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Never be afraid, young girl (Just fight the nodes of evil) || Acharya Prashant, at BITS Goa (2023)
Prakrati
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Ignorance
Maya
Shri Krishna
Shri Ram
Bhagavad Gita
Conditioning
Environmental Crisis
Avidhya
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the anxiety and cynicism young people feel regarding environmental damage and the sense of helplessness against collective problems. He explains that the root of the issue is not the number of people involved, but a fundamental ignorance known as 'avidhya' or 'maya'. He argues that just as a few 'nodes of evil' can influence and magnetize ordinary people toward destruction, a few 'nodes of goodness' can demagnetize and wake them up. Using the analogy of Shri Krishna and Arjun, he emphasizes that victory is possible even when the opposing side possesses superior resources, wealth, and knowledge, as seen in the story of Shri Ram and Ravan.