Full Video: The Foundation of the Indian nation || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2021)
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00:00I challenge you. How do you represent India to someone of another nationality?
00:06Tell me. How do you express what you mean by India?
00:09It is quite horrifying, but you have very little beyond the masala dosa.
00:14Like Bollywood, the Bhangla, the cow sitting in the middle of the highway that is.
00:19The monkey riding the elephant, peeing by the roadside.
00:22You'd say Mahatma Gandhi. Or you'd probably talk of the colours of Holi.
00:27The Kumbh Mela.
00:28Naga sadhus. Yoga.
00:30The Diwali lights.
00:32These are all good. Nice. Vibrant images of the Indian landscape.
00:37Can you fall in love with these?
00:39Identity of India.
00:40The root of the Indian nation is essentially spiritual.
00:43You devoid Indians of spirituality and they will remain Indians only in name.