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आचार्य जी ने डाँट लगाई (2023)
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Sacredness
Guru-Disciple Relationship
Worldliness
Liberation
Limits
Paani Mein Meen Pyasi
Backbencher
Society
Description

Acharya Prashant begins by noticing a troubled person in the audience and inviting him to the front, saying he needs his presence. He then speaks about how bliss flows, and one doesn't even realize where they are swept away. He states that when one's own life is a joke, they don't realize it, and everything else seems like a joke. He points out another person who was also part of the joke, comparing the situation to a class of small children. He discusses the common belief that backbenchers enjoy life the most. He then introduces the word "sacred," explaining that his relationship with the audience is one of sacredness. He emphasizes that when he comes to them, he leaves everything else behind, and nothing is more important than his words reaching them. He gives a personal example of leaving his family to be with the audience, making them his family for that moment. He contrasts this with the audience, who might be attending a different session outside, referring to the senior members of the organization. He uses the analogy of a fish being thirsty in water ("Paani mein meen pyasi") and a spoon in soup to describe the human condition. The spoon remains in the soup its whole life, feeds others, but never benefits from even a drop of it. He defines sacrilege and blasphemy as obstructing true sacredness. He observes that in our lives, nothing is truly sacred; everything is negotiable and has limits, including love and religion. He urges that we should at least challenge these limits, but we don't, instead bringing our home, business, and market everywhere. He shares a story from his school days, where he was a mischievous backbencher. His teacher told another mischievous student that Prashant could get away with it and still top the class, but the other student couldn't, because Prashant knew the limits. He questions why we don't know our limits. He says we don't take the temple home, but we bring our home into the temple, and asks who wins in this scenario. He refers to the verse, "Who will hold my hand and pull me away from home?" and contrasts it with people who bring their entire home with them to the session. He states that the world constantly wins over us, sitting on our very existence, and we should find moments where we don't let the world interfere. He mentions that he fights against society both outside and within the organization, finding the internal struggle harder because it's the outside world that has come inside. He clarifies that he doesn't run the organization for himself, as his personal story ended ten years ago, and everything he does now is for the audience. He asks how many feel they want liberation but can't find the path, to which many raise their hands. He lovingly tells the person he called forward that he did so out of love and asks if he enjoyed sitting in the front more.