Acharya PrashantThe most beautiful, the most terrifying || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)तस्मादग्निः समिधो यस्य सूर्यः सोमात्पर्जन्य ओषधयः पृथिव्याम् । पुमान्रेतः सिञ्चति योषितायां बह्वीः प्रजाः पुरुषात्संप्रसूताः ॥·2 min read·1 hour ago----
Acharya PrashantReligion is the way back to that which was never lost || On Advait Vedanta (2019)One who is not perturbed by misfortune, who is beyond comfort, attachment and fear, who considers gold as dust; he neither speaks ill of…·10 min read·16 hours ago----
Acharya PrashantConsciousness is your only savior || On Advait Vedanta (2019)Questioner (Q): You said that consciousness is precious, it should be valued, and that is why we shouldn’t kill animals. We can take it the…·9 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantThe real meaning of steadfastness || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)यथाऽपकृष्टं शैवालं क्षणमात्रं न तिष्ठति । आवृणोति तथा माया प्राज्ञं वापि पराङ्मुखम् ॥·16 min read·1 day ago----
Acharya PrashantIf you cannot conquer the body, the body will conquer you || On Advait Vedanta (2019)देहाभिमानपाशेन चिरं बद्धोऽसि पुत्रक । बोधोऽहं ज्ञानखंगेन तन्निष्कृत्य सुखी भव ॥·20 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantMind and the diversity of things || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)सप्त प्राणाः प्रभवन्ति तस्मात्सप्तार्चिषः समिधस्सप्तहोमाः । सप्त इमे लोका येषु चरन्ति प्राणा गुहाशया निहिताः सप्त सप्त ॥·21 min read·2 days ago----
Acharya PrashantThe name of the unending love affair || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मा सम्यग्ज्ञानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यम् । अन्तःशरीरे ज्योतिर्मयो हि शुभ्रो यं पश्यन्ति यतयः क्षीणदोषाः ॥·11 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantVedanta and Liberalism || Acharya Prashant, at Arth : A Culture Fest (2022)Questioner (Q): For the uninitiated, the common people, many people ask because of the various concepts and regions around the world —…·7 min read·3 days ago----
Acharya PrashantWho is sitting within? What does it want?Questioner (Q): How do I know what is sitting in my subconscious? What does the thing within want? Hence, how should I make my choices and…·7 min read·4 days ago----
Acharya PrashantOur two deepest tendencies || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2020)Acharya Prashant (AP): Two favorite tendencies of the ego are being called out, discounted, exposed as false. What are those two tendencies…·15 min read·4 days ago----