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धन से संतुष्टि क्यों नहीं मिलती? || आचार्य प्रशांत, कठ उपनिषद् पर (2024)
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Spirituality
Money
Self-knowledge
Worldly life
Desirelessness
Gita
Upanishads
Brahmacharya
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Acharya Prashant addresses a question from a father who is worried about his son. The son, despite being academically brilliant with 90% marks in his M.A. in History, is not pursuing a job or marriage. Instead, he has gathered some like-minded people, started a school in a defunct government building, and travels from village to village talking about climate change and nature. They also read scriptures like the Gita, Mahabharata, and Upanishads. The father is concerned whether his son's life is heading towards upliftment or ruin. Acharya Prashant points out that the father is not proud of his son's accomplishments, such as removing the world's misfortune or bringing light to it. The father's real pain is that his son is not getting married and having children. He is not seeing that his son possesses leadership and management skills, evidenced by his ability to gather people and run a school. The speaker notes the irony that the son scored 90% in an M.A. in humanities, not in science or mathematics, which is a difficult feat. He suggests that if the son were not spiritual, he would not have been able to achieve these things, including the high marks and the initiative to start a school. Responding to a broader question about the role of money in a spiritual life, Acharya Prashant explains that money alone can never satisfy anyone. Therefore, a path centered on money is flawed from the outset. He clarifies that no one's consciousness is truly centered on money, not even the most money-loving person. Their primary identity is human, and the greed for money is a temporary state. He argues that a person who is not self-aware will fail even in worldly pursuits because they do not know why they are earning or where to spend it. Their desires are scattered and lack a central focus. Acharya Prashant states that spirituality is not separate from worldly life; rather, all worldly things are subsets of spirituality. Spirituality provides the understanding of what life is and what is worth attaining. Once this is clear, a spiritual person can use resources like money more effectively for a higher purpose. He asserts that the path of spirituality gives a person the strength to earn money if needed. The difference is that for a worldly person, the means become the end, whereas for a spiritual person, the means remain a tool. He concludes by quoting Sant Rahim: "Pursue one, and you will attain all. Pursue all, and you will lose all."