♂️ Want to meet Acharya Prashant? <br />Be a part of the Live Sessions: https://acharyaprashant.org/hi/enquir... <br /><br /> Want to read Acharya Prashant's Books? <br />Get Free Delivery: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/books?... <br /><br /> Read 3 handpicked wisdom articles, just for you: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articl... <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /><br />Video Information: Shabdyog session, 22.05.2019, Advait Bodhsthal, Greater Noida, India <br /><br />Context: <br />Even when living without any support and eager for achievement, <br />the stupid are still nourishing samsara, <br />while the wise have cut at the very root of its unhappiness. <br />~Ashtavakra Gita (Chapter-18, Verse-38) <br /><br />नायमात्मा बलहीनेन लभ्यो न <br />च प्रमादात् तपसो वाप्यलिङ्गात्। <br />एतैरुपायैर्यतते यस्तु विद्वांस्तस्यैष <br />आत्मा विशते ब्रह्मधाम ॥ <br />This Self cannot be won by any who is without strength, <br />nor with error in the seeking, <br />nor by an askesis without the true mark: <br />but when a man of knowledge strives by these means <br /> his self enters into Brahman, his abiding place. <br />~Mundaka Upanishad (Chapter-1, Section-2, Verse-4) <br /><br />~ What's the main reason you're unhappy? <br />~ Why does liberation require strength? <br />~ Why does the ego not reflect back to itself? <br />~ How is the life of a human? <br />~ What is the ego? <br /><br />Music Credits: Milind Date <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~