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जन्माष्टमी विशेष: कमज़ोरों के लिए नहीं हैं कृष्ण || आचार्य प्रशांत के नीम लड्डू
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Shri Krishna
Living Fully
Advaita (Non-duality)
Duality
Maryada (Limits/Propriety)
Shri Ram
Renunciation
Kabir Saheb
Description

Acharya Prashant describes Shri Krishna as one who is not concerned with the past or the future, neither bound by what has been nor anxious about what is to come. This quality makes his life appear full of contradictions, which is why many people do not find him appealing. They prefer individuals who live within limits (maryadit), whereas Krishna has no such boundaries, making his actions unpredictable. In contrast, Shri Ram is presented as 'Maryada Purushottam' (the supreme man of propriety); if invited home, he would behave predictably and without mischief. Krishna, however, is a 'butter thief' who might steal from your own home, an expert in the divine play (Raas). The speaker suggests that if one does not know how to live dangerously, one does not know how to live at all. Krishna is complete because he contains all contradictions within himself. This is the essence of Advaita (non-duality): it encompasses all dualities. The speaker explains that negating one extreme leads to an attraction towards its opposite. To renounce something is to become attached to its contrary. Therefore, the only way to avoid attachment is to not renounce anything. People often ask how to renounce their attachments, but they fail to see that attachment arises from an aversion to its opposite. For instance, hating sorrow leads to an attachment to happiness. The solution is not to fear sorrow; one who stops fearing sorrow will also cease to cling to happiness. Freedom comes when both happiness and sorrow are let go of simultaneously by experiencing both fully. Being spiritual does not mean rejecting life's dualities like day and night or sun and clouds as transient illusions. Instead, it means being so alive that both night and day, sun and moon, are alive for you. Those who cannot live fully find a clever way to die completely, but one who has not truly lived cannot truly die. This is illustrated by the concept of rebirth in Indian religions, which suggests that if you don't live fully, you won't die fully and will continue to wander. To die completely, one must first live completely. Krishna lived fully, and therefore, he died completely, with no rebirth or remnants left behind. His life, like a dance, was not organized or systematic but a complete, spontaneous expression.