How being ‘Nice' is Evil? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Loved ones hurt by your decisions? || Acharya Prashant, Sir J.J. College, Mumbai (2022)

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00:00A lot of evil in the world is only because we are just too afraid of hurting falseness.

00:09And somehow this tendency is found more in the so-called good people.

00:15If you are a nice chap, you will be reluctant to hurt someone.

00:18But if you are reluctant to hurt, then unintentionally you will find yourself siding with the evil.

00:27Which side did Bhishma fight on in the Mahabharata war?

00:31The wrong side.

00:32Imagine fighting against Krishna.

00:35Why?

00:36Because you are a nice chap.

00:37What is going on?

00:38It is possible to be nice, but ignorant of the truth.

00:42And then niceness will not help.

00:44You must learn to say no.

00:46And you must be brave enough to say yes.

00:49It's just that yes has to be said to the right thing, and no too has to be said to the thing

00:54that deserves a no.