Tolerate and Fight! || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Subhash Chandra Bose, Swami Vivekananda, and Gita || Acharya Prashant, at DTU (2023)

Transcript

00:00It sounds so melodious when somebody says spontaneously, let the body fall if it has

00:07to.

00:08I'll do what I have to.

00:09You see, it's not just about facing bullets.

00:11It's also about facing rejection and poverty and what not.

00:15Let's say you want to start something great as a business venture.

00:18What stops you?

00:19I'll tell you what stops you is the fear of failure.

00:21And if you go into this fear of failure, you will ultimately find that it is the body that

00:26you are afraid of.

00:27What will happen to this body?

00:29What if I'm pushed to the streets?

00:30So ultimately the war is against the body.

00:33Therefore it is the body that you must put in its place when it comes to the body.

00:37When it comes to the body, the Gita says, tolerate, no point raising a big hue and cry.

00:44Tolerate.

00:45And when it comes to the right action, the Gita says, fight.

00:47Your job is to fight.

00:48And in the process of fighting, bear what you have to.

00:51Lord, you see the metal that a boss is made of, tolerate and fight.