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ज़िंदगी में मच्छर ही मारने हैं, तो टैंक का क्या करोगे? || आचार्य प्रशांत, बौद्ध दर्शन पर (2024)
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Bhagavad Gita
Liberation (Mukti)
Love (Prem)
Knowledge (Gyan)
War (Jang)
Spirituality (Adhyatma)
Bondage
Kabir Saheb
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Acharya Prashant begins by stating that illness is not bad, nor is poverty, but an ordinary life is very bad. He explains that we are born for liberation (Mukti), which means breaking our bonds. Therefore, in everything we do, we must ask if it is breaking our bonds. If it doesn't, it is not love. A love that can coexist with bonds is not love at all. There are three things that break these bonds, which are essentially one but can be expressed in three ways: love, knowledge, and war. Acharya Prashant recounts an interaction with a man who, despite being a religious Hindu and having a teacher available, had no interest in reading the Bhagavad Gita. When asked about the biggest challenges in his life, the man mentioned his child's high fever and business problems like rising costs and falling profits. Acharya Prashant told him that with such ordinary problems, he has no need for the Gita. He explains that the man has chosen a very ordinary and safe life, consisting of a small house, family, business, and relatives, which is a pre-decided system with in-built security. The Gita is not for such a person. Using an analogy, Acharya Prashant says, "The one who has to kill a mosquito, what will he do with a tank?" The Gita is like a tank, and the man's problems are like mosquitoes. This is why he feels sleepy and runs away from it; it's not useful for his small life. He would only feel that his life's savings were wasted on buying a tank. Spirituality is for those who have to fight big battles. Until Kurukshetra came into Arjun's life, the Gita did not. Shri Krishna and Arjun were together for decades, but the dialogue of the Gita only happened when Arjun was about to become a grandfather, facing a monumental challenge. Spirituality is for those who are not content with a small life. The Gita's purpose is to first show you that you are not at peace in an ordinary life and that you must become extraordinary. An ordinary person who comes to the Gita will first have to learn that they are not at peace in their ordinary life. If you want to change your son, you must first change yourself. The speaker concludes by quoting Kabir Saheb, stating that a warrior is one who fights for liberation, and even if their body is cut to pieces, they do not leave the battlefield.