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द्वैत के पीछे अद्वैत || आचार्य प्रशांत, गुरु कबीर पर (2013)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Non-duality
Enlightenment
Mind
Illusion
Fear
Joy
Renunciation
Witnessing
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that there is fundamentally no difference between an enlightened being and an ignorant person. The only distinction is that the enlightened one realizes the oneness of all existence, while the ignorant one is caught in the illusion of being a distinct, special individual. This sense of being special or separate drives a constant journey of becoming, whereas the enlightened being has come to a halt, realizing that everything is already one. The mind is inherently cunning, and its movements are nothing but calculations aimed at maintaining this separation. He clarifies that the Creator is not a separate entity like a potter making pots; such a view is a form of atheism because it reduces the infinite to a small, worldly entity within the mind. True knowledge arises when the duality between the observer and the observed is dissolved. The mind, by its very nature, perceives division and names things differently, such as light and darkness. However, the Truth is omnipresent across all space and time. This realization cannot be reached through the mind's logic but through a state of witnessing where one sees that all diversity exists only on the screen of the mind. The speaker discusses the concepts of beauty and joy, stating that true beauty is that which momentarily stops the mind and transcends the world of duality. Joy is not the opposite of sorrow but a state that exists beyond the poles of pleasure and pain. He emphasizes that while suffering and bad events are often the result of human planning, anything truly good or transformative, like meeting a Guru or experiencing Truth, happens accidentally as a matter of grace. Fear is fundamentally the fear of non-existence, and society labels those who are fearless as mad because they no longer operate within the framework of social conditioning and fear. Finally, Acharya Prashant addresses the concepts of illusion and attachment. He defines the mind as that which shows the world, illusion as that which makes the world seem real, and attachment as the perverted desire to find Truth in worldly objects. He rejects the idea that one must exhaust worldly pleasures before seeking spiritual liberation, calling it a delusion. True renunciation is not about physically leaving the world but about breaking the identification with the mind. Understanding the limitations of the mind and its concepts is the first step toward the effortless state of Truth.