Trap of the society || Acharya Prashant

Full video:  Self-esteem dependent on others? || Acharya Prashant, with IIM Calcutta (2022)

Transcript

00:00Fame is one of the most seductive things that the world offers.

00:05Do not be addicted to this seduction.

00:08Similarly, prestige, money, power, you are not born with those things.

00:12They were given to you in the world by the world.

00:16And if the world can give these things to you, the world can also withdraw them.

00:20Today people are liking you, tomorrow they may not.

00:23Today somebody professes closeness to you, tomorrow that person might drift away.

00:28Therefore, Vedanta teaches you to live only in that which is timeless.

00:34That which no moment in time can take away from you.

00:38And the confidence that you get when you are not dependent on anything is unmatchable.

00:44Is that not one of the mantras of today?

00:46Feel confident, act self-assured.

00:49But how can you act self-assured when like a puppet your strings are in 47 hands?