00:00In India, we worship women as goddesses and we have festivals like Navaratri, Kanjak and Durga Puja.
00:08And in the same country, we treat women as trash, we mistreat them, harass them, molest them.
00:16And same happens with the cows. We worship cows. We call them Gavmata.
00:22But India is also the third largest beef exporter in the world.
00:26Why do we Indians worship one thing and also exploit the same thing?
00:31Because we do not know what the word worship means.
00:37Worship follows understanding.
00:39To worship something or somebody is to offer respect in the deepest sense possible, right?
00:45Right?
00:49If I do not understand this, on what basis can I respect this?
00:57We worship what we do not understand.
01:00What value does such worship have?
01:03You talked of Navdurga.
01:06The foundational text there is Durga Sapshati.
01:09It's a beautiful text.
01:11The way Durga Puja is celebrated has very little to do with Durga Sapshati.
01:17And you call that as your great culture.
01:19No, I will have to sacrifice goats.
01:22Bloodshed is the name of religion.
01:24What kind of religion?
01:26No, crackers are needed even if that kills the air.
01:32What is this?
01:34A QI of 1400.
01:38But I don't bother.
01:39I am a religious man.
01:41What are you celebrating?
01:43Oh, Sri Ram.
01:44Return to Ayodhya.
01:46If you want to understand Sri Ram, go to the Yoga Vasishti Saram.
01:51That's where you find the philosophy of Sri Ram.
01:54But you don't want to read philosophy.
01:56Every successive generation further distorts the festivals.
