your life beautiful, you are truly loving yourself.
The Joy of Being Drenched in Love
The Joy of Being Drenched in Love
13 min
Usually our love is about one special thing or person. But Kabir Sahab is saying, "Hari bhai ban rai—the entire jungle has turned green. I see greenery not merely in one tree, but in the entire jungle.” That’s the difference between common love and Kabir Sahab’s love. In your love, there is just one green tree; in Kabir Sahab’s love, the entire world has turned green: there is nothing dry anywhere anymore.
How to Get Rid of Pain and Suffering?
How to Get Rid of Pain and Suffering?
17 min
If you are suffering, all that you need to be told is that freedom from disease is possible. No positive, affirmative statement needs to be given. If you are really crying out of pain, do you need to be given dreams of the pink of health? No, You only need to be assured that this pain is not your nature, and that is all.
God's Presence Everywhere: What Does It Really Mean?
God's Presence Everywhere: What Does It Really Mean?
6 min
Gita and philosophy and Vedanta have nothing to do with God. They are in search of Truth, not God. These are different things — Truth and God. Secondly, all the objects that you look at, you look at them in search of something. In search of the Truth, you look at all these objects. In that sense you could say, I am looking at everything in search of the absolute. To the ego, everything carries a promise, a possibility of the absolute. That does not mean that all the objects that you look at contain the infinite or something.
Who Created the World?
Who Created the World?
14 min
Brahm is not the creator. When you desperately want to invent a creator, then you come up with īśvára. But Vedanta is not very enamored of īśvára. So, Vedanta says, "Īśvara is just Maya, just Maya.” Because you experience the universe, therefore, you feel the need to justify the origin of the universe. Therefore, you must have an īśvára. But how can the creator of a false universe be real? If the universe is false, what do you say about its creator?
Why Is God So Biased?
Why Is God So Biased?
5 min
Why do you think that, first of all, a creating entity, a creator, exists in the same way this world exists? Secondly, why do you think that all values that you hold dear to your chest must be espoused by that God as well? You like somebody to be merciful to you, so you say, “Oh, God is merciful.” How do you know God is merciful? Are you bigger than God? Have you penetrated God's head—if there exists somebody called God at all?
Why Does One Desire Liberation while the Other does not?
Why Does One Desire Liberation while the Other does not?
5 min

Questioner: Why is there a difference of intensity and love for mukti (liberation) between different human beings?

Acharya Prashant: The differences that you are talking of all relate to time; therefore, they all will be resolved in due course of time. Time gave rise to all those differences, and those

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There are only two kinds of relationships that are right in this world. If you connect with someone at a higher level of consciousness, hold their hand so they can uplift you. If you connect with someone at a lower level of consciousness, hold their hand to uplift them. Any other kind of relationship is junk.