Acharya PrashantThe real glory of Nachiketa || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)Questioner: In Katha Upanishad , the young boy Nachiketa attained the highest wisdom and immortality by the virtue of dispassion and the…·7 min read·4 hours ago----
Acharya PrashantThe world as name and form || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रेऽस्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय । तथा विद्वान्नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥·33 min read·19 hours ago----
Acharya PrashantThe secret of unending happinessQuestioner : What is happiness?·8 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantKnow your passion and direct it rightly || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)द्रव्यार्थमन्नवस्त्रार्थं यः प्रतिष्ठार्थमेव वा । संन्यसेदुभयभ्रष्टः स मुक्तिं नाप्तिमर्हति ॥·9 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantPurify the doer and the deeds will be set right || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)न चक्षुषा गृह्यते नापि वाचा नान्यैर्देवैस्तपसा कर्मण वा । ज्ञानप्रसादेन विशुद्धसत्त्वस्ततस्तु तं पश्यते निष्कलं ध्यायमानः ॥·33 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantNot many, not one, not zero || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)गताः कलाः पञ्चदश प्रतिष्ठा देवाश्च सर्वे प्रतिदेवतासु । कर्माणि विज्ञानमयश्च आत्मा परेऽव्यये सर्वे एकीभवन्ति ॥·48 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantLiberation that we want is an extension of bondage || Acharya Prashant, on Niralamba…केवलमोक्षा-पेक्षासङ्कल्पो बन्धः ।·7 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantLife is Consciousness alone || Mundaka Upanishad (2021)प्रणो ह्येष यः सर्वभूतैर्विभाति विजानन्विद्वान्भवते नातिवादी । आत्मक्रीड आत्मरतिः क्रियावानेष ब्रह्मविदां वरिष्ठः ॥·25 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantThere is nothing called spiritual knowledge || Acharya Prashant, on Ishavasya Upanishad (2016)Different indeed, they say, is the result of vidya and different indeed, they say, is the result of avidya. Thus have we heard from the…·26 min read·4 days ago----
Acharya PrashantThe mind is your shadow || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)Questioner: You mentioned that mumukṣā (deep desire for liberation) is what matters when we choose a path for liberation. But the mind is…·4 min read·4 days ago----