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Why is God so biased? || Acharya Prashant, with IIT Bombay (2021)
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Advaita Vedanta
Ego
Truth
Atman
Brahman
Suffering
Theism
Atheism
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the common assumption that a creator God exists and must adhere to human values like justice or mercy. He explains that humans tend to project their own experiences onto the concept of God, assuming that because objects in the physical world have creators, the universe must also have one. This line of reasoning places the individual's ego at the center, making the person's own experience the absolute authority. He dismisses the idea of a deity who controls, rewards, or punishes as a juvenile concept suitable only for children. He further clarifies that the world as perceived is one's own creation, and therefore, it is incorrect to attribute it to an external agency. In Advaita Vedanta, concepts like Atman or Brahman are distinct from the conventional idea of God. Acharya Prashant categorizes both theists and atheists together as egoists because their arguments for or against God are rooted in the ego. In contrast, those seeking the truth aim to transcend the ego entirely. He concludes that spiritual progress involves recognizing the falseness within, leading to the dissolution of both the observer and the observed, which is the true alleviation of suffering.