Purpose Of Religion || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Acharya Prashant meets his teacher Dr. Trilochan Sastry: Religion, Democracy & Constitution (2025)

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00:00I'm fond of saying something. You know how anti-authoritarian the Upanishads are?

00:05You see, there is no need to keep offering respect.

00:07The day you are done with us, the day we have delivered our purpose,

00:11you treat us like Kakavishtha, which is the excreta of the crow.

00:14They even say you push us aside and burn us. You don't need us.

00:17The purpose is utilitarian. You are the purpose.

00:20Venerating somebody else is not the purpose.

00:23Real religion is about this human being.

00:25It is not about you reaching swarg or nark or worshipping somebody and proving to be a great devotee.

00:31True religion is about you, which means you have to be free of your suffering.

00:36That's the only purpose of religion.