Joy is not a problem. Suffering is a problem. I am the sufferer. And if this ‘I’ is the problem, the sufferer, then firstly the ‘I’ itself has to be approached. And when I find that my efforts are getting saturated, I will have to go to a book that talks exclusively of the ‘I.’ The Upanishads are such books, because their subject matter is nothing but the ‘I.’ So, if you come across something that is dealing in stories, beliefs, and deviating from the self, you must know that it is not Vedanta at all.
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Questioner: As you have claimed in your YouTube videos, you have read and have knowledge of so many Upanishads, Gita, and other religious scriptures. In a few videos, you claim that our society has a downfall because of the corrupted explanations by the people who are self-proclaimed owners of the religion. And now, can I believe in you, that you will provide the exact meaning of these books — what they want to provide, or they want to convey the meaning?
And I am not asking you this question so that if I know you are correct in explaining it, I will become your follower blindly. I will recheck it, because I also want to read these books from the basics. At least I should know the basics of these. And one more thing, I have had confusion from my childhood, a basic question: What is right and wrong?
Acharya Prashant: Wonderful. So, this question of what is right and wrong can also be applied to the first part of your question. “How do I know which one is the right interpretation and which one is the wrong one?” Good, nice.
