Purpose Of Life || Acharya Prashant

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00:00So, right from the age of 6 or 8, we become deeply indoctrinated.

00:08We are forcefully made to believe that the purpose of life is to chase a man or a woman.

00:16And the highest possible ideal is to spend time or life with some nice and right person.

00:24That is what you also call a settling down.

00:26Now, that ideal is ingrained in our minds from a very, very early age.

00:31And it refuses to leave us even after we turn 80 or 90.

00:36What is life for?

00:38Life is not for a noble cause.

00:40Life is not for liberation.

00:42Life is not for knowledge.

00:44Life is not for exploration.

00:46Life is so that you can have somebody's hand in your hand.

00:50Life is for romance.