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Searching for the beloved? || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Kabir (2018)
Scriptures and Saints
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Kabir Saheb
Bhagavad Gita
Shri Krishna
Self-observation
Thirst
Soul
Satsang
Awareness
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Acharya Prashant explains that the Bhagavad Gita is a song of both wisdom and melancholy, depicting Shri Krishna as a struggler amidst human helplessness. He addresses a poem by Kabir Saheb that advises a person to enter their own body rather than searching elsewhere. He clarifies that the one who is thirsty is the bodied being, and before rushing into the world to quench this thirst through conditioned actions, one must first understand the nature of the thirst and the identity of the one who feels it. He emphasizes that saints encourage self-observation to understand how the mind operates, including its fears, hopes, and insecurities.