Acharya Prashant addresses a question about why the Mahabharata, despite being a great epic containing the Bhagavad Gita, is not commonly read in homes, unlike the Ramayana. He explains that India's greatest fortune has also been its greatest misfortune. The highest truths and knowledge, which the rest of the world received much later, often from India itself, were available to India very early on. The problem is that the highest truth is not easily understood and can be very shocking. It delivers a strong jolt. The speaker elaborates that when this high knowledge, which is readily available, comes to people, they become frightened. This is why, in India itself, conspiracies have been hatched against the highest scriptures. The belief that keeping the Mahabharata at home will cause fights is one such conspiracy. This is because the Gita, which is part of the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva, would challenge the very foundation of our hollow homes, which are built on attachment (moha), affection, fear, and jealousy. If the Gita enters the house, how can one live with attachment? Our homes run on attachment, and the Gita strikes at its root. Acharya Prashant explains that this is a conspiracy against the Gita, against Krishna, and against Vedanta. The story that reading the Mahabharata causes fights is a cheap plot against the Gita. In the Gita, Krishna tells Arjun to fight against his own family members—his brother, father, grandfather, and teacher—if they are on the side of untruth. This is a frightening message. Therefore, to keep the Gita away, a reason was fabricated: if you bring the Mahabharata home, brothers will fight amongst themselves. This is nothing but our own conspiracy against the Gita. He further explains the paradox of India: it has the highest scriptures like the Vedanta, yet it also has the most regressive practices like the caste system and Sati. This is because the core of the Vedas, the 'Gyankand' (path of knowledge), was ignored, and people clung to the 'Karmakand' (path of rituals). People claim to be religious by performing rituals while avoiding the real essence. This has been the religious life of India for centuries—all ceremony, no substance. The speaker concludes by stating that the Gita is frightening because it strikes at our inner attachments. The popular image of Krishna is that of Radha's Krishna, not the Krishna of the Gita. The Gita is scary for us, while Kanha's butter is tempting.