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What is Remembrance? || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagvad Gita (2016)
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Bhagavad Gita
Remembrance
Shri Krishna
Ego
Memory
Truth
Attachment
Faith
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Acharya Prashant explains that the final words of Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, where he declares he has regained remembrance, are often misunderstood. In a spiritual context, remembrance is not about adding an object to the mind's memory. The mind is conditioned to treat every word as a proxy for an object situated in space and time. Consequently, when told to remember God or Truth, the mind creates an image or a concept, turning the ultimate into a mental object. Acharya Prashant clarifies that spiritual remembrance is actually a form of forgetfulness or 'vismaran'—the act of getting rid of worldly memories and mental impressions that weigh the mind down.