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अध्यात्म में सही-गलत क्या है? || आचार्य प्रशांत (2018)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Upanishads
Vedas
Spirituality
Completeness
Infinite
Higher Knowledge
Mundane
Vedic Literature
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Acharya Prashant explains that spirituality exists to provide completeness to that which is inherently incomplete. He emphasizes that spirituality must always focus on the highest peak, which in the context of the Vedas, is the Upanishads. While other parts of Vedic literature like the Brahmanas or Aranyakas are not wrong, they are merely preparatory and pale in comparison to the Upanishads. He argues that if spirituality remains confined to the limited, it becomes futile; its true purpose is to lead one to the infinite. He notes with regret that many people become attached to the preparatory 'songs' and rituals, forgetting the 'supreme guest' they were meant to welcome. He further clarifies that the Upanishads deal only with the highest truths and do not concern themselves with trivial worldly matters. Using examples like marriage, he states that the Upanishads neither support nor oppose such institutions because they do not consider them worthy of discussion. He illustrates this by saying that asking spiritual texts about mundane choices—like the color of a book, the type of food to eat, or naming a child—is an absurd misuse of profound wisdom. Just as it would be disgraceful to use a luxury vehicle to haul garbage or to ask a realized being like Mahavira to perform menial labor, it is inappropriate to apply the ultimate teachings of the Upanishads to petty, two-bit worldly questions. Ultimately, spirituality's silence on subjects like marriage is its definitive answer: such matters do not belong to the dimension of higher knowledge.