Compassion

Veganism cannot succeed if you just keep talking of animals. You keep saying, “Oh, it is bad to look at animals as a commodity. It is bad to exploit animals.” If man is exploiting man, why will man refrain from exploiting animals?

So, veganism has to be holistic, comprehensive. You… read_more

To love is to see that the other is in trouble. To love is to extend a helping hand. Love is not about admiring somebody’s physicality or using someone for some means. Love has to be an exercise in compassion.

Only two kinds of associations are right in this world.… read_more

If the two of you could together shout and scratch and bite and tear and break—if all those things could be done together, why not meditate and be loving and compassionate together? Or is companionship only for biting into each other?

So, having been companions, now it is your responsibility… read_more

Love is not about admiring somebody’s physicality, or using someone for some means. Love has to be an exercise in compassion. So, I often say, when you relate to the other, relate either to uplift or to be uplifted.

Only two kinds of associations are right in this world. If… read_more

जिसने तुमको चोट पहुँचाई उसने तुमको इसीलिए चोट पहुँचाई न कि तुम्हें वो चोट पहुँचाए और तुम आंतरिक रुप से आहत हो जाओ? तो दुश्मन को तुम्हारा करारा-से-करारा जवाब क्या हो सकता है? उसके उद्देश्य को पूरा मत होने दो।

वह सोच रहा था कि वो तुमको गाली दे देगा… read_more

दुनिया के बाप रहो! ना सिर्फ़ तुम्हें चोट नहीं लगनी चाहिए बल्कि तुम में इतनी करुणा होनी चाहिए कि मारने वाले से भी पूछो, “हाथ तो नहीं टूट गया तेरा?”

पहली बात तो फ़ौलाद जैसा होना चाहिए तुमको कि कोई तुम्हें मार भी रहा है तो तुम्हें कुछ नहीं हो… read_more

सागर पार करके लंका पहुँचने हेतु पुल बन रहा था। उसमें यह सब वानर, भालू सब लगे हुए थे, हनुमान तो थे ही, इंजीनियर थे नल-नील, यह सब। और वहाँ एक फुदकी गिलहरी, वो भी लगी हुई है साथ में पूँछ उठाए। वह क्या कर रही है? वह बालू के… read_more

The world is all yours if you are first of the world’s master. Have you gone to people who have dogs? If you are on good terms with the master of the dog, the dog comes and wags its tail in front of you. The dog says, “If you are… read_more

Is there anybody who wants bad things to happen to him? No. The other is just the same as you.

Love has to be understood. To love is to see that the other is in trouble. To love is to extend a helping hand. Love is not about admiring somebody’s… read_more

You just want good to happen to the next generations of Homo sapiens. And what about the millions of other species? Where is your compassion?

But such is man’s lot: he cannot do anything selflessly. If he talks of saving the rivers, he says, “Let’s save the rivers so that… read_more

Before you gain health, must you not gain the wisdom to use health? Unfortunately, with the rise in income levels and the availability of knowledge and food supplements, the average height of human beings are rising across all nations, the average weight of human beings is rising across all nations,… read_more

Consider yourself shakeable, and everything will shake you up.

Consider yourself unshakeable, and see the magic.

Consider yourself little, and everything will be big enough to tease you.

Consider yourself immense, and see whether the world can bully you.

But this thing that I am calling as ‘core belief’ or… read_more

Questioner (Q): I have a question related to work. You shared an inspiring story of Guru Kabir and his profession. I want to have the same level of inspiration and energy in my profession. Your teaching has helped me to understand a lot about my concept of work and getting… read_more

Questioner (Q): I have discovered that being a little altruistic, a little selfless makes me feel that I am elevating my consciousness. That is what works for me. But one problem associated with this is the problem of the violation of boundaries. So, suppose I want to help a person… read_more

प्रश्नकर्ता: जब भी आपसे कोई प्रश्न पूछना चाहता हूँ, बेईमानी एकदम मुँह फाड़े खाने को खड़ी रहती है और मैं अपनी बची हुई सेल्फ-इमेज (आत्म छवि) को लेकर भागता हूँ इस डर से कि उसे भी खो न दूँ। इस दलदल से निकलने का समाधान प्रेम प्रतीत होता है पर… read_more

Question (Q): Dear Acharya Ji, pranam. Since the last few days, I have been sharing my learnings with my parents. Every time I discuss something with them, I have to deliberately attack their conditioned mind to make them aware of their conditioning. I feel sorry for them, and I… read_more

Question: Acharya Ji, what is the reason which made you go vegan?

Acharya Prashant Ji: The same reason that makes you ask these questions, and makes me answer them – Wisdom, Love, Truth.

One is fettered, one is shackled, and consciousness is one’s only hope – deep, deep consciousness that… read_more

Question: Acharya Ji, what is humbleness?

Acharya Prashant Ji:

‘Humbleness’ is required, or is meaningful, only in the context of an inflated ego. Because most of us live in stories about ourselves, and those stories cause us a lot of misery, therefore freedom from those stories is needed. A mind… read_more

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, आध्यात्मिक लोग तो कम ही हैं, और फिर हर व्यक्ति वास्तविक रूप से सही बातों को महत्त्व देता भी नहीं है। तब क्या समाज सुधार की दिशा में वास्तव में इतनी मेहनत करने की ज़रुरत है?

आचार्य प्रशांत: ऐसी आध्यात्मिकता जिसमें सामाजिक चेतना सम्मिलित ना हो, एक… read_more

Question: “My understanding is that the right battle is the one fought not for self but for others. Is my understanding right? Please elaborate more on right battles. Is it so that most of the battles we fight day to day are wrong battles?”

Acharya Prashant: You may fight for… read_more

Question: Sir, Do love and Compassion play a role in the process of awakening?

Acharya Prashant: Love and Compassion are not instruments. Love and Compassion are not stuff that can be used as a means or as a method. Awakening, Love, and Compassion are all synonyms. They are… read_more

Acharya Prashant: The question is, if one wants to help, how does one go about helping? How does one create the right conditions for the other? Good, practical question.

I have often and repeatedly said, that to help the other, you have to be a nobody. Now, that sounds quite… read_more

Acharya Prashant: When you do not realize, you constantly live in a feeling that you are a separate entity. You are asking, how does self-realization help others?

When you keep feeling that you are a separate entity and that others are separate, that others ‘are’, that there is an ‘otherness’,… read_more

प्रश्नकर्ता: सर, क्या किसी भी व्यक्ति की भावनाएँ ग़लत हो सकती हैं?

आचार्य प्रशांत: भावनाओं के अलावा और कुछ ग़लत होता ही नहीं!

भावना क्या है, इसको समझो।

जिसको तुम कहते हो कि अमुक व्यक्ति भावुक हो गया उसका अर्थ क्या है, इसको समझो। जब एक बच्चा पैदा होता है… read_more

Questioner: This is a paradox. So far, as I think, often people suffer because they are afraid of Truth. They would rather accept any kind of suffering than to seek into their life. It demands courage.

Shri Prashant: So, in fact, you see, another paradox is that while everyone is… read_more

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Question: Sir, is it possible to help those who are deeply blind, even if they do not agree or acknowledge that they are blind? Is it possible to help such people?

Speaker: Alok is asking… read_more

वक्ता: दिखता दोनों को है, ज्ञानी को भी और अज्ञानी को भी, आँखें दोनों की ही काम करती हैं| ज्ञानी, अज्ञानी आँखें दोनों की ही काम करती हैं| पर एक यदि पत्ती को देखेगा तो उसके लिए पत्ती क्या है? ‘पत्ती’, एक शब्द, एक परिभाषा, एक संकल्पना, और दूसरा जब… read_more

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ग्रेटर नोएडा। जीबीयू में आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में पहुंचे आचार्य प्रशांत ने कहा कि महाशिवरात्रि केवल अनुष्ठान का पर्व नहीं, बल्कि यह मनुष्य को अपने भीतर झांकने के लिए प्रेरित करती है। उन्होंने कहा कि शिव को केवल मूर्ति या रूप में सीमित कर देना उनकी व्यापकता को संकुचित करना… read_more

Jesus stands for the Truth and Truth is omnipresent.

He is present here, and right now, in the hearts of those who love him.

Jesus is not a mere mortal. Jesus is the source of light; the root of all flowers and beauty. In one form, he disappears. In another,… read_more

Questioner(Q): What is the process of clarity? Is it just listening with immersion and no resistance? What is Truth? How we decide it?

Acharya Prashant (AP): Listening without effort, plus if there is Truth in what you hear, there is change and transformation, and that Truth becomes the master. We… read_more