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ज़िन्दगी से सीखो, और बेधड़क जियो || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर पर, युवाओ के संग (2013)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Kabir Saheb
Varanasi
Orthodoxy
Direct Observation
Self-Image
Love
Knowledge
Spontaneity
Description

Acharya Prashant provides a detailed exploration of the life and philosophy of Kabir Saheb, emphasizing his radical and spontaneous nature. He explains that Kabir Saheb was an illiterate weaver from Varanasi who never underwent formal spiritual training or asceticism in forests. Instead, he lived a common life, and his teachings emerged spontaneously from his direct observations of the world. Acharya Prashant highlights that Kabir Saheb was staunchly against the accumulation of knowledge, believing that intellectual baggage often ruins a person. His language was that of the common man, yet his words were so provocative that they challenged the established political and religious orthodoxies of his time, including both Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism.