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00:00Since the AQI is still two points away from hitting 500, therefore I have taken it up.
00:07I saw a couple of kids bursting crackers on dry grass and I was afraid that it will catch on fire
00:14and so I tried to stop it but it left me feeling very frustrated and quite helpless how to deal
00:21with that. How many kids will you convince? Saving our skin is more important. It is not about one
00:28festival. It is not about one organized religion. It is not about one country. It is about the shared
00:34universal primitive darkness in man's mind but we don't want to acknowledge that darkness. So we want
00:41to tell ourselves it's about a particular night and crackers and dry grass. Don't all kinds of
00:49uglinesses have the same common root and if we can strike at the root what special kind of nonsense
00:57would still survive. Nothing. Don't pretend as if it's somebody else's business.
01:04Sometimes if I see something going wrong, for example, I saw a couple of kids bursting crackers
01:27on dry grass and I was afraid that it will catch on fire and so I tried to stop it but
01:34it did not really happen because they're kids and it's crackers. It left me feeling very frustrated
01:43and quite helpless. I did some action there. Thinking about why crackers are so attracted to kids and
01:53what is the thrill of it and all those things gave me a little bit of clarity but still left me feeling
02:00quite helpless. How should I look at it? How do I move past it? I know that this is not about me. None of this is
02:11about me. But still, how to deal with that sort of frustration and helplessness.
02:17You know, a bigger problem is when we succeed in these little acts of charity, goodness, kindness.
02:29Had you succeeded in somehow persuading away the kids, you wouldn't even have raised this question.
02:35And a self-awareness of morality and righteousness would have held you high.
02:49That's the whole problem. When you said
02:51kids won't go away because
02:57it is festival and it is crackers.
03:01And do we really understand why the kids won't go away?
03:08Do we really understand?
03:11But if we succeed in our little acts of goodness
03:16that helps perpetuate the delusion,
03:22there is an entire system to be fought.
03:25not these kids really who are at the absolute periphery of the machine.
03:39Even if you succeed in
03:45shooing away the kids, so what?
03:47They will find some other place.
03:53They will do what they will have to do.
04:02And that's why the mission is for the sake of Dharma.
04:09That's why we are not talking of any one particular aspect of Lok Dharma.
04:15We are not saying that this is
04:20the particular action we are rallying against.
04:26It is not about one festival.
04:28It is not about one organized religion.
04:31It is not about one country.
04:32It is about the shared universal primitive darkness in man's mind.
04:46But we don't want to acknowledge that darkness.
04:50So we want to tell ourselves it's about a particular night and crackers and dry grass.
04:56Now how is it any different if it is not dry grass but a cemented road?
05:04Please tell me.
05:06You will say it is very different because now there is nothing to catch fire.
05:10No ma'am.
05:12That's where the difference comes.
05:15You think it is alright?
05:16If it is done on a cemented ground?
05:24No.
05:28And we are not against crackers per se.
05:31We are against distorting the very meaning of religion.
05:34They are kids.
05:38It is their opportunity to learn, grow and fall in love with something authentic.
05:49And that opportunity is being wasted away.
05:52That's the battle to be fought.
05:58Instead of that, as responsible citizens and good Samaritans,
06:04we decide to take up acts of micro-kindness.
06:11Let me do some nice thing in my society.
06:18We'll clear away the garbage.
06:21All of us got together.
06:2324 of us.
06:27And on the festival we cleaned up everything.
06:30You see.
06:32We are good people.
06:32No.
06:33No.
06:34No.
06:35It is.
06:37Allow me to be a bit blunt, but it is because of these acts of charity and goodness.
06:45That nonsense flourishes all the more.
06:48I am kind because I feed dogs.
06:59No.
07:00What are you doing?
07:01First of all, you have created an ecosystem in which garbage piles up and therefore strays proliferate.
07:18And what kind of life do they have?
07:20Look at the life of a free wild beast in the jungle and look at the life of the stray dog.
07:27That's the life you have given him in your cities.
07:30And then you console yourself and then you console yourself, you flatter yourself with feeding them something once in the morning or in the evening and say, you know, I am a really noble man.
07:44No.
07:51You have to fight against the ecosystem that first of all breeds strays.
07:55The poor animal should not have existed there in the first place.
08:07The cities are designed to accommodate homo sapiens.
08:15There is nothing in them for dogs.
08:19Think of the concrete roads.
08:21And as you urbanize, the whole thing becomes even more concretized.
08:32What will the poor animal do?
08:34Where will it live?
08:35Where will it sleep?
08:39But very irresponsibly, we build cities where strays can breed so much and then we want to act pious by feeding them.
08:51Yes, obviously do feed them.
08:56If I find a starving animal, obviously I will feed it.
09:01But that does not absolve me of my bigger responsibility to do something about the root of the problem.
09:12We have rabbits here.
09:14We feed dogs.
09:16You find them all lined up in front of the gate here.
09:19We have a cow as well.
09:20We do all that.
09:21But that does not mean that taking care of rabbits or dogs or that little cow
09:29cow will mean that we are doing something essentially noble.
09:37No.
09:37No.
09:49What we do not want to acknowledge is that all external problems start from man s mind.
10:00And at the centre of the man s mind is the ego.
10:08The mistaken ego, the deluded ego is the cause of all inner and outer problems.
10:15Not just mental problems but also material problems.
10:20They all come from the ego.
10:26And therefore if you want to take care of those problems, if you want to honestly address the problems,
10:34you will have to go within.
10:35But going within is hazardous.
10:43So what do we do?
10:48Some little act of this that.
10:50I am not dissuading you from doing these little nice moral deeds.
11:04Please do that.
11:05Obviously, if you find a dog shivering in the cold,
11:12do offer it some refuge.
11:17But don't take that as the end of your responsibility.
11:36Yes, if kids are doing something destructive, advise them.
11:42Restrain them.
11:44Yes.
11:47But that in itself will not bring about a better and more responsible world.
11:54You will save the kids once.
12:02They have a long life to live.
12:04They will have umpteen opportunities
12:08to make much bigger mischief.
12:12You will not be there to play mommy all the time.
12:16If you want to play mommy all the time.
12:24You will not be there to play mommy all the time.
12:27think of it
12:43how weird it is
12:45kids trying
12:50to set fire
12:53to dry grass
12:55what kind of
13:00system
13:01would
13:03render human
13:09intelligence
13:10so
13:13helpless
13:15so asleep
13:20that our species
13:22would come to this
13:23that's the
13:27monstrosity of
13:28the system
13:28it makes
13:31you
13:32absolutely
13:33stupid
13:34look at all
13:37those reels
13:38doing the rounds
13:38now
13:39someone just posted
13:51yesterday or
13:51something said
13:52these are
13:52leftover
13:54crackers from
13:55Diwali and
13:56now they are being
13:57sold at
13:57a lot of
13:58discount
13:59so I bought
14:00all of them
14:00and now
14:03I'll burn
14:05them to set
14:05fire
14:06to the
14:07backsides of
14:08those who
14:08didn't want
14:09us to
14:09enjoy
14:12our festival
14:13and then he
14:17goes on to
14:18add
14:19since the
14:21AQI is
14:22still two
14:23points away
14:24from hitting
14:25500
14:25therefore I
14:29have taken
14:29it up
14:30and he
14:33is indeed
14:34displaying a
14:35large pile
14:36of crackers
14:36taken and
14:39picked a
14:40selfie and
14:40posted it
14:41and is
14:44getting
14:44massive
14:45support
14:45as the
14:47upholder
14:48of dharma
14:48how many
14:53kids
14:54will you
14:55convince
14:56and those
14:59were kids
14:59this was a
15:0040 odd
15:02year old
15:02man
15:02something
15:03and he
15:06had such
15:07guts and
15:08gumption
15:08in the
15:11comment if
15:11somebody would
15:12try to
15:12display some
15:15sense
15:15this fellow
15:18was taking
15:20care to
15:21reply to
15:23each and
15:24every sensible
15:24comment and
15:25the reply would
15:26be something
15:26like this
15:27send me your
15:28address I'll
15:29fire one
15:30rocket straight
15:31to your
15:31home this
15:33kind of
15:33reply and
15:34he's getting
15:35away this
15:35is these
15:39are not
15:39kids how
15:40many kids
15:40will you
15:40stop
15:41this is
15:49sacrilege
15:49this is the
15:54total
15:54distortion
15:55of dharma
15:56what pains
16:00me
16:00is that
16:02our guys
16:06do not
16:06have even
16:0710%
16:09of that
16:13courage
16:14nonsense
16:19has such
16:20a big
16:20mouth
16:21and then a
16:23loudspeaker
16:23in front of
16:24it
16:24truth is
16:29afraid even
16:30to whisper
16:31and then if
16:45somebody from
16:46our community
16:47dares to
16:49speak up
16:49others start
16:52looking sideways
16:54and then the
16:58fellow comes
16:58and begs on
16:59the community
17:00here is
17:00something going
17:01on and I
17:03have tried to
17:03engage this
17:04fellow kindly
17:05come and
17:06contribute to
17:06the discussion
17:07we all
17:09just
17:10saving our
17:20skin is
17:20more
17:20important
17:21with this
17:33kind of
17:33pollution
17:34you cannot
17:34save your
17:35skin
17:35right
17:40dermatologists
17:41will tell
17:42you
17:42you will
17:46not be able
17:46to save
17:46your skin
17:47don't shy
17:49away from
17:50the right
17:51battles
17:51don't engage
17:57yourself
17:57in trivial
17:59altercations
18:00equally
18:02when it
18:03comes to
18:03speaking up
18:04for the
18:04truth
18:04don't
18:06pretend as
18:07if it's
18:07somebody
18:08else's
18:08business
18:09yes
18:14thank you
18:21sir
18:21that was
18:22quite
18:23I got
18:23some
18:24clarity
18:24on not
18:25engaging
18:26people
18:26on an
18:28ego level
18:29as you
18:30rightly
18:30said
18:30I think
18:31a lot
18:32of adults
18:32also
18:33behave like
18:34kids
18:35even I
18:36think it's
18:36more difficult
18:37to engage
18:38with adults
18:39on these
18:39matters than
18:40it is with
18:40kids
18:41you can
18:42at least
18:43you know
18:44like scold
18:45them
18:45you can't do
18:46that with
18:46adults
18:47thank you so
18:49push with
18:57push with me
18:58push with me
18:58we are
19:00attacking the
19:01very center
19:02all these
19:05diseases come
19:05from
19:06yes we
19:12will address
19:14the symptoms
19:15as well
19:15as needed
19:16but our
19:20primary concern
19:22is not the
19:23symptom
19:23but the
19:25root of
19:26the disease
19:27if there is
19:36any
19:37ugly thing
19:40you find
19:41anywhere in
19:41existence
19:42think
19:44is not
19:46this
19:47mission
19:47working
19:52against
19:52that
19:53don't
19:59all kinds
20:00of
20:00uglinesses
20:01have the
20:02same
20:02common
20:04root
20:05and if
20:11we can
20:12strike
20:13at the
20:14root
20:14what
20:19special
20:20kind of
20:21nonsense
20:21would still
20:22survive
20:22nothing
20:24instead
20:27of fighting
20:28individual
20:30localized
20:31little
20:32symptoms
20:33come
20:37contribute
20:37here
20:38push
20:39along
20:39with
20:39me
20:40instead
20:44of
20:44dissipating
20:45your
20:45energy
20:45I am
20:46doing
20:46a little
20:47charity
20:47here
20:48little
20:48goodness
20:49there
20:49roaming
20:50about
20:50here
20:51spreading
20:51the
20:51message
20:52there
20:52instead
20:53of
20:53dissipating
20:54the
20:55energy
20:55of this
20:56community
20:56in 20
20:57different
20:57directions
20:58pool in
20:59energy
21:00so that
21:03we can
21:03act
21:04from
21:04one
21:05strong
21:05center
21:06with
21:07one
21:07focus
21:08otherwise
21:09all we
21:10have is
21:10a lot
21:10of
21:11dissipation
21:11yes
21:27anything
21:34really
21:34significant
21:35we can
21:36take it
21:37up
21:37nothing
21:48fine
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