People come, take the Upanishads from here and then feel depressed, their parents or spouses are not heeding to the Upanishads. So, I ask them, “Why must your spouse or your parents be the first ones to gain this knowledge from you?” If they’re not listening to you, go and teach this to your neighbour, or to some random person on the street, no? There are so many eligible and willing people, they’ll be very happy to receive this knowledge from you. Read more...
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Questioner: It's from a thirty year old Assistant Professor. She is asking, Namaste Sir. Often while talking to friends and colleagues, I tend to nowadays talk about the Upanishads. But they see it as some sort of exotic, different type of reading that I’m undertaking, as opposed to realizing that they’re the very essence, the authority on life. In my social circle, an academician is an authority. I cannot seem to communicate that Upanishads are not a side study, but really everything that could be seen and heard.
How do I communicate to them that the Upanishads are really the essence and the authority on life?
Acharya Prashant: You’ve to continue going deeper into the Upanishads. Two things will then concurrently happen. One, you’ll gain the conviction and the argument, to be more convincing to others. Secondly, you’ll lose the need to be more convincing to others. So, you’ll gain the power, the argument, the clarity to be more convincing to the others. Equally, you’ll lose the need to be more convincing to others.
