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Money or Love? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2014)
Acharya Prashant
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Love
Money
Freedom
Contentment
Greed
Vibhuta
Slavery
Self-worth
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the term Vaibhav is closely related to the concept of having enough and needing no more. He asserts that love is not a need but an expression of inner health and contentment. A person who is still needy or acts like a beggar cannot love, as love is about having so much that one gives it to others. It is a state of being settled and secure, where contentment reflects in all relationships with the entire existence. Love is one's inherent nature rather than something to be sought from the outside. He further discusses money, acknowledging it as a need for goods and services but emphasizing that the actual requirement is very small. He points out that what is often called a need for money is actually greed driven by psychological dependencies and the desire for social respect. Acharya Prashant warns that making one's requirement for money too large leads to slavery and the loss of freedom. He explains that money comes at a cost, and taking it from others results in selling away one's freedom, as nothing is truly free.