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Your pious deeds will not help you || Acharya Prashant, on Ashtavakra Gita (2018)
Scriptures and Saints
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Ashtavakra Gita
Morality
Spirituality
Pious Deeds
Ego
Realization
Action
Virtue
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Acharya Prashant clarifies that in the realm of true spirituality, as discussed in the Ashtavakra Gita, prosperity, pleasure, and pious deeds all belong to the same worldly dimension. He explains that while conventional morality distinguishes between good and bad deeds, spirituality focuses on the actor rather than the action. For a sage like Ashtavakra, both virtues and vices are seen as external labels or 'stamps' that belong to the ego. He emphasizes that morality is not spirituality; morality is often a product of social conditioning and laziness, where individuals follow rules without self-inquiry. True spirituality requires one to look beyond these labels and act from a place of spontaneous inner light rather than societal approval.