Why Live for Others? || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 Some people say that you should live for yourself and some people say that it gives more happiness when you live for others.
00:05 If you want to live for the society, it has been said that you have to renounce all self-interest, right?
00:10 This either or situation appears to us only because we operate from the wrong center.
00:17 That's the center of the ego.
00:19 And the ego says, "My interest is different, rather contrasted to the interest of the world."
00:26 If I have to be happy, then somebody has to be sad.
00:30 Then there is the other center where you start seeing that actually your interests and the interests of others are inseparable.
00:39 That's the center of maturity. That's the center of wisdom.
00:42 From that center, this question becomes invalid.
00:46 That center says, "Well, if you are taking care of your own real interest,
00:51 then even without your knowing, you will find that you are directly or indirectly helping others as well."