Indian Culture and Tradition || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: The Truth-Centered Perspectives on Indian Culture and Traditions || Acharya Prashant Link: https://youtu.be/YusAecA8WCk

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00:00If value lies in everything that is in the past, why don't you go further back in the past?

00:05Why go back only one century? Why not 10 centuries?

00:08Aloo, potato and tomato, they were not there in the Vedic times.

00:11Invaders brought them very recently, both tomato and potato.

00:15But you enjoy aloo like anything.

00:17Aloo was not a part of our culture. No, sir. No aloo.

00:20For all those who keep talking only of Sanskriti, keep aloo away, first thing.

00:23Aloo is a foreign thing. The invaders brought it actually.

00:26What do you mean exactly by rich culture? What is this richness in culture?

00:31To me, only satya is rich. Only truth is rich. All else is nothing.

00:34What you call as your culture is largely the culture of those who invaded you.

00:38But today you worship that as your own culture.

00:41And the thing that deserves to be worshipped, satya, truth, you have totally forgotten that.