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Rise of relationship is death of love || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Shakti
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Love
Relationship
Freedom
Marriage
Expectations
Duty
Social Sanctions
Individual
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that love is inherently fresh and wild, whereas relationships are based on the past and are very limited. He asserts that the moment a relationship is defined by a concept, such as husband or wife, it becomes dead because it is bound by expectations and social sanctions. He suggests that lovers effectively die when they transition into formal roles like husbands and wives, as love cannot have a fixed name or a formal agreement. The mind seeks to formalize love because it cannot tolerate the absolute uncertainty and freedom that love requires. By giving love a name or turning it into a relationship, individuals create trouble for themselves and move away from the essence of love. He emphasizes that love is not a duty or a compulsion but absolute freedom. When love is turned into a relationship, it is replaced by a code of conduct, duties, and social respectability, which causes the individuals to be lost and replaced by mere images or roles. He points out that love stories in movies typically end at marriage because the reality that follows involves the loss of that initial love to mundane duties and societal expectations.