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कर्तव्य और धर्म जितने अलग हैं, धर्म और प्रेम उतने ही एक || आचार्य प्रशांत (2015)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Love
Duty
Religion
Consciousness
Self-knowledge
Relationships
Selfishness
Humanity
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Acharya Prashant explains the fundamental difference between duty and love, emphasizing that duty is an external imposition while love is an internal realization. Duty is inherently limited and transactional; it is followed by those who lack self-knowledge and require others to dictate their actions. In contrast, love is limitless and does not involve calculation or counting. When one acts out of love, it is not a duty but an expression of one's true nature. He clarifies that duty often contains selfishness because it is rooted in the ego, whereas true love and religion are synonymous and boundless. He further discusses that the current state of the world, filled with corruption and lack of harmony, is a result of people living merely by duty rather than by understanding or religion. A person who is unconscious or violent toward the world cannot truly love their own family, as all relationships stem from the same mind. Acharya Prashant asserts that one must first become a good and conscious human being to be a good father, son, or citizen. If the root—the individual's own consciousness—is healthy, all relationships will naturally flourish. He concludes that religion and love are internal and infinite, while duty is a superficial list of instructions for those who do not understand how to live.