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गलत ज़िंदगी, और गलत काम की आदत || आचार्य प्रशांत (2020)
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Greed
Compulsion
Right and Wrong
Choice
Attachment
Helplessness
Peace of Mind
Marketing
Description

Acharya Prashant responds to a question from a marketing professional whose job involves creating greed in others. He advises the questioner to observe his own life from a distance, as if looking at another person. He describes this person's daily routine of creating fear and enticement to sell goods, which are likely useless to the buyer, leading to the buyer cursing the seller. This cycle, he notes, brings a sense of guilt even when money is earned, as it feels ill-gotten. The speaker explains that the question of whether this work is right or wrong is ultimately about one's own peace of mind, as one's life choices are insignificant to the universe. If the work feels right, one can continue, but if it doesn't, one must come to their senses. He points out that unrighteousness (adharma) sustains itself through excuses, the most common being compulsion (majboori). Acharya Prashant asserts that what is called compulsion is never a real compulsion but is actually fear, ignorance, and, most importantly, greed. When people claim to be helpless or under another's control, they are truly under the control of their own greed and attachment to something they wish to save. By letting go of this attachment, no one can compel them. The word 'helplessness' itself is false. In contrast, a righteous life is a conscious and firm choice made by an awakened consciousness. A righteous person does not feel compelled; they choose their path with conviction. Those who live a wrong life, however, always have a hundred excuses. Ultimately, the speaker concludes, it is one's own life, and whatever one does to others, they do to themselves. If a person is at peace living a wrong and lowly life, then no justification is needed for anyone.