A life like Bhagat Singh's || Acharya Prashant

Acharya Prashant

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00:00Never be so disappointed to say victory is not possible.

00:07Victory is possible.

00:09Second thing, even if you cannot win, the battle is worth it.

00:18Some battles need to be fought just because they deserve to be fought.

00:25Not for the sake of victory, but for the sake of the fight itself.

00:32And victory is indeed possible.

00:37We are all hypnotized since birth.

00:41That's what is called maya.

00:43The most fundamental hypnosis, maya.

00:47We are hypnotized.

00:48Just as somebody can hypnotize us, somebody can also break the hypnosis.

00:54It is possible.

00:56Never never lose faith, it's possible.

01:01And even if you perished in the attempt, it's a life well lived, it's a death well deserved.

01:11There is glory not only in living, there is glory also in perishing.

01:20What's the problem if one perishes for the right reason?

01:23Or is there a problem?

01:25How long did Bhagat Singh live?

01:29Do you look at him as a loser?

01:31Oh loser, light died just when he was 22 or 23.

01:34Do you say that?

01:37Who in his right mind would call Bhagat Singh a loser just because he lived only 22 years?

01:43What's the problem in perishing at 22?

01:53Fight the right battle, that's it.

01:56And remember, they don't have some kind of a copyright over victory.

02:04Arjun was never guaranteed a victory, but it turned out that Arjun won.

02:10And Krishna never tells Arjun, not a single verse in the entire Bhagavad Gita, Arjun,

02:14I am with you, you will definitely win.

02:16And Krishna could have very easily made that promise, no?

02:20Don't you find it surprising?

02:22Krishna never makes that promise.

02:23All he says is, you have to fight.

02:25You have to fight and I will not assist you.

02:28I will never pick up weapons.

02:30The fight is yours, you will fight it.

02:32And you must fight, fight.

02:35And he does win.

02:36It's possible.

02:38He might not have won, still, the Gita stands its place.

02:43Let's say Arjun was killed.

02:46Would that undervalue the Gita?

02:48Doesn't matter.

02:49Doesn't matter.

02:50Duryodhana won.

02:51Arjun got killed.

02:52Arjun fought valiantly and was martyred, fine, very fine.

03:03So try and don't think too much of the result.

03:07The attempt is sufficient.

03:10Make it a heartful, honest attempt in love.

03:16Love the fight.

03:18That's real love.

03:21Give all your inner space to something that is beautiful for you.

03:30Let there be no vacancy.

03:37And a headband, no vacancy.

03:42Or have a t-shirt, straight on your heart here, no vacancy, occupied, engaged.

04:04The knowers in the spiritual domain, they have said, we are wedded already.

04:17And not only in the spiritual domain, obviously you know of Bhagat Singh.

04:25So he was just 22 or 23 when he laid down his life.

04:32His mother had approached him once, you'll have to marry, you'll have to marry.

04:42He said, but I already am.

04:46And she was shocked, how can my son do that, what's her name?

04:51And what did he say?

04:54What did he say?

04:56Azadi.

04:57So no vacancy.

05:00The girls are all beautiful, but sorry, no vacancy, already married, no vacancy.

05:21And that's why you remember him today.

05:25And that's why all others have become the dust of time.

05:31And Bhagat Singh is immortal.

05:33Even though he left his body at 23, yet he is immortal.

05:38And there were those who lived long lives for 90, 100 years.

05:44And yet, as we say, are just the dust of time.

05:47Who cares for them?

05:53What's the difference?

06:01Have an early wedding, as early as possible.

06:09Not the kind of wedding that requires social, religious and legal sanction and ceremonies.

06:19An internal wedding.

06:22Let nobody know of it.

06:28Freedom, Azadi.

06:35What do you think?

06:36Bhagat Singh had time to think of miscellaneous things?

06:45How occupied he was, you know of it.

06:48Even on the eve of his hanging, he was still reading the Bhagavad Gita.

07:04A copy of that, in fact, that particular copy is still preserved.

07:09Or was he thinking, tomorrow I'll die, what will happen then?

07:15Was he thinking?

07:17No.

07:18He said, but I still have a few, I still have a few hours.

07:23Let me spend these hours with the beloved.

07:27I have something very important to do.

07:30Or was he doing nothing in particular?

07:37Was he doing nothing in particular even in his last hours?

07:41No.

07:42He said, let me spend this time in reading and he was a voracious reader.

07:49At your age, he was so well read.

07:58Never had any time to waste.

08:07I don't know, this one is from Bhagat Singh or one of the other great revolutionaries.

08:16But they actually marked the last page they read in their favourite book.

08:23And somebody out of curiosity asked them, it said, tomorrow you are going to be hanged.

08:27You will be no more.

08:28Why are you marking this page?

08:34And very mystically he said, because I have to continue from there.

08:43No time for self-pity, inner misery, sad thoughts.

08:54No time.

08:56I am busy with the right thing, even in my last moment.

09:12How about such a life?

09:16Does it not excite you?

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