Fear of Old-age || Acharya Prashant

Full video: On the global crisis of population, consumption and climate || Acharya Prashant (2019)

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00:00What would happen in the old age?

00:02In old age, you need medicine, not sons. And if you want a caretaker, hire a nurse. How many sons anyway

00:10return from abroad to take care of their parents, sitting in some native village in Uttar Pradesh?

00:16Does that happen? And why do you need to drag your life till 95 years of age? If you find that you have turned

00:24debilitated at 80, switch it off. Do you really need to continue living for 120 years? Live a rich,

00:32fulfilled life. And when you find that you are on the verge of becoming dependent, then call it off.