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Who is the thief? What is it to cut off his hands? || Acharya Prashant,on Guru Granth Sahib(2019)
Acharya Prashant
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Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Mind
Ego
God
Atheism
Non-duality
Bhakti
Truth
Description

Acharya Prashant explains a verse from Sri Guru Granth Sahib regarding a thief who robs a house and offers the stolen goods to his ancestors. He interprets the thief as the mind, which gathers worldly ideas, stories, and myths to create a worldly image of its source or father. Because these images are constructed from worldly materials, they are subject to time and destruction, which the speaker describes as the dishonoring of the ancestors. This represents the dissatisfaction faced by those who create fake images of God instead of knowing the one reality.