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Rare are such young men! || Acharya Prashant (2019)
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Swami Vivekananda
Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Liberation
Youth
Mentorship
Sarada Devi
Sister Nivedita
Nature
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Acharya Prashant explains that the ideal of a serious, energetic, and truth-loving young man like Swami Vivekananda does not exist in a vacuum; such individuals must be brought into existence by a mentor like Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He emphasizes that Swami Vivekananda was initially an ordinary man with ordinary pursuits and was not always eager to follow his path, often running away from his teacher. The speaker asserts that while biological procreation happens naturally, liberation does not occur on its own and requires a conscious effort or an external agency to be aroused. He argues that if parents want their children to embody the qualities of Swami Vivekananda or Sister Nivedita, they must first examine whether they themselves embody the qualities of Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Sarada Devi. Ultimately, he suggests that the desire for liberation is not an innate human trait and must be cultivated through the influence of a realized being.