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जैसा शादी का उत्सव, वैसा शादीशुदा जीवन || आचार्य प्रशांत (2019)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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6 years ago
Marriage
Wedding
Mind
Celebration
Society
Values
Psychology
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a twenty-four-year-old's concerns regarding the vulgarity and excessive expenses associated with wedding celebrations, such as loud music, traffic jams, and firecrackers. He clarifies the distinction between a 'wedding' (the celebration) and 'marriage' (the lifelong institution), explaining that the wedding celebration is merely a trailer or a reflection of the married life that follows. If a wedding is characterized by obscenity, noise, and greed, it is a direct indicator that the subsequent decades of married life will likely share those same qualities. Therefore, merely changing the 'poster' or the celebration does not change the 'movie' or the actual quality of the relationship. He argues that these celebrations are symptoms of a deeper psychological condition. People save money for twenty years just to spend it on a single night of chaos because that night represents what they truly value in life. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the root cause is the human mind itself. The mind creates the marriage, and the marriage manifests as the wedding. Attempting to fix the celebration without addressing the underlying state of the mind is futile. He suggests that unless the fundamental nature of the mind is transformed, one form of vulgarity will simply be replaced by another. To truly change the situation, one must focus on the 'foundation'—the mind—rather than just the superficial symptoms of the celebration.