Fulfilling Parents' Wishes || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Should I Marry or Chase My Dreams? || Acharya Prashant (2025)

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00:00Why must the wishes of parents be taken with such seriousness?

00:04In my own life, I've very clearly seen I do not know anything.

00:08The fact is that I'm a goddamn fool.

00:10And yet I want my offsprings to live as per my decisions and desires.

00:15Is that love?

00:16And had I been a parent, I wouldn't have wanted the girl or boy to obey my wishes.

00:21Mostly because I know I can act a huge idiot at times, many times.

00:26Why would I throw myself at someone who is 20 or 25 and ask them to my line?

00:33Let's have some honesty at least.

00:35You're not talking to someone who is 5 years old.

00:37You're talking to a 25 year old and the parent is 45 or 50 or 55.

00:41In terms of consciousness, both are equals.

00:44How does one of them then get the right to dominate the other's mind?