The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): What we are taught in conflict management is that when you are dealing with conflict, the best way is to take the other person’s perspective and then come to a resolution through a compromise. The…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): As a researcher in public policy, I spend a lot of my time trying to understand the marginalized sections of the society. By marginalized, I mean slum dwellers, tribal populations, and the rural sectors in…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): The right action dictated by spirituality is what the world requires, but if the world economy was to be structured around it, then wouldn’t that make most of the prevalent jobs and business models obsolete…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner: Do you think that capitalism is at the root of the problems we face today? If yes, what can the individual do? For example, at societal level, income inequality has kept on increasing; at the economical…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): One of the most important lessons I have learned from spirituality is Vasudhaiva Kuṭumbakam , that the whole world is one family. But the current trend is that all the countries are involved in unilateralism…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. अलमर्थेन कामेन सुकृतेनापि कर्मणा । एभ्यः संसारकान्तारे न विश्रान्तमभून्मनः ॥ 10.७ ॥ alamarthena kāmena sukṛtenāpi karmaṇā ebhyaḥ saṁsārakāntāre na viśrāntamabhūn manaḥ || 10.7 || Enough of prosperity, sensuality and pious deeds. The mind did not find repose…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Bhagavad Gita यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः । आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥ न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम । जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन ॥ The man who rejoices only in the Self and is satisfied with the Self, and is contented…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Acharya ji, how to bear prolonged Sadhana (spiritual discipline)? I have inertia in moving along the spiritual path. One day I sat down to read Jiddu Krishnamurti for MAG (Month of Awakening) session, and I…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): My beliefs have come out of my experiences and my experiences have shaped my individuality. If I give up my beliefs, then I am giving up on my individuality? Acharya Prashant (AP): (quoting the questioner)…