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Why does man suffer so much? || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Granth Sahib (2019)
Acharya Prashant
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Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Asadi Var
Suffering
Pleasure
Ego
Faithlessness
Conditioning
Truth
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding the verses of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, specifically the idea that suffering is a medicine and pleasure is a disease. He explains that while suffering should ideally lead one toward the truth, humans often fail to recognize it as such because they are adept at mislabeling their internal states. For instance, states of lust or anxious anticipation are inherently peaceless and full of tension, yet people label them as pleasure or hope, thereby refusing to admit they are suffering. This mislabeling prevents the 'medicine' of suffering from working, as one cannot seek a remedy for a condition they do not acknowledge.