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बोध-साहित्य हड़बड़ी और उतावली में नहीं निपटाया जाता || आचार्य प्रशांत (2019)
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Spiritual Seeking
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Humility
Depth over Breadth
Satsang
Scriptures
Ego
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question from a young spiritual seeker who, despite having studied various spiritual masters like Jiddu Krishnamurti and visiting different institutions, asks what more he can do for his spiritual progress. The speaker identifies this question, "What more can I do?", as a common trap. He challenges the premise that the seeker has truly understood the teachings he has encountered. He rhetorically asks if someone who has genuinely read and understood a master like Jiddu Krishnamurti would still be asking what more to do. The very existence of this question, he suggests, proves that the past efforts were flawed and the understanding is absent. The speaker explains that the problem is not about doing more but about the flawed foundation of past actions. He states that if the seeker has not understood Krishnamurti, the question should be about this lack of understanding, not about moving on to the next thing. He criticizes the prideful attitude of having "finished" or "read" a master, explaining that if one had truly finished with the master's teachings, their own ego would have been finished as well. He advises the seeker to stop focusing on future actions and instead re-examine his past efforts with the humility of knowing nothing. He emphasizes that all the past work is essentially zero if it hasn't brought about a change. Using an analogy, Acharya Prashant compares the seeker's approach to digging ten shallow pits for water instead of one deep one. Wandering from one teacher or institution to another is futile; one must choose one and go deep. He explains that it is an insult to the scriptures to read them once and put them aside. These texts are not meant to be finished; they have infinite potential and will continuously reveal new meanings as the reader evolves. One must constantly engage with them. The words of the sages are meant for companionship (Satsang), not to be used as a ladder that one climbs and leaves behind. One can stay with them, but one cannot surpass them. He concludes that if the words are truly from the Truth, they are inexhaustible. The result of true study is that the ocean is found in a single drop. If one has read the entire ocean but still hasn't understood the drop, it means one was merely floating on the surface of words without diving deep.