This is deep & is so true. I've told my daughter before... Every single person is capable of evil if put into certain circumstances; and that people aren't ever just good or just bad. (Although to me I make exception for some people. ex. Hitler, etc.). There were so many things he said in this video and in another one I watched with the same speaker, that I've never considered before. It shed some light on human behavior & how it's effected by cultural/religious beliefs. Thanks for sharing the video's. I enjoy hearing your point of view!!
I have a few of his books. He has a unique way of presenting the facts & making connections between the ancient Indian knowledge, science, and everyday modern life.
Really amazing! Patience is the answer to everything and the real journey starts with a question! an answer comes only after a question is raised.. it is really difficult to understand what is right and what is wrong! that's why in almost all the cultures they have asked 'not to judge- anything or anyone' might be because simply we are not knowledgeable enough to understand the truth.. or that you can never define a person as a good guy or a bad guy, as in this journey we are playing different roles, we are sometimes the hero, and we might sometimes become the villains depending on the situation.. so a certain situation defines our status.. and the status is ever-changing.. thats why shiva must have outgrown his hunger, asking others to follow his way of life and stay in peace.. stay still.. and thats why vishnu must be giving priority to other's hunger without asking any returns and outgrown his own hunger and showing the world a new way of living..
the last line "arise with grace and go against gravity" says it all. we need to understand ourselves first, before we can even attempt to understand others. I hard once that 'is accepting responsibility' and I think that all religions and philosophies only talk about being true to oneself and thus getting peace. Once there is peace and a 'samajoyana' there can be no villian to want to fight. As a mediator trainer, I am definitely going to quote Dr. Patnaik just as I quote his sabari story in my training programmes. I read a story about Gautum Buddha- after his speech every evening, Gautum Buddha used to say that before you go to sleep, you do the usual thing you do. the thief, the prostitute and so on took him at his word and did the last thing they usually did. I think that Dr. Patnaik's story should not fall into the same slot but we have to be courages enough to move from finding the villain outside to finding it within ourselves. uma ramanathan
Dr devdutt amazing as ever as you present in your show "Devlok with devdutt Patnaik'. I hoped you would have touched on the triguna concept would have been great
very convincing thoughts and good understanding how mythologies are affected by prevailing socio cultural aspects.... Now I will read his books which earlier i avoided
Yoy are great !! This thinking is required in current times when people are just bent upon finding reasons to hate the other person believing that they are right always. You are amazing devdutt sir. Thanks for sharing this wonderful outlook!!
Devdutt is an amazing person and he is a greater thinker and he is rekindling Indian to look backward to our roots and civilization that have medicine and cure for day to day simple life as well as complex corporate life! We been brain washed by British/Westerner for centuries with their understood ideas (just like how brahmins used to do to keep the low caste people down with false interpretations of Vedas and Ithigas so that they can flourish) - so our mind thinking in westerner way! Once up on a time India exported her's Ideas all over the world and still you can see them in the eastern world. If you interpret & understand the vedas/ithigas like Devdutt it will be useful for whole society! At least he is stirring up India's young mind to do more study and research about our own history and philosophies! Most people comments against him here are brahmins or they don't know anything about India and her culture! Also please understand that Vedas and Mahabharath compiled and written by Veda Vyas and Ramayan was written by Valmiki both are Non-brahmins! Both the heros of the epics are also non-brahmins, villain in Ramayan is a brahmin! I think Devdutt is bringing better understanding and glories to our native ideas and want to implements all walks of life including business etc. His doctor education also help him to think differently. I wish him all the best to do for India and her age old culture!
Thanks Ted :), he's talking about points of views more or less, if your experience many times define us, ( our point of view needs to be points of Views, so we can see more and understand that things aren't always what they seem, or are or were) - be us
jivera swarup hoy krishnera nitya das. Sri Krishna is Avatary, the Source of all Avataras. God is omnipresent; as the moon appears differently according to time & place, so Krishna has unlimited Vishnu expansions, known by so many names. All are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We are godly sparks. Our quality is the same; but, the quantity is different. We are small & God is great. Krishna/Vishnu is everything, personally or energetically. By Hari Nama Sankirtan, the Yuga Dharma, executed as Bhakti yoga we again enter into loving devotional exchanges for the pleasure of Radha Krishna. We reawaken our godly, eternal, knowing blissful self purified of all the conditioning, & illusion of the material world, that bewilders one into a false ego based on our body. Every 7 years our body is replaced by a different body, made of all new cells. We are not the mind or intelligence; but we are spirit-souls of the Spiritual Sky. Ever youthful beings, in natural ecstatic love with all, we enjoy serving the laughter filled pastimes of Krishna & associates always drowning in deeper pools of bliss. This material world is a perverted shadow where we may lord over inferior energies of God that never satisfy. So Krishna or Avatars or pure devotees come to attract us to go back home to Godhead. Hare Krishna
Glories to your seva. God is not a psycho sadist. Radical psychos do not represent Krishna or any other Name of God. Sane theists need to speak up for true relations with the Higher Power & respect the divinity of all life. In ancient Vedic world power, it was a crime to sell food, which was prasadam. Animal slaughter does more harm to the ecology than all petrol fueled modes of transportation combined.
He just meant that the world isn't so simple that it can be divided into just "good" and "evil". The story of the fish meant that sometimes even good intentions can have bad consequences. He also said that we should not assume that our opinion is "right" and the other's is "wrong"
Excellent. But the talk sparks a thought in mind - we recall Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa; who revered as an Avatar, or The Avataravarishthaya; as we regard Him; never fought a war, never showed any magic, never performed any wonder ritual or anything supernatural in the physical world; yet, He is regarded as an Avatar - who showed the path !!
Beautiful discussion by Sir Devdutt, but many people(rigid Hindus) will get offended because of their close mind. We must have open mind. We must see both the parts(good-bad) inside a person and learn from both....
I Also have seen the movie avatar..and in which there was Transformation or say Avatar taken by the Hero . the group does experiment on him to be like the blue guys and they succeed in it..In the end The blue people transfer the normal into the blue body and this is an Avatar... Here Devdutt is missing this point...he is saying that there wasn't the avatar. Devdutt is a great guy...May god bless him.
ईतनी अंग्रेज की गुलामी अच्छी नहीं, about the lady who was saying mytho'ogy its not it it is scriptures was enlighten by rishi and showed the way to reach the ultimate goal
Please read Rajiv Malhotra's book Being Different. It will show how people like Devdutt use Hindu mythology and misrepresent it. Devdutt is a big supporter of Wendy Doniger.
Before you even label it as vacuous please try to understand the context of this lecture and if you REALLY want to understand what he's saying,try reading about the various avatars of Vishnu,the Ramayan and the Mahabharat. From what I have seen on RU-vid seems like hating or disliking a video without any logic for the opinion you carry is becoming fashionable these days by some people who love to get themselves noticed.Whether you like or dislike something please care to state a reason for it.
The world is not black and white. Its all shades of grey. Learn from the Avatars. Pandavas fought for whats right but then had to pay for their sins of killing people. Rama was the good guy who fought for his kidnapped Ravana was the bad guy who kidnapped someone's wife but then we found out he was actually a good guy who wanted to conquer god. Everytime you think you are right, have a think about the other guy too. The middle way of Buddha!
James Cameron's Film contains within its symbolic Mirror Story references reflective spoken and non spoken examples that touch upon the essence of our ancestral root memory's held internally within the heart roots of the cultural identity's of many of the peoples around our world,, the work it took to do this is no trivial task , when we run the films symbolic elements through the "lens" of our cultural viewpoint filters and memory "relationship" filters "there is something there most can relate in part to" But there is also are shared universal roots as well. least we dive into religious tribalism and pick things apart.
I read some books of Mr. Pattanaik and they are good.... But now I think he is confused about dharm, karm-fal chakra, avatar etc. and confusing others as well
It is good that ted provides platform to share what you are passionate about but it has lost its "WOW". What is so special about this talk don't we all know that we are all mix of Krishna, Dyurhodhan, Shakuni etc.
i understand the problem, but what is the need of doing this. like why we should not hate the guy and try to understand him. As a POV where i think about only myself and i dont care what others do or feel then what is wrong in being a dollar instead of a rupee
He creates his own stories. These are his stories. He is not a mythologist, as he says, and not concerned with he underlying theme of Hinduism. a narrow mindset on Hinduism.
Speker should read gita and mahabarta with open mind. He is saying what geeta says and he thinks hes saying it. Wow hes very good at confusing others .
you may think it is awesome to be a hindu and speak big things like a know-it-all but can you ever feel the pain of getting kicks from muslims and christians who force us to eat beef? although i liked having beef and i am quiet fond of it, but i can't say the same for others.
I really don’t understand what he is trying to showcase here.. if he doesn’t know the meaning of avatar .. then shouldn’t be on the platform.. that Sanskrit phrase was extrapolated by Hollywood and this guy begins his narrative with a Hollywood figure.. He is deliberately Sowing the seeds of confusion.
