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Martyr’s Day Wisdom || Acharya Prashant
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Shrimad Bhagvad Gita
Death
Life
Mahatma Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gokhale
Celebration
Wisdom
Awareness
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Acharya Prashant describes the Shrimad Bhagvad Gita as an epic struggle where Shri Krishna is the struggler, highlighting the vulnerability and melancholy inherent in the wisdom shared. He explains that death is an inviolable certainty that must be accepted as a settled fact rather than an object of constant analysis. When one is preoccupied with fighting or thinking about death, they inevitably miss the depth of life. He emphasizes that every second spent contemplating the unthinkable nature of death is a second lost from living. To illustrate the importance of observation and preparation before action, he recounts how Gopalkrishna Gokhale advised Mahatma Gandhi to abstain from public life for one year upon his return to India to observe and understand the country first. Acharya Prashant further explains that since birth guarantees death, one should live with the awareness that they are already in the same queue as those who have passed. He suggests that instead of viewing death as a future event, one should recognize it as something happening moment by moment. He references a mystic who taught that death should be celebrated, clarifying that people usually cry not because of death itself, but because life was not lived fully. True celebration of death can only arise if life has been filled with joy, song, and dance. He concludes that if a person's entire life is painful, their death cannot be anything other than pain, urging individuals to live deeply so that there is no reason for sorrow at the end.