The Essence of India || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: The Foundation of the Indian nation || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2021)

Transcript

00:00I challenge you. How do you represent India to someone of another nationality?

00:06Tell me. How do you express what you mean by India?

00:09It is quite horrifying, but you have very little beyond the masala dosa.

00:14Like Bollywood, the Bhangla, the cow sitting in the middle of the highway that is.

00:19The monkey riding the elephant, peeing by the roadside.

00:22You'd say Mahatma Gandhi. Or you'd probably talk of the colours of Holi.

00:27The Kumbh Mela.

00:28Naga sadhus. Yoga.

00:30The Diwali lights.

00:32These are all good. Nice. Vibrant images of the Indian landscape.

00:37Can you fall in love with these?

00:39Identity of India.

00:40The root of the Indian nation is essentially spiritual.

00:43You devoid Indians of spirituality and they will remain Indians only in name.