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गुनाह है कुँवारा होना? || आचार्य प्रशांत, वेदांत महोत्सव (2022)
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Bachelor
Man-woman relationship
Society
Maya
Sexuality
Discrimination
Education
Fundamental Rights
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Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why bachelors find it difficult to rent a flat. He states that it is a fact that bachelors cause a ruckus. He explains that in India, a bachelor is usually someone who has recently left college, around 25 to 30 years old, as people do not remain bachelors for long. These individuals often continue their hostel behavior, such as breaking fans and windows, making noise, and harassing girls. Due to these experiences, people believe that allowing bachelors into a society means trouble for everyone, as they damage property and create a nuisance. Consequently, they are denied housing. Acharya Prashant acknowledges that not all bachelors are like this, but the good ones suffer along with the bad, just as the chaff is ground with the wheat. Even the quiet ones are denied a place to live. The speaker delves deeper, explaining that the root cause is not just the nuisance but the man-woman relationship, which is a form of Maya (illusion). The commotion itself revolves around the issue of women. People who deny housing to bachelors are often worried that they will harass their daughters. This creates a cycle: those who don't have a woman are desperate to get one and create a disturbance, while those who have one are anxious to protect her and close their doors. The same man who is denied a flat today will marry, have a daughter, and then refuse to rent to bachelors, fearing they will take his daughter away. This is the nature of Maya: when you don't have something, you clamor for it, and when you get it, you know it's not truly yours and try to guard it. Acharya Prashant asserts that this problem stems from a lack of spiritual education. Until the education system teaches people to focus on consciousness rather than the body, this cycle will persist. The primary goal of life for boys becomes obtaining a girl (her body), and for fathers, it is to protect their daughter's body until marriage, leading to constant tension. He criticizes popular culture, particularly films, where 90-95% of the plot revolves around a boy and a girl, portraying the ultimate purpose of life as finding a partner rather than liberation. This philosophy, he says, leads to a society where everyone is perpetually sexually aroused as a compensation for missing the real meaning of life, resulting in unhealthy relationships. He concludes that men, being more prone to this sexual madness, make more wrong decisions in relationships and then regret them. Nature has made women more balanced in this respect, as they bear the consequences of pregnancy.