Is Dharma in Decline? || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Acharya Prashant meets his teacher Dr. Trilochan Sastry: Religion, Democracy & Constitution (2025)

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00:00People who claim to be the guardians of religion, telling you that your religion is in danger

00:05and therefore you need to stand up for your religion and protect your religion.

00:11What would you say to that?

00:12See, Dharma is never threatened.

00:14Only belief systems are threatened.

00:17And beliefs are very vulnerable, they would always be threatened.

00:21So whenever you cast a belief system as religion, this religion will be extremely insecure and

00:28vulnerable.

00:29You think that particular direction is sacred.

00:31My belief is that this direction is sacred, right?

00:34So you do not think this direction is sacred, right?

00:36So you face in this direction and start peeing.

00:38But to me, this direction is sacred and then I'll fight with you and I'll slaughter you.

00:42Beliefs will always clash with each other.

00:44And that's the fundamental problem.

00:45As long as religions continue to be based on belief, religions will keep fighting with

00:50each other and religions will remain one of the biggest problems that humanity faces.

00:54But religion at the same time can be the biggest blessing that humanity has if religions

00:59are founded on Bodh.

01:00Shruti says, Bodho aham, I am realization itself.