How to truly love others?

Acharya Prashant
8 min readOct 3, 2020

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

ज्ञेय: स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ् क्षति ।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ।। 3 ।।

jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhati

nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramuchyate

He who neither hates nor desires and is beyond the pair of opposites (duality) is to be understood as an ever-renouncer. Hence, he is easily set free from bondage, O Arjuna.

~ Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 3

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Question: Acharya Ji, Pranaam! After seeing the fakeness in people and in my own actions, it gets very difficult to love someone. There comes a feeling of hatred; the feeling of compassion does not remain constant. The mind gets affected. How can one go beyond these pairs of opposites and truly love the other and the self, while on this journey?

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