Webconomist we have an ancient sanskrit phrase "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" = the whole world is one family. This phrase truly reflects the culture, religion, view point and character of all people of this great land.
@@cottoncandy7847 ------MUSLIMS IN INDIA----- In 1947 after partition of the Indian subcontinent two countries were created India ( for Hindus) and Pakistan ( for Muslims) but then indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru decided that india should be a secular country. He forcefully putted his own believes on the majority of population without even asking them. He don't even know that secularism can't be one sided. It's like an abusive relationship where wife loves her husband but husband don't. Muslim holy book Quran teach about discrimination against non Muslim people or even killing idol worshippers. Muslim girls can't even marry non Muslim boys. So this kind of one sided secularism is bound to fail because muslim don't even believe in secularism. Didn't we learn from history? Is another partition waiting for us? Because of his Idiocracy we are in this position. Indian muslim's loyalty stands for Saudi Arabia not for india. Why we simply fail to acknowledged this? Indian hindus are tolerant history is a living proof. we wholeheartedly welcomed Persian from Iran ( after muslim conquest Zoroastrian came to india to escape prosecution) we wholeheartedly welcomed Jews from Israel and they completely live in peace in India for many centuries. Their believes don't teach about killing other religious people that's why they are well accepted in India society and they contributed a lot but muslims are different ballgame. They want different laws, they call non Muslims as kafir( inferior). If we don't ask them tough questions then who will? Why we ( left liberals) fear to question them? How long can we tolerate this? If we don't act today then it'll be too late to act in the future. So what's the solution? 1. Completely ban Madrasa 2. Completely ban marrying 4-5 wives to control the population. 3. Reeducate them like what china is doing. Try to Indianize Islam. Reform the holy book Quran. That's the long term solution. 4. Teach every muslim about APJ Abdul Kalam and his teachings. It'll De Radicalise their thought process and they will try to respect non Muslims.
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
This man is a living treasure for India. Such admiration. He eloquently and concisely describes the complex and venerable traditions of Ancient Indian society and Hinduism whilst also paying due respects to all other respected and equally venerable traditions of philosophy and religion. Superb.
Flawless lecture on mythology, philosophy, and business models. A possible take-away is that objectivity and subjectivity are ever intertwined paradigms of the human consciousness.
He is a fake expert. He does not understand any of the Indian texts properly nor has knowledge of Sanskrit language to interpret them. Stay safe from such pseudo experts.
That's impossible, simply because he is BLIND AS A BAT as far as the Sanskrit language is concerned, and the lousy part is that he still brazenly comments on it on matters that have been originally created in this language! He sounds brilliant in parts, but then, with such a terrible shortcoming, his practice begs a question ... WHAT'S HIS AGENDA???!!
his confidence with what he says ,seems he have visited past himself . He is a half baked cake who things himself as the best of all ,nothing more to be done
WOW!!! BRAVO!!!! I lived in Bangalore and Hyderabad and have experienced India first hand. (8 months) This is a GREAT cultural exposure to have before going to India. A great exposure to have even if you don't go to India.
The more I explore thoughts and thinkers, the more I realize that some of the greatest thoughts and thinkers in human history come from India. This is one of many examples. Truly insightful and inspirational.
OMG started again.! This is exactly what he was trying to explain.! Youre born in india you find India being more meaningful., If youre born in America youll find america being more meaningful. So you'll say you're right, and they'll say they're right. It'll never stop. So lets not waste our time arguing and start visiting some countries to know their lifestyle in their own way. Knowledge is wisdom.! There's no india or any country. There's only one planet with different idealogies. The more we explore, the more peaceful we'll be.
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
It is brilliant, and shows what the Indian mind knows that the western mind does not. (And how we need to make a synthesis of the two.) It is riveting and inspiring; as it brings to life Indian perspective of reality to the West, something badly needed here. (Actually I think a number of Indians have ALREADY made the synthesis, and we are lagging here in America and Europe.)
i feel it is opposite, i think he was trying to say that an indian is never sure because there are thousand possible outcomes of what can be right or wrong. and if you know your actions are going to catchup in your next life then you will behave properly. But things are changing now, the country atleast in the cities are becoming more western.
This guy is a genius. I've been fumbling around with these questions in my mind for so long now, and he puts it so succinctly. How great is it that this man is spreading this message. South Asians find it very difficult to make cold decisions because it excludes other people and hurts them, very true.
It's interesting that both his examples are polytheistic traditions from philosophically advanced cultures. The monotheism of illiterate, superstitious desert peasants - with its ONE God, ONE Truth, ONE Way of Things - is inherently intolerant of intellectual diversity, of any challenges to its authority. And its principal edict is obedience, surrender, submission ("salvation" is offered but as an after-the-fact reward), instead of any kind of human achievement, knowledge or transcendence.
Wow... as someone who doesn't let any chance go off to criticize my own country and its practices, this talk does sets some things in right perspective. Impressed.
Kay Rai "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice"- Joyce Carol Oates. I don't think it has anything to do with western sycophancy. In fact if you look around the world the less a society/ community/ religion is self critical of itself, less progressive they are.
I think you can't expect everyone whether from western world or eastern world to behave according to their culture. There will always be people who will find it difficult to fit in their own culture.
Yeah, the problem is not in being critical, of one self, ones culture or ones country. the problem arises when you criticize something without even attempting to 'understand' it.
I love an indian accent. It's so quaint and bird like, I find myself mesmerized and charmed. I am so bored and unchallenged by my western culture, there's nothing new to discover. I'm thankful now TED brings these talks from another place that charms, informs and touches the soul. I feel revived.
anant purano me chipa hai sanatan satya ise purntha kisne dekha varun ke hai nayan hazar indra ke sau apke mere keval do, this poem man, it hits everytime, and listening him say it, just overwhelming,
Brilliant....really the explanation of Ganesha story just froze my brain for awhile....👍👍I m contemplating hard on this point alone..thank God you taught mythology to yourself...it is a true labor of love and we see it in your wonderful work... inspired me to learn and love my culture in a real sense
As a process owner and trainer, watching this video, I was able to understand the language I need to engage my audience in India. Working in a mega corporatiomn for nearly 30 years whose workforce is a true melting pot of cultures and beliefs I have learned that there is always a reason for the way people act. This video is a true enlightening experience. Now I understand ( a little). Thank you.
my commentators here.... if you scroll through each others comments you will realise that you are proving him correct, especially with regards to subjective belief.... how can you twist things if there is no prescribed right way... there is your truth, there is my truth... as to the universal truth, there is none
After living in countries like China and Japan, I definitely see why TED works so well in India. The complete freedom of speech allowed at TED without any political suppression or social apathy towards important issues always makes me fall in love a little more with India and some of the amazing people that live there.
This is the best talk on resolving or explaining the East West separation. This is the crisis of human doing bodies and human being energy that sustains life. What a great time to be alive.
TED thank you again to support such important, crucial , vital, presentation of thinking. that is one of the most important videos for me 2009. Some vieos show interesting nuances of mechanic, organic phenomena, this one present a higher grade of perception, the real tool for making a way for discovery. Thank you all
I think the Climatic condition is the most imp factor in shaping of cultural belief system. In most of the comfort zone climate of world, civilizations with spiritual belief system have evolved. while civilization with difficult climate zone have materialistic belief system ....I think Ultimately spirituality is the final comfort for human soul.
yep, interestingly all abrahamic faiths evolved in desert one after the other. they have quite materialistic, definite & strict view towards life while faiths from the old world are pretty lenient that way.
We Indians should give up constructs derived from western popular culture . Eg YOLO ( you live only once ), RIP etc coz we basically have more complex, more profound systems for understanding consciousness . :p
@Wreck Tangle you are a smart person. I don't agree with him either. We should at least understand every culture, believing is a different thing but should at least try to understand other cultures too
this is a great lecture on the culture and belief systems of the east/west and how it affects us. Very eye opening. Human beings should learn to take best of both worlds, rather than argue which is better.
SK : Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
@@Sk-jm4hm Thank you for checking ! Just that, there is more to the story & logic. Please do not subject to yourself or conclude or agree with this short talk. Please explore more.
@@narasimharaotanuku9304 I agree, there's always more, and this is just a snip of that magnificent story but knowing the whole story not always much matter..what matters is what u gain then it could b just from a snip or from whole.
In life, nothing is true or false. It is what you see and depending on your interpretation. You may think that you are right but others may see as totally wrong. We do not live in one world but many worlds, each and everyone of our worlds.
Joseph Raj. Brilliant little talk. Every one lives by a myth. After so many years, I have understood the meaning and purpose of darshan, and the significance of unblinking eyes, the large eyes and tens and hundreds of eyes seen in the deities. Life is cyclical, not linear. A lot of food for thought.
For all those people who hates him, He is not manipulating or twisting anything.. Long time ago people were actually smart to understand all these myths and philosophy, but now people are making them history and legends.. He is breaking it down step by step for our foolish little brains to understand
there is no such thing called philosophy in Indian culture ... philosophy is a western concept because it comes from morality and morality brings dogmatic religions ... indians always focused on consciousness and experience
"An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived. But the paradoxes bug me, and I can learn to love and make love to the paradoxes that bug me. And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
You can. It's fine to observe the penis of a statue as long as you also observe its shoulders, muscles and smile. The big eyes are looking at you by the way. 😅
Elder God Your hatred indicates that even you unfortunately do not understand, my friend. From the Rig Veda, “Truth is One. The wise call it by many names.”
@@eldergod4817 Krishna said "everyone worship The only God, we should not discriminate among religions. That is why we accepted everyone who came to India."
@@eldergod4817 all religions are fake. But then, it doesn't mean you go on to hurl insults at people just because their name reminds you of a particular religion.
One doubt if ganesha and karthekeya are both Gods they wud both know exactly what to do right and both wud do the same thing. Competition wud not exist is it not?
There is hierarchy among Hindu Gods. universal God (Brahman). Most Hindus have a personal god or godess such as Shiva, Krishna or Lakshmi to whom they pray regularly. The three most important Hindu gods (forms of Brahman) are: Brahma - known as the Creator.,Vishnu (ruler),shiva(destroyer). So apart from these ,the rest are limited .
iam going with what your books say not by what some hindus have a personal god .... now there is a story which says Vishnu and Brahma have a debate as who is bigger and stronger and emerges shiva ling and shiva tells both find my beginning and end ... both are unable to find it ... so how can a god not know about the existence of another god? secondly how can brahma lie to shiva that he was the tip ? can a god lie? if brahma is called the creator did he create shiva and vishnu too? if vishnu is called most powerful in some books so is shiva called in another and brahma in another .... yet they have a fight as to who is superior? if all are avtars then how can one avtar fight with another? answer one after another .. in line
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
one: An apt name. First-ness, is not important to him. The ideas he shares, the humor he uses and the emotional response he invokes are what matter. Thank you for sharing Watts' name.
Yes he is... I will share a quote by Mahatma Gandhi which will help making things clear... "A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to serve him. - Mahatma Gandhi"
Great Work Devdutt...what we need is a rational thinking of west combine with great philosophical thinking of east.... this will create the best breed of men on this planet.
India serves as an example of trying to be inclusionary of multiple religions, cultures and views while being democratic. An impressive country.
Webconomist we have an ancient sanskrit phrase "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" = the whole world is one family. This phrase truly reflects the culture, religion, view point and character of all people of this great land.
We need to expel islam from India
@@blueorange6593 no we need to expel people like u
@@blueorange6593 U r the epitome of the cancerous people in our country.
@@cottoncandy7847 ------MUSLIMS IN INDIA-----
In 1947 after partition of the Indian subcontinent two countries were created India ( for Hindus) and Pakistan ( for Muslims) but then indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru decided that india should be a secular country. He forcefully putted his own believes on the majority of population without even asking them. He don't even know that secularism can't be one sided. It's like an abusive relationship where wife loves her husband but husband don't. Muslim holy book Quran teach about discrimination against non Muslim people or even killing idol worshippers. Muslim girls can't even marry non Muslim boys. So this kind of one sided secularism is bound to fail because muslim don't even believe in secularism. Didn't we learn from history? Is another partition waiting for us? Because of his Idiocracy we are in this position. Indian muslim's loyalty stands for Saudi Arabia not for india. Why we simply fail to acknowledged this? Indian hindus are tolerant history is a living proof. we wholeheartedly welcomed Persian from Iran ( after muslim conquest Zoroastrian came to india to escape prosecution) we wholeheartedly welcomed Jews from Israel and they completely live in peace in India for many centuries. Their believes don't teach about killing other religious people that's why they are well accepted in India society and they contributed a lot but muslims are different ballgame. They want different laws, they call non Muslims as kafir( inferior). If we don't ask them tough questions then who will? Why we ( left liberals) fear to question them? How long can we tolerate this? If we don't act today then it'll be too late to act in the future.
So what's the solution?
1. Completely ban Madrasa
2. Completely ban marrying 4-5 wives to control the population.
3. Reeducate them like what china is doing. Try to Indianize Islam. Reform the holy book Quran. That's the long term solution.
4. Teach every muslim about APJ Abdul Kalam and his teachings. It'll De Radicalise their thought process and they will try to respect non Muslims.
The story of ganesha and kartikeya is simply touching !
Very common among Indian children.
I was told when I was 8 still remember it clearly....
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
This man is a living treasure for India. Such admiration. He eloquently and concisely describes the complex and venerable traditions of Ancient Indian society and Hinduism whilst also paying due respects to all other respected and equally venerable traditions of philosophy and religion. Superb.
"Truth is rarely pure and never simple"-Oscar wilde
Flawless lecture on mythology, philosophy, and business models.
A possible take-away is that objectivity and subjectivity are ever intertwined paradigms of the human consciousness.
He is a fake expert. He does not understand any of the Indian texts properly nor has knowledge of Sanskrit language to interpret them. Stay safe from such pseudo experts.
That's impossible, simply because he is BLIND AS A BAT as far as the Sanskrit language is concerned, and the lousy part is that he still brazenly comments on it on matters that have been originally created in this language! He sounds brilliant in parts, but then, with such a terrible shortcoming, his practice begs a question ... WHAT'S HIS AGENDA???!!
@@TheSrij he knows more than you who just learn from serial
his confidence with what he says ,seems he have visited past himself . He is a half baked cake who things himself as the best of all ,nothing more to be done
this guy believes he is the one and only truth and explaining indian history
WOW!!! BRAVO!!!!
I lived in Bangalore and Hyderabad and have experienced India first hand. (8 months) This is a GREAT cultural exposure to have before going to India. A great exposure to have even if you don't go to India.
The more I explore thoughts and thinkers, the more I realize that some of the greatest thoughts and thinkers in human history come from India. This is one of many examples. Truly insightful and inspirational.
its true man..
OMG started again.! This is exactly what he was trying to explain.! Youre born in india you find India being more meaningful., If youre born in America youll find america being more meaningful. So you'll say you're right, and they'll say they're right. It'll never stop. So lets not waste our time arguing and start visiting some countries to know their lifestyle in their own way. Knowledge is wisdom.! There's no india or any country. There's only one planet with different idealogies. The more we explore, the more peaceful we'll be.
@@jayavinu795 Knowledge Is Not Wisdom! Fools Also Knows Alot of Things! VADIC SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS!
The best of TED talks.
happy to have you,Mr. Devdutt
Bakwas
@@manoeuvre_it Or tmne apna naam rkha he Bhagwaan parr, wah! 🤦
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
Makes me think of that saying that life is a journey, not a destination.
Exactly. Life and death are a part of journey.
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
But where is this journey leading to ? Are v just going to around in never ending circles without a destination ever . Scares the daylights out of me
Life is a journey whose destination is to merge with param brahma or in other words attain moksha.
Someone once told me to see life as a scene of a bigger story 🎞.
It is brilliant, and shows what the Indian mind knows that the western mind does not. (And how we need to make a synthesis of the two.) It is riveting and inspiring; as it brings to life Indian perspective of reality to the West, something badly needed here. (Actually I think a number of Indians have ALREADY made the synthesis, and we are lagging here in America and Europe.)
philip glass and shankar
i feel it is opposite, i think he was trying to say that an indian is never sure because there are thousand possible outcomes of what can be right or wrong. and if you know your actions are going to catchup in your next life then you will behave properly.
But things are changing now, the country atleast in the cities are becoming more western.
devdutt is really fabulous person. i love to hear him
This guy is a genius. I've been fumbling around with these questions in my mind for so long now, and he puts it so succinctly. How great is it that this man is spreading this message. South Asians find it very difficult to make cold decisions because it excludes other people and hurts them, very true.
Collective society
It's interesting that both his examples are polytheistic traditions from philosophically advanced cultures. The monotheism of illiterate, superstitious desert peasants - with its ONE God, ONE Truth, ONE Way of Things - is inherently intolerant of intellectual diversity, of any challenges to its authority. And its principal edict is obedience, surrender, submission ("salvation" is offered but as an after-the-fact reward), instead of any kind of human achievement, knowledge or transcendence.
You should watch again from 16:55 onwards.
This is one of the best TED talks of all time. This is brilliant.
Wow... as someone who doesn't let any chance go off to criticize my own country and its practices, this talk does sets some things in right perspective. Impressed.
Are you some white washed wannabe???
Kay Rai "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice"- Joyce Carol Oates. I don't think it has anything to do with western sycophancy. In fact if you look around the world the less a society/ community/ religion is self critical of itself, less progressive they are.
I think you can't expect everyone whether from western world or eastern world to behave according to their culture. There will always be people who will find it difficult to fit in their own culture.
@@avinashasitis the idea of progressiveness is subjective
Yeah, the problem is not in being critical, of one self, ones culture or ones country. the problem arises when you criticize something without even attempting to 'understand' it.
I love an indian accent. It's so quaint and bird like, I find myself mesmerized and charmed. I am so bored and unchallenged by my western culture, there's nothing new to discover. I'm thankful now TED brings these talks from another place that charms, informs and touches the soul. I feel revived.
i dont know why but i feel so proud of you!
thank you for deciphering all that was encoded forever!
anant purano me chipa hai sanatan satya
ise purntha kisne dekha
varun ke hai nayan hazar
indra ke sau
apke mere keval do,
this poem man, it hits everytime, and listening him say it, just overwhelming,
what a legend!
what an inspiring talk!
Clarity of his thoughts and ease of deliverance were mesmerizing indeed thank you Devdutt
Brilliant....really the explanation of Ganesha story just froze my brain for awhile....👍👍I m contemplating hard on this point alone..thank God you taught mythology to yourself...it is a true labor of love and we see it in your wonderful work... inspired me to learn and love my culture in a real sense
As a process owner and trainer, watching this video, I was able to understand the language I need to engage my audience in India. Working in a mega corporatiomn for nearly 30 years whose workforce is a true melting pot of cultures and beliefs I have learned that there is always a reason for the way people act. This video is a true enlightening experience. Now I understand ( a little). Thank you.
Far better than movies.......thank u Ted....for making up a productive time
That's your view point...your world
at the end of the video i had to give the guy a standing ovation
GREAT presentation
This was a very interesting talk. Glad I found it
This is exceptional... My appreciation n respect for this author grew ten fold today... Wow
This is one of the mind blowing thing I watched 5 years ago
my commentators here.... if you scroll through each others comments you will realise that you are proving him correct, especially with regards to subjective belief.... how can you twist things if there is no prescribed right way... there is your truth, there is my truth... as to the universal truth, there is none
are you stating that the only universal truth is that there is no universal truth?
may be.. who knows
Soumyo Mukherjee the oath of the vayuputras
Academic Hindu Phobia
After living in countries like China and Japan, I definitely see why TED works so well in India. The complete freedom of speech allowed at TED without any political suppression or social apathy towards important issues always makes me fall in love a little more with India and some of the amazing people that live there.
This is the best talk on resolving or explaining the East West separation. This is the crisis of human doing bodies and human being energy that sustains life. What a great time to be alive.
TED thank you again to support such important, crucial , vital, presentation of thinking.
that is one of the most important videos for me 2009.
Some vieos show interesting nuances of mechanic, organic phenomena, this one present a higher grade of perception, the real tool for making a way for discovery.
Thank you all
What a gifted orator Mr. Pattnaik is. Amazing video as always. The very best of TED.
Best speaker I never herd before
nothing last forever...even death.
WOW
Varun ke hai nayan hazaar, indra ke sau, aapke mere keval do....... huge respect to you sir 🙏🙏
I think the Climatic condition is the most imp factor in shaping of cultural belief system. In most of the comfort zone climate of world, civilizations with spiritual belief system have evolved. while civilization with difficult climate zone have materialistic belief system ....I think Ultimately spirituality is the final comfort for human soul.
Not soul. Body
yep, interestingly all abrahamic faiths evolved in desert one after the other. they have quite materialistic, definite & strict view towards life while faiths from the old world are pretty lenient that way.
instead of listening BABA i prefer to listen this man. HE IS THE morden GURU of mythology. gooood man .keep it up.
maya n...... Hinduism is not mythology
maya n... He quoting Hinduism in wrong way by saying myth.... Basically Hinduism is based on science, philosophy, mantra, yog etc
Mindra rules he has also his own view about "what is mythology "plz plz plz fellow him properly.
We Indians should give up constructs derived from western popular culture . Eg YOLO ( you live only once ), RIP etc coz we basically have more complex, more profound systems for understanding consciousness . :p
We also have same type of philosophy in India also Sage Charbak is an example of that. I urge U to learn about his philosophy.
@Wreck Tangle yeh because we r a land of seekers not beleivers i hope the world adores this concept of vedic ppl
@Wreck Tangle and he meant pop culture it is not appropriately a western classic phenomena but a strange one
@Wreck Tangle I don't see how thats similar
@Wreck Tangle you are a smart person. I don't agree with him either. We should at least understand every culture, believing is a different thing but should at least try to understand other cultures too
He is the rare intellectual minds we are privileged to have. Loved this talk sir 👍
Devdutt patnaik’s clarity and such intense public speaking talent. Remarkable. 🙏
Didn't realize how fast the time moved
this is a great lecture on the culture and belief systems of the east/west and how it affects us. Very eye opening. Human beings should learn to take best of both worlds, rather than argue which is better.
Where are you from
Just found a gold Ted talk!
What an amazing talk...best 19:55 mins.
SK : Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
@@narasimharaotanuku9304 so sorry, but what exactly are u trying to imply?
@@Sk-jm4hm Thank you for checking ! Just that, there is more to the story & logic. Please do not subject to yourself or conclude or agree with this short talk. Please explore more.
@@narasimharaotanuku9304 I agree, there's always more, and this is just a snip of that magnificent story but knowing the whole story not always much matter..what matters is what u gain then it could b just from a snip or from whole.
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Dev sir is the best
Loved it ,great man great wisdom
Awesome video!
Epic
I love to listen to Dr. Pattanaik - a wonderful sense of humor and love for the melodious Bharat that sings below the superficial cacophony of India.
The best analysis I have ever seen for a life that we all live...
Brilliant. I wish I had the ability to chase after my dreams like him.
This video made devdutt famous
Watching it after 5 year's
Now I found more foreigners than indians in the comment section
Back then there were no foreigner
Interesting
Very nice 👍👍👍 talk by Dr Devdutt Pattanaik
In life, nothing is true or false. It is what you see and depending on your interpretation. You may think that you are right but others may see as totally wrong. We do not live in one world but many worlds, each and everyone of our worlds.
That statement itself is false.
These talks were from the TEDIndia conference.
Beautifully spoken!
That was a most excellent talk.
i have tears in my eyes
This needs more views.
Joseph Raj. Brilliant little talk. Every one lives by a myth. After so many years, I have understood the meaning and purpose of darshan, and the significance of unblinking eyes, the large eyes and tens and hundreds of eyes seen in the deities. Life is cyclical, not linear. A lot of food for thought.
Wow ... I am speechless... really good one
For all those people who hates him, He is not manipulating or twisting anything.. Long time ago people were actually smart to understand all these myths and philosophy, but now people are making them history and legends.. He is breaking it down step by step for our foolish little brains to understand
Mahanth Ashok so true!
yes, you are true they don't understand.
there is no such thing called philosophy in Indian culture ... philosophy is a western concept because it comes from morality and morality brings dogmatic religions ... indians always focused on consciousness and experience
Great insightful session
The Best Ted Talk ❤❤
I've really liked both of these TedTalks from TEDIndia... This one as well as the one regarding the 6th Sense Technology
Fantastic talk By Mr.Pantnaik. He had shown the difference so well and he has so much of depth of knowledge..Amazing :)
Very intriguing presentation and brilliantly portrayed..,.
Just loved every bit of words said by him
One of the best talks ever heard!
"An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived. But the paradoxes bug me, and I can learn to love and make love to the paradoxes that bug me. And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
Amazing video...mastery on Marathi...Hindi...English languages as well as various subjects...
He is simply amazing!
A very great lecture! 500 points to the person who didn't stare at the stone peen.
You can. It's fine to observe the penis of a statue as long as you also observe its shoulders, muscles and smile. The big eyes are looking at you by the way. 😅
These have been my exact thoughts for the last few months and this ted talk sums them up perfectly.
Whoa! that's Wonderful
He is just soooo good
That is most beautiful explanation I ever heard
This is highly profound.
Islamic idiots can't understand anything
Elder God Your hatred indicates that even you unfortunately do not understand, my friend. From the Rig Veda, “Truth is One. The wise call it by many names.”
@@srikarpamidi1946 what 😂Abrahamic religions are fake you idiot
@@eldergod4817 Krishna said "everyone worship The only God, we should not discriminate among religions. That is why we accepted everyone who came to India."
@@eldergod4817 all religions are fake. But then, it doesn't mean you go on to hurl insults at people just because their name reminds you of a particular religion.
Amazing !!
I got new view to life.
One doubt if ganesha and karthekeya are both Gods they wud both know exactly what to do right and both wud do the same thing. Competition wud not exist is it not?
You need to understand what type of Gods they are.
is that an answer? can you explain what type of gods they are?
There is hierarchy among Hindu Gods. universal God (Brahman). Most Hindus have a personal god or godess such as Shiva, Krishna or Lakshmi to whom they pray regularly. The three most important Hindu gods (forms of Brahman) are: Brahma - known as the Creator.,Vishnu (ruler),shiva(destroyer). So apart from these ,the rest are limited .
iam going with what your books say not by what some hindus have a personal god .... now there is a story which says Vishnu and Brahma have a debate as who is bigger and stronger and emerges shiva ling and shiva tells both find my beginning and end ... both are unable to find it ... so how can a god not know about the existence of another god? secondly how can brahma lie to shiva that he was the tip ? can a god lie? if brahma is called the creator did he create shiva and vishnu too? if vishnu is called most powerful in some books so is shiva called in another and brahma in another .... yet they have a fight as to who is superior? if all are avtars then how can one avtar fight with another? answer one after another .. in line
damn this sounds so much better when ur high
Totally.
Have you guys heard of half-baked-truth & presenting one-side-of-the-story. This is what this is all about. Obviously, we all know now, about the real numbers which can be, so many, between the binary zeros & ones, which of course is, BUT the truth even in the western mathematicals. You should hear about the rest, of the incident of Alexander, after coming to India and meeting the so-called Gymnosophist. Very interesting about how someone who is so methodical & barbaric(to say) in having to conquer so many lands/kingdoms, with so many wars, would just return back from India, after meeting a Gymnosophist. Obviously, he has had a taste or experience of/for something for having to fall-back and away, from something that his mom had ingrained in him and having to have the rock roll back !
Cheers 🍻 😁
Splendid. Very original East and West comparison. Impressive.
enjoyed that very much
one: An apt name. First-ness, is not important to him. The ideas he shares, the humor he uses and the emotional response he invokes are what matter. Thank you for sharing Watts' name.
Best TED talk.
Amazingly enlightening devdutt sit. Hats off
Wonderful piece.
i really enjoyed his talk. thank you
Big big big fan of Dr. Devdutt..😀
Very sick man !
Yes he is... I will share a quote by Mahatma Gandhi which will help making things clear...
"A customer is the most important visitor on our premises.
He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it.
We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to serve him.
- Mahatma Gandhi"
I love u Devdutt.... u r absolutely amazing and humble at the same time. I want to blow down n say thank you for sharing wisdom in simple words .
Great Work Devdutt...what we need is a rational thinking of west combine with great philosophical thinking of east.... this will create the best breed of men on this planet.
You can't explain everything on the basis of rationality
OMG he's such a good speaker!!!
Devdutt, you are just amazing!
I like the talk, because he doesn't say that religious belief is a prerequisite for living in a myth, he says that everyone lives in a myth.
some one give this man an oscar!!!
It was Indians . Arabs came and learned it from us , like many other things from Medicine to mathematics.
Hahaaa
7 years since you commented this. Are you still foolish?
Outstanding!!👍👍
That was incredibly fascinating.
He is excellent!! Absolutely Brilliant!!
did you remember this in 2020?
what do you think about this video now?