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#justiceforwangwang 🙌❤️

I just watched this short clip of Acharya Prashant discussing Nishkaam Karm (action without desire for outcomes) with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk.

Acharya Prashant explained that ahimsa is not merely a superficial rule, but a deep clarity of consciousness. True non-violence requires realizing that causing harm to any sentient being stems from ignorance and inner ego.

The dialogue connected right action (nishkaam karm) to living free of exploitation. Consuming animal products is framed as an act driven by self-centered sensory greed, whereas choosing a vegan lifestyle is an expression of conscious, responsible, and compassionate living that respects all forms of life.

He breaks down a really profound point. True selfless action doesn't come from a place of doing a "good deed" just to feed the ego. Instead, it must arise naturally from inner clarity and a purified consciousness. The focus shifts entirely from fixing the external action to fixing the internal state of the actor.

This raises an interesting paradox for debate:
If Nishkaam Karm is entirely about 'fixing the actor' rather than the external action, does that mean the consequences of our deeds don't matter as long as our inner intent is pure? Or is a truly purified actor incapable of producing a harmful consequence?

You can the watch the full discussion here.
https://youtu.be/R2fjjKrwDEc?is=oe_h0clvdg1kujf6