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How do the Upanishads reduce our daily suffering? || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2020)
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Srimad Bhagavad Gita
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Consciousness
Subconscious
Ego
Silence
Peace
Transcendence
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Acharya Prashant describes the Srimad Bhagavad Gita as an epic struggle where Shri Krishna is the struggler, highlighting that the text is as much a song of melancholy as it is of wisdom. He explains that suffering does not arise from struggle itself, but from getting stuck in it. Using the analogy of being trapped in a cinema hall even for a favorite movie, he illustrates how anything pleasant becomes intolerable when one is stuck. He emphasizes that common life often lacks 'beyondness,' leaving individuals mired and enveloped by their circumstances without an exit.