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This Mongolian Tofu Stir-Fry is a plant-based twist on classic Mongolian beef, made with grated tofu, crisp-tender green beans, fresh chilies, garlic, ginger, and a sweet-savory Mongolian-style sauce! Instead of traditional strips of beef, grated tofu gives this easy stir-fry a ground-like texture that soaks up every bit of the sauce. It’s quick, satisfying, packed with flavor, and perfect served over steamed rice for an easy weeknight dinner! The recipe link is in the comments.

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is not something which is to be merely spoken, but these two words are more about understanding. The individual human being is the one who's perceiving the world. The perceiver is different from the world which is being perceived on two levels:

1. The physical body

2. The psychological sense of "I-ness"

The human physical body is not separate from the rest of the planet. The chemical elements that make up our bodies are the same elements found throughout the Earth and the natural world. In a very literal sense, we are the Earth.

So physically the whole world and the body are the same, but the separation is done at the psychological level. This psychological sense of I-ness is present in all human beings. It's the one which creates boundaries and defines what's called mine and what's not.

This psychological sense of I-ness also gives rise to what we call duality, because it asserts that it exists and then perceives the world. So there are two here.

Non-duality is when the psychological sense of I-ness shrinks, becomes so less that there's no one left to create boundaries. What then remains is the physical human body, in its pure and perfect form. That human body can then utter Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, for the whole world is no longer separate.

The average carbon footprint of a Nepalese citizen is 1 metric tonne whereas the global average is 4.3 metric tonnes. And why stop at humans? Animals have a negligible carbon footprint, but everyone is suffering. This is climate injustice!

i know the muscle up is bad :/

my attempt of

1 mu
10 sbd
20 dips
10 pull ups
1 pull over

An interesting question about the philosophy of the Gita:

Why does the West often penetrate deeper into the Gita than many Indians?

A. Because it often approaches the Gita as philosophy with fresh, unconditioned eyes rather than as a religious obligation.

B. Because Western universities preserve more authentic manuscripts of the Gita than India.

C. Because the Gita was originally intended for a Western audience.

D. Because the West places greater emphasis on memorizing the verses than understanding them.

E. Because the Gita is easier to understand when translated into English.

What do you think is the reason? Feel free to select options and it would be better if you could also give the reason behind your choice!

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The question is from a recent Gita exam. An interesting take on the mental health crisis was discussed.

Which observation best explains the deeper problem reflected in the statistics and in Jaden's situation?

A. Jaden's condition stems mainly from the demanding nature of his work—high-pressure careers like his are well known to produce chronic stress and burnout in employees.

B. Sigmund Freud's work on psychoanalysis revealed that, even outwardly stable individuals may carry unconscious conflicts they cannot themselves perceive or name.

C. Today's unmatched abundance of consumable distractions—work, entertainment, endless content—gives people far more ways to occupy themselves than any earlier generation had.

D. The problem is that we have become highly skilled at hiding what is within us. This is due to absence of self-knowledge that leaves us unaware that we are even suffering.

E. Since anxiety and depression affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, Jaden's condition simply reflects a common experience rather than something requiring deeper inquiry.

Please explain your choices

When it comes to non-dualism the focus is on the psychological sense of self. This sense of self is the one which controls, or, claims to control the actions of the body. You're the psychological sense of self which fundamentally has two directions: self-preservation or self-dissolution.

Based upon its conditioning it develops a fixed pattern and in this pattern it finds its solace (which is self-preservation).

Learning a new language breaks the pattern which this sense of self is used to. It brings uncertainty and that's why sometimes feels uncomfortable. When it comes to our mother tongue that's basically just our conditioning.

Learning a new language not only changes the way you express yourself but also how you think. Basically learning a language is more about internal transformation than just rote learning vocabulary and grammar. And this internal transformation is scary, because you are a psychological sense of self which wants to preserve itself as is and any change feels like death (self-dissolution ).

So the next time when you're taking your language lessons or engaging with someone in a foreign language, just see how those moments of not finding the right word or the long pauses mid sentences feels like. That continuous seeing while still standing there and having the conversation is where some conditioning is breaking, some patterns are being challenged.

Maybe that's when the learning is happening? Maybe learning happens only when the learner is challenged and the learner doesn't remain the same?

Today’s session with Acharya ji felt deeply personal because everything he spoke about is exactly what has been happening with me.

For a long time, I had a problem, but I couldn’t find a solution anywhere. Somewhere inside, I kept feeling that perhaps the solution I was looking for could only come through Acharya ji wisdom and today’s session made me understand why.

He spoke about how we hold on to our past, keep repeating it, and then keep damaging ourselves through it. Eventually, we start making that past our identity.

That is exactly what I have been doing.

I wake up in the morning and, before even beginning my day, I start revisiting my past. I remind myself of everything that happened to me what people did, what I went through, how much I was hurt and then I tell myself, consciously or unconsciously, “Yes, this is who you are. This is your story. This is your identity.”

And then I wonder why my day passes without me doing anything meaningful.

The reason is becoming clear to me: I am starting my day in the wrong place.

I begin with the past, remain trapped in the same emotions, thoughts and imaginations world, and then expect myself to take meaningful action in the present moment. But how can I?

I have taken so many emotional blows, and instead of stopping the cycle, I kept taking more more hurt, more damage, more losses because I kept carrying the same past with me and making it a part of who I am.

Things had reached a point where I genuinely felt that I needed guidance. I felt lost deep in darkness.

And that is why I came to Acharya Prashant.

I don’t know how far this journey will take me yet, but right now, it feels like he is finally showing me a direction I could not see on my own.

Today’s session didn’t just give me something to think about.

It made me see my own pattern.

India is racing to become a global AI and data centre hub.

But there is a question we should pause and ask:

What happens when the infrastructure of “intelligence” is built on resources that people themselves are already struggling to access?

Recent reporting shows that more than half of India’s data centres are located in regions already facing water stress.

And the scale is growing.

India’s data centres consumed an estimated 150 billion litres of water in 2024-25, with consumption projected to more than double by 2030 as AI infrastructure expands. A 100 MW hyperscale facility using conventional evaporative cooling can consume around 2 million litres of water per day.

The Google Adani $15 billion data centre project in Visakhapatnam has also triggered environmental concerns. The area reportedly already faces a 70 million litre daily water shortfall, while activists fear additional pressure on water resources and nearby wildlife.

Of course, technology can improve this.

Closed loop cooling, wastewater reuse, direct to chip cooling and other technologies can dramatically reduce water consumption.

But perhaps the deeper question is not technological.

The AP framework asks us to look at the doer through the action.

We usually say:

“AI will solve our problems.”

But who is asking AI to solve them?

The same human ("I") that creates unlimited wants, unlimited consumption and endless economic growth is now creating increasingly powerful machines to satisfy those wants.

We keep trying to solve the consequences without questioning the doer that produced them.

More computing leads to more data centres, leads to more electricity, further leads to more cooling hence more water and more infrastructure requirement ; which ultimately leads to more consumption.

And then we use AI to tell ourselves how to make this entire cycle “sustainable.”

Is efficiency enough if the direction itself remains questionable?

This isn't an argument against AI.

AI can genuinely be useful. It can improve science, medicine, education and climate modelling.

The question is:

Are we using intelligence to reduce unnecessary consumption, or are we using intelligence to make unlimited consumption possible?

That distinction matters.

A truly intelligent society wouldn't merely ask:

“How can we build a data centre without using too much water?”

It would also ask:

“Which of our demands actually deserve all this computing power in the first place?”

Perhaps the biggest environmental problem is not that humans lack technology.

Maybe it is that we have enormous technological power but very little clarity about who is the one using or creating that technology.

What do you think?

Ref:- https://acharyaprashant.org/en/ap-framework