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(Gita-7) Basics of Vedanta || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2024)
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Bhagavad Gita
Vedanta
Atma
Ego
Consciousness
Truth
Immortality
Prakriti
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Acharya Prashant explains that Shri Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita, emphasizes the self as the indestructible foundation of existence, negating the concept of a creator God. He clarifies that the world is not a divine creation but a projection of the ego, which arises from a state of forgetfulness of one's true nature. Because the ego is incomplete and finite, the world it projects is necessarily limited, destructible, and perishable. Vedanta teaches that the world is a choice and that individuals are responsible for their own perceptions and suffering, rather than attributing them to an external deity or the laws of nature.