The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, how to get a wealthy life? Acharya Prashant (AP): First we need to understand what is ‘wealth’. Commonly, you understand ‘wealth’ as something that you accumulate, something that you possess. So wealth is something…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): How do we know anybody? How do we really know anybody? Acharya Prashant (AP): Let us first see how do we presently work, and what is our way of knowing and relating to other people…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, you said that we are joyful when we don’t do anything. So why can’t we be joyful when we do the things we like doing? Acharya Prashant (AP): No, I didn’t say that you…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Sir, how can we relate in love? Acharya Prashant (AP): Let us take a very basic kind of example, starting from what we usually interpret as ‘love’. Suppose there is a friend, and you love…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): You see you’re young. Right? If you love somebody, do you want to chain him or her? Listeners(everyone): No, Sir. AP: Even a pet dog. Do you like to keep the dog in a…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question: What role do examples, ideals, and role models play in this process of conditioning? Acharya Prashant: Role models play a very important, an extremely important role. Since childhood, these great images are given to us. These…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): This is a camera (holding a smartphone in hand, pointing towards the camera), and let’s say that there is something written over here (pointing at the wall). …

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): What a beautiful name you have Sakshi, and this is the basic difference between a person and an individual. The individual has साक्षी भाव (witness) and the person doesn’t have it. Let’s look at…

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): Dissatisfied how do you feel? Tell me. Listener (L): Sir, I feel afraid, I feel insecure, and a lot of questions. AP: Right, you feel afraid, you feel insecure and a lot of questions…