Quiet the Mind to Receive Krishna's Wisdom || Acharya Prashant (2024)
Video Information: 28.09.2024, Vedanta: Basics to Classics, Greater Noida
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Being empty means not using intellect defensively.
3:45 - The purpose behind actions and arguments.
6:30 - Using intellect to avoid wisdom.
Description:
In a dialogue with a questioner, Acharya Prashant discusses whether one must empty their mind to receive knowledge from Shri Krishna. He asserts that it’s not about discarding intellect but being free from its defensive use.
The focus should be on self-observation and understanding the intentions behind one’s arguments, which often protect the ego. Using examples of warriors like Ravana and Duryodhana, he emphasizes purpose over physical strength.
Acharya Prashant concludes that many actions reinforce our current state, hindering growth. He encourages using intellect for learning and personal development, fostering genuine growth and deeper self-understanding.
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Video Information: 28.09.2024, Vedanta: Basics to Classics, Greater Noida
📋 Video Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Being empty means not using intellect defensively.
3:45 - The purpose behind actions and arguments.
6:30 - Using intellect to avoid wisdom.
Description:
In a dialogue with a questioner, Acharya Prashant discusses whether one must empty their mind to receive knowledge from Shri Krishna. He asserts that it’s not about discarding intellect but being free from its defensive use.
The focus should be on self-observation and understanding the intentions behind one’s arguments, which often protect the ego. Using examples of warriors like Ravana and Duryodhana, he emphasizes purpose over physical strength.
Acharya Prashant concludes that many actions reinforce our current state, hindering growth. He encourages using intellect for learning and personal development, fostering genuine growth and deeper self-understanding.
🎧 Listen to Acharya Prashant on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2QmVEAAnsNE7Xs0MW0Li8Y?si=09fbcbc7c99c469b
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00:00Namaste, sir. Question is from Kirti Singh ji. She is asking that, so are we saying
00:08that to receive knowledge from Shri Krishna, one must be empty from mind, from intellect,
00:14not do any thinking and be an open receiver. But how to stop this internal chitchat of
00:19the mind? It keeps on going. No, you don't have to be empty of anything.
00:26You just have to be empty of the choice to use anything in your defence, right? You are
00:41born with ammunition. You don't have to keep the ammunition aside. Let the gun be there
00:51with you. Just don't fire at the teacher. That's all that Krishna is saying. You don't
00:57have to empty the gun. Keep it loaded. It's alright. Because your entire existence is
01:07just resource. What all will you empty yourself of? And everything can be potentially used
01:16against the teachings. Every single thing. Why only intellect? Why not memories? Why
01:24not muscle power? Why not punch the teacher in his face? So will Krishna say, you must
01:31empty yourself of your fist, of your arm? No. Keep it. Just don't use it in a destructive,
01:42foolish, malicious way. Let the intellect be there. It should simply not become fodder to the ego.
01:57You have to ask yourself. You have to watch yourself. What are you using your things for?
02:06That's self-knowledge coming from observation. What are you using your arguments for? Oh,
02:16your beautiful piece of rhetoric you came up with. What for? What is all this for? And if
02:26you can see what is all this for, you'll also see for whom is all this? And the answer is
02:36just ego. All this is just to secure the ego. Beautiful answer. Lovely argument. What an alibi.
02:49What you have not seen is that all this is just to remain who you are and you stink.
02:58Somebody is telling you to go get a bath and you came up with a fantastic argument proving that a
03:05bath is not needed. It's a beautiful argument. Maybe you won the debate. Oh, you did. But what you don't see
03:15is that you lost out on something much deeper.
03:25Getting it? It's only through your inner honesty and observation
03:35of your intention that you will know what you are using your resources for.
03:45Was not Ravana a great warrior? Is not Duryodhana practically invincible with the mace?
03:54Right? The question is not about his physical strength or his dexterity with his weapon. It's
04:07about the purpose, the end, the intention that he's carrying. Karna has the bow and the arrow.
04:18Duryodhana has the mace and their counterparts are Arjuna and Bhima. Right? Same weapon, same kind of
04:31warrior, same ammunition. The difference lies in the purpose you are using your ammunition for.
04:38What are you using yourself for?
04:43Such a wonderful display of your skill with your weapon. Wow! But what did you use it for?
04:54What is your entire argument for?
05:00Ultimately, what is it that you want? Please see.
05:02Don't just say, you know, I have an argument for. No, I have an argument for this. No, no, no. It's not for this.
05:12You must see what the entire thing is ultimately drifting towards.
05:21And ultimately, it drifts towards nothing complicated. Just one thing. I am already alright.
05:29Let me do as I wish.
05:32Don't teach me.
05:37That's the final thing. Great argument. Complex, convoluted, wide. Wow!
05:47Full of scholarship.
05:50But ultimately trying to say just one thing. What? I already know. I am the dude. I am the king.
05:58I am the scholar. Is that not the purpose of every single argument?
06:05I am already great. I am alright. I am superior.
06:11So I don't need to learn. Why do you always want to win an argument to prove that you are already
06:17superior? I am superior. I won the debate. And if I am superior, what is that superiority for?
06:24To remain as I am because if I am already superior, then I don't need to learn and change.
06:31Everything is just so that you do not change.
06:35Everything is just so that you can convince yourself that you are already alright.
06:42Intellect is so stupid.
06:46Intellect is not intelligent at all.
06:55I used all my arguments to remain stupid.
07:03Extremely intellectual arguments. This, that.
07:07Just to remain as dumb as I am. Dumb as a dodo.
07:25Don't throw the gun away. Fire it at the right targets.
07:41Suddenly Santoshi became interested. What is going on?
07:46Who is throwing gun?
07:55Anyway, the moment I said don't fire at the teacher, he said, but where is the gun?
08:11I am harmless. Perfectly.