Devotion vs Realization || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Enquiry before Devotion || Acharya Prashant, with IIM Nagpur (2022)

Transcript

00:00The Hindu stream is lavish with symbols.

00:04There is symbolism at every step, every level, every point.

00:08And most of these symbols point to something that is quite beneficial, quite sublime, quite

00:13important.

00:14But to know what they are pointing towards, one has to exercise his mind.

00:19One has to show some curiosity.

00:21A lot of people are just satisfied, easily satisfied, worshipping the symbol itself.

00:27There is a lot of devotion, but no realization.

00:31There is a lot of faith, but no inquiry.

00:33And that does not help.