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Neither Yoga, nor Japa, nor Mantra || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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Spirituality
Yoga
Meditation
Salvation
Wisdom
Jap
Mantra
Honesty
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that practices like yoga and meditation have physical value for the body, but they lack spiritual value if sold as a means to salvation. He defines spirituality as honesty and the exertion of a limited being to stretch beyond themselves from their present position. He clarifies that while singing or chanting can be beautiful when one is in a state of attainment, merely copying these acts does not lead to wisdom. True wisdom is the starting point, not a destination, and one must give up the belief of being separate from it. He describes 'Jap' as the state where a wise man's every word is the truth, regardless of the specific language used. Furthermore, he defines a 'Mantra' as right thought or words that reveal the inadequacy and impotency of words themselves, noting that such words must change and cannot be a fixed, repetitive pattern.