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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.94,0:00:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm now here to speak about happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.74,0:00:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the factors\Nthat are said to lead to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.78,0:00:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, presumptuous.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.47,0:00:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what's very interesting\Nabout these factors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.39,0:00:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that all of us, kind of, know about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.55,0:00:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, they've been around for ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.13,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this permanence,\Nin this immutability of the factors,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lies the paradox of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.44,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us want happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.67,0:00:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us kind of know\Nwhere happiness exists,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.80,0:00:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet so few of us are genuinely happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.32,0:00:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, so few,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.34,0:00:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because those gleeful photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.41,0:00:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Instagram and Facebook,\Nnotwithstanding. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.34,0:00:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with this in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.87,0:00:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I intend my talk today to be\Nabout three main themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.24,0:00:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, we are reiterating\Nthe well-known paths of happiness;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.61,0:01:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two, pinpointing the inbuilt\Nimpediments in these paths;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.24,0:01:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three, suggesting certain ways\Nto counter these impediments.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.95,0:01:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what are the well-known\Npaths of happiness?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.12,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broadly speaking, there are three of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I get into the details of each,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.12,0:01:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a word on their universal\Ncharacter and validity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.39,0:01:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that how the same three paths
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.32,0:01:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to be suggested by philosophy,\Nreligion, and empirical evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.58,0:01:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take philosophy first.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.55,0:01:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's first take the first rate\Nin Western and Eastern philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.03,0:01:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take Spinoza\Nand let's take the Bhagavad Gita.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.81,0:01:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now interestingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.37,0:01:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the three paths suggested by Spinoza --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.23,0:01:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of feminine virtues, \Nmasculine virtues,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.53,0:01:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,virtues of the informed mind --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.89,0:01:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen to be practically identical\Nwith the paths suggested by the Gita:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.85,0:01:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paths of Gyana yoga,\NKarma yoga, and Bhakti yoga.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.60,0:01:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After philosophy,\Nwhen we come to religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.61,0:02:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's again very remarkable to note
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.64,0:02:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most religions\Ntend to have a trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.47,0:02:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that the three aspects of the trinity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.34,0:02:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they happen to be\Nin perfect correspondence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.51,0:02:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the three paths of happiness\Nsuggested by the best in philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.45,0:02:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How they correspond --\NI'll gradually come to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.27,0:02:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By trinity, of course, what I mean\Nis Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh of Hinduism;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.40,0:02:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the son, the Father,\Nand the Holy Spirit of Christianity;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.15,0:02:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mohammed, Allah, and Al-Haqq of Islam;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.02,0:02:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya\Nand Nirmanakaya of Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.98,0:02:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Good, the Bad and the Ugly \Nof Clint Eastwood. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.89,0:02:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, that was to see\Nwhether you're still with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.11,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally we come to empirical evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, according to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.22,0:02:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity can be broadly classified\Ninto three personality types.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.10,0:02:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the three personality types
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.67,0:02:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correspond to the three paths\Nof happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.67,0:02:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the three types are endomorphic,\Nmesomorphic and ectomorphic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.73,0:02:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Endomorphic: these guys\Nare soft and chubby.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.67,0:03:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're fond of luxury,\Nfood, social company.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mesomorphic: they are\Nlarge-boned and muscular.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.72,0:03:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're active, combative,\Nlustful for power.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.92,0:03:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ectomorphic,\Nthey're small-boned and slender.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.45,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're cerebral, sensitive, introverted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of us\Nare a combination of all three.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.09,0:03:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us are a combination\Nof all three in varying degrees,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.01,0:03:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which also explains\Nwhy one man's happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.23,0:03:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so different than that of another.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.47,0:03:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now coming to the first path\Nof happiness: Bhakti yoga,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of the Incarnation,\Nthe path of the soft and chubby endomorph.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.76,0:03:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the path of you can say,\Nlove and devotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.75,0:03:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love, primarily, because what incarnation\Nis primarily asking us to do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.46,0:03:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to lead a life of love,\Na life devoid of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The connection between love and sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.00,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sins are absence of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.72,0:03:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're forms of hatred,\Ngreed, pride, anger, envy;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.64,0:03:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hatred all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.92,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hatred is not compatible with happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with sins gone, hatred gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.69,0:04:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hatred gone, love comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.19,0:04:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once love comes in --\Nwell, you're happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.79,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it. I mean,\Nas cheesy as this might sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your happiest days are ones\Nwhen everyone seems nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.05,0:04:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're running low on hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.12,0:04:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The demanding wife seems justified,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.76,0:04:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cab driver seems amiable,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.62,0:04:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the obnoxious boss seems to have a point,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.59,0:04:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the receptionist seems\Npositively, positively endearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.36,0:04:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which brings me to first love.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.01,0:04:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.91,0:04:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might have been in love, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.77,0:04:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you remember first love,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you remember the wonderful feeling\Nof bliss that went with first love.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.26,0:04:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The feeling of perpetually\Nbeing on cloud nine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.92,0:04:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or could it be that Providence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has deliberately embedded\Nthis program of first love in all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.00,0:04:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to acquaint us with the power of love?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.67,0:04:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If love for one can lead\Nto this kind of happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.05,0:04:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine what kind of happiness\Ncould be yielded by a love for all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.90,0:05:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is that what prevents us\Nfrom walking this path of love?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.83,0:05:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What prevents us from loving all?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.85,0:05:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tempting and politically\Nincorrect answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.45,0:05:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't love all people\Nbecause most people are bums.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.82,0:05:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't deserve to be loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how do we get past this impediment?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.76,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the simple realization\Nthat be the best or worst of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.78,0:05:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually don't have\Nmuch control over the way we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.81,0:05:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have much contribution\Nto the way we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.11,0:05:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family to which we were born,\Nthe school we went to,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.74,0:05:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who sat next to us in class,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.95,0:05:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which book we read\Nat what point in time, and all such.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.52,0:05:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither our DNA\Nnor our circumstances are our doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.32,0:05:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's cut the bums some slack.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.93,0:05:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't be able\Nto cut all that slack in one go,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.22,0:05:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let's do it in phases.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.02,0:05:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's remember that on that long road\Nfrom hatred to love,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.75,0:06:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have certain pit stops of resentment,\Napathy, tolerance, cordiality, affection.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.30,0:06:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don't rush it, alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.20,0:06:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Promote your subjects\None pit stop at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.30,0:06:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then experience it for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.69,0:06:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experience how with each promotion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.40,0:06:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a packet of happiness\Njust bursts into your being.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.95,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For added flavor, for added pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.33,0:06:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might want to add\Nsome action to that promotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.76,0:06:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the end, real love\Nis not an emotion, it's an act.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.67,0:06:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an act of the will that ultimately\Ntransforms into a spiritual experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.73,0:06:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because it is an act,\Nwe can hope to get better with practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.88,0:06:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which brings me\Nto the second path: Karma Yoga.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.89,0:06:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfless action.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.99,0:06:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One acts but he abandons\Nthe rights with the results of that act.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.00,0:06:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The path of the active\Nand combative mesomorph,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.40,0:06:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Trinity of the Father,\Nthe Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.21,0:06:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the father; father indeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.76,0:06:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you consider\Na kindergarten-going kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.65,0:06:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kid knows that it is him\Nwho has to finish his homework,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.51,0:06:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is him who has\Nto tackle the school bully,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.70,0:07:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has to deal with the teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.30,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yes, if something\Ndrastically wrong happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.00,0:07:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father will be there for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.61,0:07:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.61,0:07:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Karma yoga then,\Nif I may borrow a cliché,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.20,0:07:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about "do your best, forget the rest."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.02,0:07:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds simple and soothing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.36,0:07:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of us know\Nthat it's easier said than done.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.42,0:07:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.31,0:07:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because no matter how much we do
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.20,0:07:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's always that nagging feeling\Nthat we haven't done enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.51,0:07:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we've over the years\Ncome to abandon
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.67,0:07:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wonderful, wonderful\Ncommodity called resignation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.02,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because neuroscience tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.64,0:07:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that while grappling with a problem,\Nwhen the mind resigns to an outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.82,0:07:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the amygdala in the brain\Nstops sending forth signals
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.65,0:07:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of stress and anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.25,0:07:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here lies the inbuilt\Nimpediment of Karma Yoga.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us know that we need\Nto resign at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.74,0:07:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're never able to figure out\Nwhere exactly that point lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.60,0:08:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how much effort is commensurate\Nfor me to say that I did my best?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.88,0:08:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one way to look at that question\Ncould be to change perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.02,0:08:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.02,0:08:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we see\Nthat "change perspective,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.97,0:08:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean instead of figuring out ways
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.40,0:08:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see how much more\Ncould be done to achieve a goal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.90,0:08:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what could be done to achieve a goal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.30,0:08:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we try to figure out\Nhow relevant the goal is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.00,0:08:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We disentangle ourselves\Nfrom the goal, we step back from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.40,0:08:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take a wider view of it\Nand then it starts to come to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.34,0:08:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That how much effort is commensurate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.52,0:08:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, that still\Nleaves us with a big problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.80,0:08:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you've been in this business\Nfor sizing up your goals for long,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.58,0:08:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually what could happen
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.92,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that most goals\Ncould begin to seem trivial.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a trivial goal\Ndoes not instigate action.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.80,0:08:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're up against a paradox again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.36,0:08:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give too much relevance to your goals\Nand you see nervous tension;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.46,0:09:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give too little relevance\Nand you see inactive depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.88,0:09:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The solution?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.10,0:09:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, not a clear cut one,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.64,0:09:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I get hints of it\Nin my morning tennis every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.67,0:09:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This a place where I'm running,\NI'm sweating, I'm strategizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.82,0:09:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've even been accused\Nof deliberately making false line calls.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.82,0:09:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, I'm really keen to win.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.00,0:09:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, if I lose, that loss doesn't stay\Nwith me for more than 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.69,0:09:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess the real trick of Karma Yoga
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.27,0:09:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lies in being able to replicate\Nthat tennis match sagacity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.49,0:09:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into everyday endeavor.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that brings me finally\Nto the final path that is Gyana Yoga,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of the sensitive\Nand introverted ectomorph.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.81,0:09:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The path of the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.15,0:09:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all transcending\Nand yet all pervading divine reality --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.00,0:09:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirgun, Nirvishesh, Nirakar, Akarta.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.37,0:09:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without quality, without attribute,\Nwithout form, non-agent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.40,0:09:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.93,0:10:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the boy's father is finished\Ntelling about the divine reality to him
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.36,0:10:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he in the end adds,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.07,0:10:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And that, Svetaketu, art thou."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.86,0:10:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tat twam asi."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.23,0:10:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just Svetaketu,\Nbut all of us are this divine reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.29,0:10:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this divine reality\Nthat is the core of our existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.18,0:10:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vedanta says so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.53,0:10:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eckhart and Thomas Aquinas say so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.44,0:10:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Muslim Sufi Al-Ghazali says so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.63,0:10:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhism says so. Tao and Zen say so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.57,0:10:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, quantum physics says so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.68,0:10:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is quantum entanglement\Nor the collapsing of wave functions?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.84,0:10:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the divine reality
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.98,0:10:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the observer, the observed,\Nand the observation blend into one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.23,0:10:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the phenomenon\Nwhere they successfully separate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.80,0:10:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a subatomic particle\Nfrom its magnetic moment?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.02,0:10:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it not a reality of which\Nquality is not an attribute?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.22,0:10:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realize our oneness\Nwith this divine reality
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.41,0:10:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the ultimate goal of every human life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.65,0:10:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why aren't we able to do so?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.47,0:10:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as Al Pacino says\Nin "Scent of a Woman,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.98,0:10:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's too damn hard."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.97,0:10:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.69,0:10:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hoo-ah!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.24,0:11:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it's hard because\Nit's all uncharted territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.28,0:11:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what further cripples us\Nin this uncharted territory
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.80,0:11:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that we are\Ntotally ignorant of our limitations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.00,0:11:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will not believe that there is a limit\Nto our levels of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.49,0:11:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we share 98 percent\Nof our DNA with chimpanzees,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.97,0:11:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the two percent jump in DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.02,0:11:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should not result\Nin an infinite jump in brain capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.50,0:11:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just as a chimpanzee\Nwill never understand quantum theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.36,0:11:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are certain things\Nwhich even when explained to us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.98,0:11:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will not understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.49,0:11:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, we will not believe
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.86,0:11:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there could be stimuli\Nand sense perceptors
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.32,0:11:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than the ones we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.67,0:11:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will not believe\Nthat language and reason
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.14,0:11:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are prime tools of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.62,0:11:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have some inherent\Nand inbuilt limitations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.58,0:11:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wittgenstein in his "Tractatus"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.07,0:11:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Immanuel Kant\Nin his "Critique of Pure Reason"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.76,0:11:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made some really valid expositions\Nabout these limitations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.68,0:11:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is not to say\Nthat knowledge and reason
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.80,0:12:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no role whatsoever in Gyan yoga.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.63,0:12:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do. It's just that by themselves,\Nthey are insufficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.31,0:12:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.39,0:12:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like if you're a painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.19,0:12:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then a good book
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.72,0:12:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,containing some great critiques\Non painting could be of great help to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.19,0:12:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the book itself\Nwill not get you there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.82,0:12:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point, you need\Nto get your hands dirty,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.06,0:12:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to pick up paint and brush.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.47,0:12:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how do you pick up paint and brush?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.11,0:12:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do you get\Nyour hands dirty in Gyan yoga?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.86,0:12:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple. Mindfulness and meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.16,0:12:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't go into the technique details,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.98,0:12:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll say what happens with your brain\Nand mind when you start to meditate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.05,0:12:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your brain starts to alter itself\Non a permanent basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.53,0:12:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called neuroplasticity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.00,0:12:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel-good chemicals are secreted,\Nneural networks get rewired
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.52,0:12:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a fashion that helps\Nto keep you stress-free.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.26,0:12:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cortical thickness increases,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.85,0:13:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which assists in problem-solving,\Nplanning and emotional regulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.52,0:13:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cell density decreases,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.53,0:13:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in areas\Nthat are responsible for stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.00,0:13:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, feel good after meditation\Nisn't just psychological.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.75,0:13:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.80,0:13:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And which brings me to the point that...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.49,0:13:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, just leave aside\Nthe neuroscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.78,0:13:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's come to the fact of what\Nis happening in terms of real experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.41,0:13:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in real experience,\Nwhen you're being mindful
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.28,0:13:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're learning to respond\Nrather than react.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.19,0:13:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're meditating
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.26,0:13:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're learning to increase control\Nover your attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.88,0:13:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thus making yourself\Nless and less vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.33,0:13:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to any stray stimuli\Nthat might aggravate you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.26,0:13:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the stray stimuli\Nand the uncontrolled reactions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.76,0:13:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.94,0:13:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dust begins to settle,\Nthe mind becomes clearer.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.77,0:13:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can thus view yourself,\Nknow yourself, at far greater clarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.37,0:13:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your prejudices, your preferences,\Nyour desires, your aversions.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.66,0:13:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can clearly see their machinations,\Ntheir manipulations.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.23,0:13:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far more important than all this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.46,0:14:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're mindful,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.21,0:14:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to enjoy this whole show\Nas a spectator or witness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.31,0:14:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the actor -- I, me, myself,\Ngradually starts to lose relevance.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.07,0:14:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you start to view the world
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.45,0:14:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a little less of self-reference,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.08,0:14:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things automatically begin to seem\Na bit more calm, a bit more pleasant.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.07,0:14:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that was about happiness\Nand the paradox.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.35,0:14:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you allow me just one more minute
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.08,0:14:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll let you know all the clichés\Nrelated to happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.53,0:14:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The clichés -- those phrases\Nwhich we hear so often
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.20,0:14:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they cease to have\Nany meaning for us whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.62,0:14:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when we consider a cliché,\Nwe view it as a point, that red point,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.89,0:14:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the circle of our understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.69,0:14:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we take a side view
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.85,0:14:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realize that what we thought\Nto be a circle is, in fact, a spiral.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.31,0:14:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.00,0:14:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it's further revealed\Nto us -- this is getting technical --,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.13,0:14:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's further revealed to us
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.65,0:14:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the cliché which from\Nour top view appears to be fixed,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.81,0:15:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually has the potential to exist\Nat higher and higher planes of profundity.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.80,0:15:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the simple words,\Nthe simple cliché:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.59,0:15:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do your best, forget the rest"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.50,0:15:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is true for both a school-going child\Nand the great philosopher Spinoza.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.07,0:15:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the insight that each derives\Nfrom these words is hugely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.43,0:15:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all I'm trying to say
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.69,0:15:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when it comes to clichés\Nrelated to happiness and spirituality,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.00,0:15:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tend to have\Nmore than one layer of meanings.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.61,0:15:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the thought that I want\Nto leave you with is:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.15,0:15:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's not be shy\Nof revisiting our clichés.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.56,0:15:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's not be shy of trying to unlock them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.50,0:15:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using any combination of techniques\Nfrom the three paths.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.32,0:15:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, while using the three paths,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.59,0:15:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's not forget,\Nlet's always keep in mind
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.61,0:15:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basic principle\Nthat lies at their core.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.09,0:15:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The principle that before\Nwe seek happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.99,0:15:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's make ourselves\Nmore conducive to receiving it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.01,0:15:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.15,0:15:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)