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One who knows Brahm becomes Brahm || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2021)
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Upanishads
Brahm
Maya
Ego
Liberation
Brahm Vidya
Prakriti
Consciousness
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Acharya Prashant explains that the Upanishads are essential for understanding the meaning of life, time, and celebration, which are often approached in mechanical and unconscious ways. He emphasizes that the youth are particularly vulnerable to Maya but also hold the greatest potential for liberation due to their energy and urge for freedom. He discusses the Upanishadic teaching that one who knows the Supreme Brahm becomes Brahm. This knowledge is unique because it requires the dissolution of the ego; unlike worldly knowledge like mathematics, which can be acquired without changing one's internal tendencies, Brahm Vidya reduces and eventually demolishes the knower's identification with the self.