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बॉस ने कहा 8 घंटे बहुत कम हैं, 12 घंटे काम किया करो || आचार्य प्रशांत, गीता दीपोत्सव (2023)
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Karma Yoga
Meaningful Work
Seventy Hours
Kabir Saheb
Bulleh Shah
Professionalism
Livelihood
Purpose of Life
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the recent debate regarding working seventy hours a week, emphasizing that the quality and purpose of work are far more important than the quantity of hours spent. He argues that if work is meaningless or purely for profit, even a hundred hours are wasted. Conversely, when one is engaged in work they truly love, they lose track of time and dates. He quotes saints like Kabir Saheb and Bulleh Shah to illustrate that love and the counting of time cannot coexist; when the heart is full of passion for a task, the clock becomes irrelevant. He criticizes the modern professional world for treating human intelligence as a commodity to be rented out, comparing it to a marketplace where people sell their bodies or brains without any spiritual connection to their labor. He further explains that the dissatisfaction many feel in their jobs stems from a lack of purpose, as most people choose careers based solely on salary and the 'input-output' ratio of effort to pay. Acharya Prashant highlights that work should be seen as a form of worship and life itself, rather than just a means to a livelihood. He points out that the current education system fails to teach 'Karma Yoga' or the significance of meaningful work. Using the example of his own organization, he mentions how professionals from prestigious backgrounds have left high-paying corporate jobs to do meaningful work for less pay because they found a higher purpose. He concludes by urging individuals to use their skills—such as IT or coding—for constructive and soulful causes rather than for exploitative industries like slaughterhouses or weapons manufacturing.