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धर्म, त्याग और साधना: मूल भूल कहाँ? || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर पर (2025)
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Spirituality
Truth
Ego
Neti-Neti
Religion
Bhagavad Gita
Kabir Saheb
Vedanta
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that true spirituality is not about being religious or irreligious, a theist or an atheist, but about having the right center. He emphasizes that if the fundamental foundation of one's life is incorrect, then all subsequent successes or improvements are meaningless and potentially dangerous. Using the analogy of a car stuck in first gear while the driver accelerates, he points out that many people seek 'peace' or 'methods' to cool down their life's engine without ever changing the fundamental gear or direction. Spirituality, he asserts, is only about the first step—ensuring the center is Truth rather than social conditioning or ego. He critiques the common understanding of religion, noting that most people's 'religiousness' is merely a social blueprint they have memorized and matched against. True religiousness is spontaneous and original, making it unrecognizable to those who rely on social definitions. Acharya Prashant clarifies that a person centered in Truth does not identify as a 'renunciate' or a 'sensualist' because both these states are still centered on the object of the world—one by grasping and the other by avoiding. Instead, one should be like a child playing with a ball: catching it and letting it go without attachment to either act. Furthermore, he discusses the concept of 'Neti-Neti' (not this, not this) as a way to negate the false center of the ego. He argues that when sages negate both sides of a duality, they are actually negating the 'I' that seeks to choose between them. He urges listeners to reclaim spiritual symbols and scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita from those who use them to mask ignorance or social agendas. Ultimately, he defines religion as a profound love for Truth that transcends social morality, rituals, and borrowed identities, requiring a radical commitment to seeing things as they are rather than how society defines them.