Distancing yourself from parents should not be an option || Acharya Prashant (2019)
Video Information:
Advait Learning Camp, 22.12.2019, New Jersey, USA
Context:
~ Is living away from parents is good?
~ How do we handle conflicts with parents?
~ How to live peacefully with parents?
Music Credits: Milind Date
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Advait Learning Camp, 22.12.2019, New Jersey, USA
Context:
~ Is living away from parents is good?
~ How do we handle conflicts with parents?
~ How to live peacefully with parents?
Music Credits: Milind Date
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LifestyleTranscript
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00:13 So, often times I get disturbed by my parents.
00:18 And I feel like keeping a distance from them.
00:23 They brought me things like about my vegan diet.
00:28 Because they come from a medical background.
00:30 Both my parents are in the medical background.
00:32 And they think it's medically it's not correct diet, right diet for me.
00:41 And so they bother me about these small things.
00:45 And I get disturbed about other things from them.
00:48 And I just want to know is it the right decision for me to keep a distance from them?
00:55 Or should I just face them front on and argue with them about the vegan diet with some facts and figures.
01:14 We often start thinking of using stone crushers where a simple wrench would do.
01:30 You do not require at all to take the extreme measure of distancing yourself from your parents or not talking to them or you know creating some kind of a gap.
01:45 Not needed at all.
01:48 It's great that your parents come from a medical background.
01:52 If there is one field from where the most overwhelming evidence in support of veganism comes.
02:07 It is the medical field itself.
02:11 Forget spirituality, forget compassion, forget ethics.
02:17 Forget climate change, forget biodiversity, forget religion, forget culture.
02:31 Just listen to medical science.
02:36 And it is medical science that tells you that veganism is the way.
02:47 Every passing day more and more and stronger and stronger evidence is pouring in.
02:55 Research paper after research paper, journal after journal.
03:00 In fact, I wonder how your parents in spite of being from medical background are still against veganism.
03:10 Probably they have not kept themselves abreast of the latest developments.
03:15 They just need to update their knowledge.
03:19 You do not need any frantic measure.
03:23 You do not need to jam the emergency brakes on the relationship.
03:30 You only need to deliver them a potent diet of medical facts.
03:42 Right.
03:44 And all that is very easily available even online.
03:50 And if they won't trust the online information, then probably a meeting can be arranged between a dietitian or a physician
04:02 who is up to date with the current research and he will tell them how deeply problematic is a diet rich in animal content is.
04:20 Especially for aged people.
04:24 I'm sure your parents want to live long and live healthy.
04:30 And if they want to live long and live healthy, then veganism is the way.
04:39 And it's a very very irreligious advice.
04:45 In that sense, it's a very secular matter.
04:49 You don't even need to bring the scriptures in between.
04:52 You don't need to talk of how an animal bleeds.
04:56 You don't need to talk of mercy.
05:00 You don't need to talk of the karma cycle.
05:04 You just need to talk of the medical facts.
05:07 And I assure you, science is overwhelmingly in favor of giving up on milk products and animal flesh.
05:23 Right.
05:25 Don't quarrel with them on principles.
05:33 Don't confront them on ethics.
05:37 Not needed.
05:39 Everybody is entitled to his opinion. Right.
05:44 Ethics probably can vary from person to person.
05:48 That's what the ego does.
05:52 One person thinks that such an act or such a course of action in this circumstance is right.
06:00 The other one has a different opinion.
06:03 And let people be entitled to their opinions.
06:06 But let nobody be entitled to an opinion that contravenes a fact.
06:14 Once a fact is established in black and white, in numerical terms, in scientific terms, let nobody quarrel with it.
06:25 Right.
06:26 And thankfully, the fact that we all do far better health wise when we are on a vegan diet has been now established scientifically beyond any debate.
06:48 So use that to your benefit.
06:52 Let that be your ammunition.
06:55 As I said, you don't need a stone crusher.
06:58 Probably all that you need is a simple wrench.
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