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The Gita's Influence on Subhash Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda || Acharya Prashant
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Gita
Upanishads
Liberation
Consciousness
Spirituality
Subhas Chandra Bose
Slavery
Independence
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Acharya Prashant asserts that no true revolution is possible without the wisdom of the Gita, which he defines broadly as a class of wisdom literature including the Upanishads and the teachings of sages like Ramana Maharshi and Jiddu Krishnamurti. He explains that the Gita represents the process of uplifting consciousness from its natural state of slavery to liberation. He challenges the notion that humans are born free, stating instead that birth itself is a form of bondage and slavery to biological impulses and ignorance. Therefore, liberation is something that must be actively attained through spiritual education. He highlights that even revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were deeply rooted in spiritual wisdom, despite often being portrayed solely as political firebrands. Acharya Prashant clarifies that spirituality is not about rituals or superstitions but is the awakening of consciousness and the education of the self. He describes it as the ego's urge for its liberated state, incorporating elements of psychology and neuroscience but adding the essential component of love for the infinite. He concludes that since the material world is finite and can never satisfy the human hunger for the infinite, one must turn toward the spiritual to find true satisfaction and independence.