What is Discipline? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Message for the youngsters || Acharya Prashant, IIM-Konversations (2023)

Transcript

00:00What is discipline? Discipline in the real sense means challenging your own patterns.

00:04Related to the word disciple. Who is a disciple? Someone who follows.

00:08Who is to be followed? Someone who is worthy of being followed.

00:11The truth is to be followed. Freedom is to be followed.

00:14So, if you are a disciple with discipline, then you challenge your own patterns,

00:19which are your bondages, because freedom beckons.

00:21So, you say, I am not going to tolerate my bondages.

00:23I will do everything to challenge my own inner structures.

00:27That's discipline. Discipline is not about obedience.

00:30Discipline is not about obeying commandments from outside.

00:34Discipline is first of all realizing who you are.

00:36What is it that you have fallen in love with?

00:39What really calls you?

00:40And therefore, what is it within that you must conquer?

00:43Correct. That's discipline.