Is Constitution Spiritual? || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 So how can we adopt the Vedantic way of life working within the framework of constitution?
00:06 We believe as if the constitution of India is largely an imported thing that carries a grain
00:12 of truth but that's not entirely true. Where is the Indian constitution really coming from?
00:17 Please think of it. Most of those who were in the constituent assembly were also freedom fighters
00:23 were they not? So it is coming from the spirit of freedom. Mind you not even the spirit of
00:28 independence but the spirit of freedom. What does it begin with? We the people of India give to
00:33 ourselves this constitution because nobody else can give this to me. No god can give this to me.
00:38 I decide I'll rule myself and that's Vedanta. Nobody outside of you can be allowed to rule you.
00:44 To know who I am and to reach the place of my purity all this is needed. All these are means
00:51 so that ultimately I can be myself. This is a purely spiritual document. This is an Upanishad.