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अध्यात्म और संगीत में क्या सम्बन्ध है? || आचार्य प्रशांत (2017)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Gita
Anhad
Maun
Spirituality
Music
Nature
Equanimity
Silence
Description

Acharya Prashant explains the profound and ancient relationship between spirituality and music, noting that many spiritual texts are called 'Gitas' because they are meant to be sung. He distinguishes between prose and song, highlighting that a song possesses a continuous flow without divisions or sharp edges, much like a wave that connects individual words into a single unit. This interconnectedness is the essence of spirituality, where everything is linked like beads on a string. He describes how great poets become sages when they lose themselves in their poetry, transforming their art into spirituality. He contrasts the 'sharp corners' of human-made structures and society, which represent discontinuity and conflict, with the circularity and smoothness found in nature and spiritual life. Acharya Prashant further elaborates on the concept of 'Anhad', the unchanging underlying rhythm in a spiritual person's life, which remains constant even as external circumstances change. He compares this to a single raga that can support many different songs. He identifies three levels of existence: the social, the natural, and the divine. Social life is full of sudden, sharp changes and 'beats' that cause shock and pain. Nature changes gradually and rhythmically, like the seasons or the growth of a tree. The divine, or the state of silence (Maun), is the deepest level where no change occurs at all. He encourages moving from the chaotic 'social music' toward the 'natural music' of classical forms, and ultimately toward the absolute silence of the self, where one is free from the fluctuations of gain and loss.