The human mind suffers because it does not understand what’s going on within itself. The mind longs for understanding and liberation from bondage. And the responsibility is on the human being to gain that understanding and that freedom from bondages. This responsibility is called Sanatan Dharma — founded on self-inquiry, ‘Atma-Jigyasa.’ It is a philosophy of the mind that gives a purpose to life.
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Questioner: What is Sanatan Dharma in the real sense?
Acharya Prashant: See, Sanatan, as many of us might already know, it means eternal. Broadly timeless, meaning Sanatan is something that does not pertain to any specific age, era, or period. It is something that must hold true irrespective of the point of time.
So what is it that does not change with time? The human being’s fundamental condition is something that has been found to remain the same irrespective of the era or period. So, the human being is born with ignorance and in bondage, and the mind does not like that. The mind does not like ignorance and bondage. So, the mind longs for understanding and liberation, liberation from bondage.
And the responsibility is on the human being herself to gain that understanding and that freedom from bondages. This responsibility is called Sanatan Dharma — Sanatan Dharma.
