Video Information: 27.11.24, VBC, Greater Noida <br /><br />Context: <br />Karma, Ego & Freedom – The True Meaning of "Karmanye Vadhikaraste" | Acharya Prashant <br />This is perhaps the most quoted and most misunderstood verse of the Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2, Verse 47. In this powerful and eye-opening session, Acharya Prashant dismantles the ego’s illusions about doership, control, and results. What does it really mean to "act without attachment to results"? Why is the obsession with outcomes the root of human suffering? And how can one act without ego? <br /><br />Discover the essence of Nishkam Karma, understand why doership is a myth, and see how freedom lies in total immersion in the present. <br /><br />00:00 - Introduction: The most misunderstood Gita verse <br />03:15 - Ego and the myth of doership <br />08:20 - God and ego: Two sides of the same coin <br />12:00 - Action ≠ Actor: Breaking the false logic <br />16:45 - Why the ego must control the result <br />21:30 - Obsession with the future: A symptom of false self <br />26:00 - What really drives action? <br />30:40 - Who wakes you up? You or Prakriti? <br />36:00 - The universe moves itself – no personal doer <br />41:15 - Bacterium on the tire: A metaphor for the ego <br />46:00 - Results are random, not yours to control <br />51:00 - The futility of excessive work <br />56:15 - Why human labor never ends <br />59:50 - Living without control – A life of faith <br />1:03:00 - Clarity vs Confusion: Two centers of living <br />1:07:00 - Being like the wind: Working without desire <br />1:12:00 - Nishkam Karma: Misunderstood & misrepresented <br />1:17:20 - Critique of traditional Karma philosophy <br />1:23:00 - Freedom from results is not passivity <br />1:28:10 - Real action flows from realization <br />1:34:45 - The true meaning of surrender <br />1:38:40 - Motherhood, duties & false love <br />1:43:30 - Final reflections: What drives the realized one? <br />1:46:30 - Q&A: Existential angst, Sartre, simulations, and the core of suffering <br /><br />Music Credits: Milind Date <br />~~~
