Vedanta is the medicine for the human condition, and the human condition is one of misery. We need to go to Vedanta if we want our welfare. The Upanishads are not ritual- or belief-based but are truly open and free for inquiry. The Vedanti is always saying, "I want to know, and I have faith that knowing is possible, so I keep inquiring."
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Questioner: Non-duality is not generally accepted in the West or even in India. So, what can be done to push people towards the Vedantic thought?
Acharya Prashant: You see, we need to revisit the fundamentals. Why is Vedanta or Dharma needed at all? Why can’t man do without Dharma? Man needs Dharma because man suffers. When I say man, I mean human being; I am just being old-fashioned in my usage. So, we suffer, and therefore we need Dharma. Otherwise, we are alright as we are, as animals are; no animal has any concept of Dharma, not even a need.
So, why is Vedanta useful, and why would man move towards Vedanta?
Because Vedanta actually, practically liberates us from suffering. So, it is not a question of pushing someone to Vedanta or converting him; it is not a question of evangelizing something into a particular belief. It is a question of seeing what works. I mean, if we are sick, what do we need? We need a medicine that works. And I dare say, Vedanta is the most fundamental medicine that works.
