Charmed by Luxury? || Acharya Prashant
Full Video: Your hero is a scoundrel || Acharya Prashant, at IIT-Bombay (2022)
Transcript
00:00Somebody asked a famous soccer player and he says I have 20 cars, all luxury ones and that simply charms you so much, wins you over, 20 cars, not one but multiple private planes, super expensive yachts and that's what we all aspire for, why?
00:16How do you know a fellow is doing well in life? And all these role models, people you follow, the ones who have 50 million on Instagram and places, what are they displaying to you except their ability to consume?
00:30Either they display their own ability to consume or they present themselves in certain cases as stuff to be consumed.
00:39We have been taught the wrong purpose of life and the results are catastrophic. Choose your role models very carefully. It's got something to do with love. Be very careful about the ones who appeal to you. Don't be just driven to anything that appears attractive.