The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, does character play any role in the awakening of inner potential? Acharya Prashant (AP): Is character about sticking to certain norms of behavior? Is character about following the patterns of society or religion? Then…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Dear Sir, Since we talked the last time, I have been pondering on one question: why are you the way you are and why am I the way I am or Jiddu the way he…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. सूरा सो पहिचानिये, जू लरै दीन के हेत। पुरजा पुरजा कटि मरै, कबहु न छाडै खेत।। ~ कबीर साहिब soora so pahichaniye, ju larae deen ke het purja purja kati marae, kabhu na chadae khet ~ Kabir…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Dear Sir, my first question is: What is Ego? My second question is about those who lose their ‘selves’ to alcohol. Is it a neuronic activity? Can one compare this to a no-self state? Acharya…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, how does a mind that is enlightened look at life? What happens to its thoughts? Does its wiring change in response to fear? Does it change its response to emotions? Acharya Prashant (AP): Assuming…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, many times it happens that we ask a question to ourselves and then we are also able to answer it on our own. Moreover, this is what forms the basis of so many assumptions…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, daily life puts forth so many insane demands and expectations that it becomes difficult to understand what to follow and what not to follow. Acharya Prashant (AP): We all have felt that occasional boredom…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): How can one develop faith within oneself? Acharya Prashant (AP): Adita, you have asked: “Suppose a person realizes that the whole problem is because that faith is missing. Can it be regained? Can a person…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, I have observed that if one is not enjoying the path of one’s journey then how much glorious the result or the end of the journey may seem, one still feels unaccomplished. …