Why Indians Address People as “Ji”? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00There's one custom, it was Ji, when you address someone formally, you put that in the end.

00:06So, where does that come from?

00:07See, Ji is not like Mr. Ji is different, very different.

00:10Anywhere in the world we have a name and a surname, so the name refers to your body.

00:15The surname comes from your ancestors, it is history.

00:18But if you address a person just as a body and a mind, that's injustice, because the person is much more than that.

00:25So you add Ji. Ji comes from the Sanskrit Shri.

00:29Shri in Sanskrit becomes Ji in vernacular.

00:32What does Shri mean?

00:33Shri means all that is beautiful.

00:36Shri means abundance.

00:38Shri means auspiciousness.

00:39So, Shri basically means the true self, the Atma.

00:42So, when you address a person, you say Rohan, Kumar, Ji.

00:46Now you are reminding him that you are much more than the body and the mind.

00:51The Shri is not merely a token of respect.

00:54Shri refers to the real thing that you are.

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