Fight for the right cause and let it consume you fully. That is the only way of living life. Fight for the right one and devote yourself totally to him. That is the only way of living and fighting. Give yourself up so totally that you cannot now be blamed… read_more
When you say that you go to your workplace for a purpose, the purpose is never work, or is it? The purpose is the salary cheque. In fact, if work could be bypassed and you could straight away reach the salary cheque, then who would want to work? Now, why… read_more
Both the genders have become even more anchored to their physical identity. The more you do that, the more you are in misery because, really, the body is not who you are.
There are places better and higher than the place of your gender specific hormones. Why do you want… read_more
If your goals are small, they are no goals. You will be frustrated if you don’t achieve them, and you will be doubly frustrated if you achieve them. Having achieved them, you will find that the next goal is waiting for you, and that is deep frustration. You will feel… read_more
When you are serious about victory, you do not strike at the enemy without being fully prepared. Those who just plunge themselves into battles without having checked their preparedness are the ones who don’t love victory too much. Because this battle is important, and because this battle must be won,… read_more
Every young person who is about to choose a career, decide on work in life, must keep this in mind, my humble advice: See what is it that really, really troubles you, and then work should be the medicine for your trouble. That’s the way you must choose work.
Therefore,… read_more
As long as the goal is not tremendously big, life has no real purpose. If your goals are small they are no goals. You will be frustrated if you don’t achieve them, and you will be doubly frustrated if you achieve them. Having achieved them, you will find that the… read_more
As long as the goal is not tremendously big, life has no real purpose. If your goals are small, they are no goals. You will be frustrated if you don’t achieve them, and you will be doubly frustrated if you achieve them. Having achieved them, you will find that the… read_more
If you have to invest your hours, your months, your years, invest them on a cause. The cause could be your own development, or general development, social welfare, whatever. But let it be a cause, not a person. Let the cause occupy you fully.
This applies to both men and… read_more
There is something honorable about dying against a major enemy. But what honor is there in being consumed by the little?
Set a great goal. Even if you lose, it will at least be a great defeat. And if you set a timid, scared, conventional, narrow goal, then even if… read_more
Success does not lie in doing any random thing. Do you know why you are doing a certain thing? Are you sure what is worthy enough to be done? That’s the moot question.
Choose the right option. Make the right decision. Fight the right battle. And now it doesn’t matter… read_more
We really do not know how to spend a Sunday, but we want to live two hundred years. If you are given one free day, you do not know what to do with it. You start looking here and there, wondering, “What to do? Some free time is there. How… read_more
Before you excel, ask yourself, “What must I excel in? What is worth it?” Before you speed down a road, ask yourself, “Which road to take?” Speed comes later; choice of the right road comes first.
It is far better to be slow on the right road than to be… read_more
All the economic theories, all the economic systems are predicated on this premise, based on this assumption that the goal of man’s action is to have more money. This they call as welfare, or even luxury. In some theories, they say that maximization of luxury is the objective of man’s… read_more
What is the nature of a gymnasium? The gymnasium only gives you obstacles. Have you ever noticed? You want to raise something—what is the gymnasium giving you? Weights, and weights are obstacles against the rise. The gymnasium really does not support you, it actually obstructs you.
The world is anyway… read_more
All the expanse of discipline is built upon the foundation of the goal. The goal comes first.
I might be a very violent man, and my goal is to blast a building off. To learn how to do it, I will have to live through stern discipline. I will have… read_more
There is a lot that is broken on this Earth today. We need young people who come out, who set out and fix those things. Those are the kind of entrepreneurial ventures that are needed today. What we need is a very clear and precise type of entrepreneurial activity—activity that… read_more
दिल में जिसको बैठाना था उसकी जगह और बहुत कुछ बैठा लिया। अब सरकारी नौकरी का लालच बैठा हुआ है दिल में, क्यों? सब जानते हैं क्यों! गाड़ी मिल जाएगी, सरकारी बंगला मिल जाएगा, कोई निकाल नहीं सकता। कोई निकाल नहीं सकता बड़ा आनंद रहता है, अज़ीम-ओ-शान-शहंशाह। ग्यारह बजे जाओ,… read_more
जिनके दिल नहीं टूटते उनके लिए जीवन में कोई प्रगति संभव नहीं है। जो अपनी असफलता को भी चुटकुला बनाए घूमते हैं, जिन्हें लाज ही नहीं आती, उनके लिए जीवन में कोई उन्नति, उत्थान संभव नहीं है।
इंसान ऐसा चाहिए जो लक्ष्य ऊँचा बनाए। और लक्ष्य फिर ना मिले तो… read_more
अगर आप अपने लक्ष्यों में बार-बार असफलता पाते हैं तो इसकी वजह संकल्पशक्ति, विल पावर इत्यादि का अभाव नहीं है। इसकी वजह ये है कि आपके लक्ष्य हैं ही ग़लत। सही लक्ष्य तो प्रेम-प्रसंग की तरह होता है, वह पकड़ लेता है, आप उसे फिर छोड़ना भी चाहोगे वो आपको… read_more
Do not call joy as freedom from pleasure. Just call joy as higher pleasure. If you call joy as higher pleasure, then it becomes possible to sacrifice lower pleasures for the sake of the higher pleasure called joy.
Otherwise, spirituality remains very scary to people who have been spoken to… read_more
Going from class six to class seven in three attempts, having been kicked out of four schools, you manage to find some kind of a fraudulent certificate from one of those shady institutions that say, “Even if you are class seven fail, we will still give you a high school… read_more
सफलता ऐसे नहीं देखी जा सकती कि कौन कहाँ पहुँचा। सफलता ऐसे नापिए कि किसने कितनी चुनौतियों का सामना किया आगे बढ़ने के लिए। व्हाट आर द ऑड्स (चुनौतियाँ क्या थीं), बाधाएँ क्या थी? तुम जितना भी आगे बढ़े हो, उतना आगे बढ़ने के लिए तुमने कितना जीता है, कितना… read_more
ज़िंदगी में पहले कुछ बन जाओ, कोई आंतरिक मक़ाम हासिल कर लो, फिर तुम्हें समझ में आएगा न कि रिश्ता किससे बनाना है। अब रिश्ता बना लिया छब्बीस की उम्र में ही, तुम्हारा लक्ष्य हो सकता है ज़िंदगी में ऊँचा उठना; जिससे तुमने रिश्ता बना लिया उसे ना उठने से… read_more
जीवन परिवर्तन के लिए जिसको मैं कहता हूँ ठंडी उर्जा, शाश्वत उत्साह चाहिए। एक भीतर ऐसी हार्दिक प्रेरणा चाहिए जो दसों साल थमे नहीं, कमे नहीं, मिटे नहीं। गर्म जोश में वो बात होती ही नहीं है। गर्म जोश के खिलाफ़ तो सावधान रहा करिए, वो फ़िल्मी होता है।
“मैं… read_more
सही लक्ष्य की खातिर जियो। दिल में एक सही उद्वेश्य होना चाहिए। उसके बाद किसी पॉजिटिव थिंकिंग की ज़रूरत नहीं पड़ेगी। ये चीज़ इतनी ज़बरदस्त मिल गई है, प्यार हो गया है इससे, अब मजबूर हैं इसके सामने। अब चाहें भी पीछे हटना तो हट नहीं सकते। जब ऐसा हो… read_more
जो आदमी साहस के साथ अपने लिए एक सही लक्ष्य, सही काम, सही अभियान खोज लेता है, वो आदमी फिर बहुत मुश्किल से रुकता है। रुकेगा भी तो, पल-दो-पल को रुकेगा, हफ्ते-दो-हफ्ते को रुकेगा, महीने-दो-महीने को रुकेगा। वो कमर कस कर फिर आगे बढ़ जाएगा। हो सकता है वो आगे… read_more
Take one step and be determined, then take another baby step. And when you are taking that one step, think only about that one step. One step is not very difficult, is it? But when you look at the mountain top, then it is; the looking becomes the deterrent.
People… read_more
Intention, goal, purpose, desire, clinging, attachment, attraction—none of these are bad, provided they are towards the right object, right end. Please be attached, please be greatly attached, please be desirous, please feel the attraction, the pull towards liberation, towards Truth.
It is not for nothing that your mind is vested… read_more
When you stand in front of a client and make an important presentation, what is it that makes you go weak in the knees? Expectations, greed… And there is only one solution to greed: Rama.
You try to feel like a champion. But in front of your boss, you discover… read_more
The good news is that at any level, the maximum you do is sufficient. You are not demanded to do something beyond yourself. Just do the maximum that is within your capacity.
Good news is, you don’t have to exceed your capacity. The challenge is, you have to do the… read_more
Don’t take life advice from uncles and aunts and models and celebrities. Don’t let cricketers tell you what kind of house to live in.
Your mom is beautiful, great, good, lovely. Is she the right person to tell you of so many other things in life? Please avoid. Does your… read_more
If you choose a goal that is not worthy enough, you will try a lot to concentrate on your goal but you will find that invariably you get distracted after a while. That is not because the distractions are powerful; that is because your goal is powerless.
The goal itself… read_more
Choose the right thing to do, and in that lies success. In that lies immediate success. Immediate success implies that you have been successful right in the moment of the choice itself; you don’t have to wait for the outcome. In fact, if you have to wait for the outcome… read_more
There is no success in chasing a stupid goal and managing to attain it. If the goal in the first place is unworthy, what glory is there in attaining it more speedily than others?
So do not ask, “How do I get success in whatever I do?” You are trivializing… read_more
Questioner (Q): I have heard you say that life should be purposeless and aimless. But if we do not aim for anything, then how will we crack our exams? When you were our age, you too prepared for exams like MBA, IIT-JEE, civil services, etc. But now you say having… read_more
Questioner (Q): Acharya Ji, you often talk about the importance of time, and that is something that bothers me in the context of my career. I don’t know if I should continue in my current job or not. I took the job for very ordinary reasons: money and position in… read_more
Questioner (Q): Acharya Ji, you once said that motivation and ambitions are symptoms of suffering but I think if one lives with ambition, the journey will teach him a lot. Life will become disarrayed. Please explain.
Acharya Prashant (AP): Don’t you see an obvious contradiction in what you are saying?… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: एक तरफ़ तो आप कहते हैं कि, "तुम इसलिए पैदा हुए हो कि तुमको मुक्ति मिले और प्रकृति भी चाहती है कि तुम मुक्त हो जाओ", लेकिन दूसरी तरफ़ आप कहते हैं कि प्रकृति तुमको बाँधकर रखना चाहती है। तो इन दोनों बातों में तो विरोधाभास है।
आचार्य प्रशांत:… read_more
Questioner: Acharya Ji, it is a question about selfless goals. I have not understood ‘goals’ yet. The freedom fighters, social workers, humanitarians are all working tirelessly to achieve something. What’s my responsibility towards country, people, and religion? For example, our culture and tradition need to be preserved. Is it not… read_more
Questioner (Q): Sir, usually when we want to achieve something or we want to become a better person, we usually push boundaries. And when we push boundaries, we encounter pain. So, now what happens usually, every day, when I am trying to push my boundaries in any field, for example,… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम आचार्य जी। आचार्य जी आपसे एक मार्गदर्शन चाहते हैं कि हमें अपना लक्ष्य किस तरह से निश्चित करना चाहिए? क्या हमें अपना लक्ष्य अपने स्वभाव के अनुसार बनाना चाहिए कि हमारे लिए क्या अच्छा होगा?
आचार्य प्रशांत: नहीं, लक्ष्य मात्र स्वभाव के अनुसार नहीं बनता। आपका स्वभाव ये… read_more
Questioner (Q): In this age of competition, we try very hard for various types of exams, and sometimes it is possible that we come very close but may still end up on the losing side. If that keeps continuing, then won’t the repeated failures hamper our self-confidence? If they do,… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: हमें सब पता होता है कि हमारे लिए क्या अच्छा है, क्या बुरा है, हमें जीवन में आगे बढ़ने के लिए क्या करना है, मगर फिर भी हम वो नहीं कर पाते। हर बार एक नया लक्ष्य तय करते हैं, नया जोश होता है, नई प्लानिंग (योजना) करते हैं… read_more
Questioner (Q): We are too considered or concerned about our society or the people around ourselves. So, whatever they say, like, a particular thing is the best, so, we start thinking in that direction. We get so-called motivated by them to achieve that thing. So, I guess ‘A,’ make targets… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: कभी-कभी ऐसे हालात आ रहे हैं लगता है कि जो भी मैं इस वक्त कर रहा हूँ, जैसे कॉलेज जाना इत्यादि, यह सभी निरर्थक है, और ऐसा एहसास मुझे अक्सर इसलिए आता है क्योंकि मैं देखता हूँ कि जीवन की दौड़ में सभी मुझसे आगे निकल चुके हैं और… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: क्या खोज रहे हैं हम?
आचार्य प्रशांत: यह जितना कुछ हम देखते हैं, यह जो कुछ भी हम अनुभव करते हैं, सुनते हैं, इसका अनुभव हमें यूँ ही नहीं हो रहा। थोड़ा गौर करेंगें तो आपको भी दिखेगा। कुछ भी आपको व्यर्थ ही नहीं दिख रहा, अकारण ही नहीं… read_more
Questioner (Q): What does Khalil Gibran mean, when he says, “He who works in marble, and finds the shape of his own soul in the stone, is nobler than he who ploughs the soil.”
Acharya Prashant (AP): What is work?
All work involves action.
As human beings, we are beings… read_more
