Acharya PrashantThe marks of the right seeking and the rewards of the right seeker || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)नायमात्मा बलहीनेन लभ्यो न च प्रमादात्तपसो वाप्यलिङ्गात् । एतैरुपायैर्यतते यस्तु विद्वांस्तस्यैष आत्मा विशते ब्रह्मधाम ॥·13 min read·1 hour ago----
Acharya PrashantThe Faithful is one with the Veda || On Advait Vedanta (2019)ਸਾਧ ਕੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਬੇਦ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ॥·7 min read·16 hours ago----
Acharya PrashantThe mind that is to know the Self || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)एषोऽणुरात्मा चेतसा वेदितव्यो यस्मिन्प्राणः पञ्चधा संविवेश । प्राणैश्चित्तं सर्वमोतं प्रजानां यस्मिन्विशुद्धे विभवत्येष आत्मा ॥·6 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantThe Self that is not a product of time || On Narayana Upanishad (2016)Questioner: “I am not born in time; time is born in me.” Just how is time born in me? And similarly, the Rishi then says, “*Aham*”, is he…·3 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantVedanta offers you the power to change || IIT Delhi (2022)Questioner (Q): Does Vedanta, or wisdom literature in general, offer any fundamental solutions to the problems that we face as normal…·9 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantFight and perish fighting || On Advait Vedanta (2019)ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਭਰਮਤ ਫਿਰਿਓ ਮਿਟਿਓ ਨ ਜਮ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਰਾਸੁ ॥ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਨਿਰਭੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥੩੩॥·7 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantKnowledge of the self is freedom from the self || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)अन्यत्र धर्मादन्यत्राधर्मादन्यत्रास्मात्कृताकृतात् । अन्यत्र भूताच्च भव्याच्च यत्तत्पश्यसि तद्वद ॥·8 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantWhen the five senses quarrelled: A Vedanta story || Acharya Prashant, on Chhandogya Upanishad…Acharya Prashant (AP): What’s happening here, firstly I will read it out to you and then explain. Once, the five senses disputed among…·24 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantAll this is Brahman alone || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमिदं वरिष्ठम् ॥·12 min read·4 days ago----
Acharya PrashantPleasures of consciousness || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)Throw out concepts like ‘I am virtuous’ or ‘I am a sinner’. What is the entity that senses this? Body-consciousness will not lose its grasp…·6 min read·4 days ago----