The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): The richest of our society are the ones responsible for the most consumption and they take all the resources to themselves. Though they might be ethically and legally justified in doing so, at the end…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. यस्य नाहङ् कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।। हत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ।। 18.17 ।। yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate He who is free…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): Time and Space are nothing but the mind. They do not have an existence independent of your mind. So, whenever a question arises concerning something which is reducible to time and space, then just…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Acharya Ji, If we see things and move quickly, are we not observing them? Acharya Prashant (AP): See, it’s like this when you’re not observant and you look at something, you go back into your…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Dear Sir, you once told me that teaching was the ability to see shit. I dare say it is more. It is not just the ability to see shit but to swim in it and…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Pranam Acharya Ji, there is a line sent by you: “If you can’t be free without passing through that pain, why do you want to insulate your loved ones from the pain, why? Let them…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Is it love to take care of myself and my belongings? Acharya Prashant (AP): Yes, it is love to take care of yourself; but to take care of anything you must know what that thing…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): Human beings are the only species that need to be born twice, firstly in the biological sense and then more importantly in the psychological sense. A puppy, a cub, a kitten they need to…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): In an earlier conversation, you mentioned that climate change is an expression of the sickness of our very soul. I found that to be a pretty daunting and scary way of putting it. My question…