India serves as an example of trying to be inclusionary of multiple religions, cultures and views while being democratic. An impressive country.

@lajwantishahani1225

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@blueorange6593

5 жыл бұрын

We need to expel islam from India

@cottoncandy7847

5 жыл бұрын

@@blueorange6593 no we need to expel people like u

@parthbonde2106

4 жыл бұрын

@@blueorange6593 U r the epitome of the cancerous people in our country.

@somakchatterjee6429

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 !

@ketangandhi8714

5 жыл бұрын

Very common among Indian children.

@suhani551

5 жыл бұрын

I was told when I was 8 still remember it clearly....

@narasimharaotanuku9304

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Makes me think of that saying that life is a journey, not a destination.

@suvendersingh9068

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Life and death are a part of journey.

@narasimharaotanuku9304

5 жыл бұрын

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 !

@ed4all33

4 жыл бұрын

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

@prof.hijibiji9649

4 жыл бұрын

Life is a journey whose destination is to merge with param brahma or in other words attain moksha.

@shadevi

4 жыл бұрын

Someone once told me to see life as a scene of a bigger story 🎞.

"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.

@TheSrij

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@bhagelawala

5 жыл бұрын

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???!!

@mayursingh9896

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSrij he knows more than you who just learn from serial

@shashikantsinha8585

5 жыл бұрын

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

@shashikantsinha8585

5 жыл бұрын

this guy believes he is the one and only truth and explaining indian history

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.

@amnindsingh796

6 жыл бұрын

its true man..

@jayavinu795

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@winstonbachan9229

5 жыл бұрын

@@jayavinu795 Knowledge Is Not Wisdom! Fools Also Knows Alot of Things! VADIC SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS!

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.

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.)

@harshilldhingra4984

4 жыл бұрын

philip glass and shankar

@vjayvenkat

5 ай бұрын

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.

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.

@0000oo1

4 жыл бұрын

You should watch again from 16:55 onwards.

The best of TED talks. happy to have you,Mr. Devdutt

@manoeuvre_it

6 жыл бұрын

Bakwas

@birajsingha9879

5 жыл бұрын

@@manoeuvre_it Or tmne apna naam rkha he Bhagwaan parr, wah! 🤦

@narasimharaotanuku9304

5 жыл бұрын

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 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.

@somakchatterjee6429

2 жыл бұрын

Collective society

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.

@kaypandey7221

9 жыл бұрын

Are you some white washed wannabe???

@avinashasitis

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@rishab5293

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@chonkyy7871

5 жыл бұрын

@@avinashasitis the idea of progressiveness is subjective

@gautamghai1817

5 жыл бұрын

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.

devdutt is really fabulous person. i love to hear him

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,

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

@sogalaw

6 жыл бұрын

are you stating that the only universal truth is that there is no universal truth?

@kiranparab3999

6 жыл бұрын

may be.. who knows

@sph8483

6 жыл бұрын

Soumyo Mukherjee the oath of the vayuputras

@manoeuvre_it

6 жыл бұрын

Academic Hindu Phobia

instead of listening BABA i prefer to listen this man. HE IS THE morden GURU of mythology. gooood man .keep it up.

@mindrules1566

6 жыл бұрын

maya n...... Hinduism is not mythology

@mindrules1566

6 жыл бұрын

maya n... He quoting Hinduism in wrong way by saying myth.... Basically Hinduism is based on science, philosophy, mantra, yog etc

@Saswoti

6 жыл бұрын

Mindra rules he has also his own view about "what is mythology "plz plz plz fellow him properly.

Didn't realize how fast the time moved

Clarity of his thoughts and ease of deliverance were mesmerizing indeed thank you Devdutt

at the end of the video i had to give the guy a standing ovation GREAT presentation

what a legend! what an inspiring talk!

nothing last forever...even death. WOW

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.

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

@fyrashh3598

6 жыл бұрын

Mahanth Ashok so true!

@vishwa5254

5 жыл бұрын

yes, you are true they don't understand.

@Bhruguraj

5 жыл бұрын

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

This is one of the best TED talks of all time. This is brilliant.

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.

@Half-HeartHero

4 жыл бұрын

That statement itself is false.

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.

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

@avijitnaskar5759

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@fakebritishpride2091

5 жыл бұрын

@Wreck Tangle yeh because we r a land of seekers not beleivers i hope the world adores this concept of vedic ppl

@fakebritishpride2091

5 жыл бұрын

@Wreck Tangle and he meant pop culture it is not appropriately a western classic phenomena but a strange one

@DonatoDoley

5 жыл бұрын

@Wreck Tangle I don't see how thats similar

@MysteryHistery

4 жыл бұрын

@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

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

This was a very interesting talk. Glad I found it

This is one of the mind blowing thing I watched 5 years ago

12 years ago, it seems I incorrectly interpreted the Indian headshake as "yes". That explains a lot.

@HarchandPalav

5 жыл бұрын

An answer to this would also be: 'it depends... on the context, amplitude and frequency of head shaking'. In some parts of the country, it is 'yes' as you must have observed with some people. In other parts, it is not specific. Slow and high angular amplitudes represent a naive but definite yes. Slow, staggering, and relatively small amplitudes represent 'may be'. Faster and smaller amplitudes represent 'yes', with respect. But I am also aware of the fact that these are general guidelines, but you might come across some people, whose gestures do not exactly mean what I mentioned. The context-based meanings can be derived only with experience. :)

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.

@ManishSingh-xo1fb

5 жыл бұрын

Not soul. Body

@Pranav-rp8wi

5 жыл бұрын

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.

This video made devdutt famous Watching it after 5 year's

@mastrammeena328

3 жыл бұрын

Now I found more foreigners than indians in the comment section Back then there were no foreigner Interesting

i dont know why but i feel so proud of you! thank you for deciphering all that was encoded forever!

Loved it ,great man great wisdom

Best speaker I never herd before

Splendid. Very original East and West comparison. Impressive.

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.

That is most beautiful explanation I ever heard

Amazing sir ..big fan of yours

Far better than movies.......thank u Ted....for making up a productive time

@hpatel788

5 жыл бұрын

That's your view point...your world

A wonderfull talk!!

He is simply amazing!

i really enjoyed his talk. thank you

"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."

i have tears in my eyes

He is the rare intellectual minds we are privileged to have. Loved this talk sir 👍

Amazingly enlightening devdutt sit. Hats off

This guy is a genius If you haven't watched his show on EPIC channel you are missing quite some good knowledge Name of the show is : Devlok with Devdutt Patnayak Btw my name is also Devdatta

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.

very nice ... thanks for the talk ...

This is highly profound.

@eldergod4817

5 жыл бұрын

Islamic idiots can't understand anything

@srikarpamidi1946

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

@@srikarpamidi1946 what 😂Abrahamic religions are fake you idiot

@MysteryHistery

4 жыл бұрын

@@eldergod4817 Krishna said "everyone worship The only God, we should not discriminate among religions. That is why we accepted everyone who came to India."

@nitishsaxena1372

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Just loved every bit of words said by him

Dev sir is the best

Awesome video!

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"

He is excellent!! Absolutely Brilliant!!

@chandan_beniwal

4 жыл бұрын

did you remember this in 2020? what do you think about this video now?

Beautifully spoken!

Devdutt patnaik’s clarity and such intense public speaking talent. Remarkable. 🙏

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

enjoyed that very much

too Good explanation Salute to you Sir

some one give this man an oscar!!!

Wow ... I am speechless... really good one

Yay, new ted talks!

Varun ke hai nayan hazaar, indra ke sau, aapke mere keval do....... huge respect to you sir 🙏🙏

There is a pseudo war in the comments section. This is precisely what the speaker speaks. "Just understand" Your belief is the reaction to the culture u r in so is the others. This is the reason for clash of civilisation and so in the comments as well..

Epic

👏👏👏👏 BRILLIANT!

GREAT ONE ...

These talks were from the TEDIndia conference.

Awesome.. We have gone way bad..

Fantastic talk By Mr.Pantnaik. He had shown the difference so well and he has so much of depth of knowledge..Amazing :)

Amazing video...mastery on Marathi...Hindi...English languages as well as various subjects...

This needs more views.

Wonderful piece.

Mystery of Indian head shake solved !

@VICKORTY

5 жыл бұрын

@swaroop murthy was this comment really necessary? Was his comment anyway hurt or concerned Hindu beliefs? Or do you consider Hindus are only Indians! Don't give Hinduism a bad name with such blatant display of fundamentalist behaviour!

@VICKORTY

5 жыл бұрын

@Wrick Ron what is religion?

@VICKORTY

5 жыл бұрын

@Wrick Ron Wrick Ron Hinduism believes in Divinity of each and every being! If you are referring to nastik school, then nastik does not mean atheist but the one who does not believe in authority of Vedas!

@whatsinthename8660

5 жыл бұрын

@swaroop murthy distasteful comment..please delete it

I've really liked both of these TedTalks from TEDIndia... This one as well as the one regarding the 6th Sense Technology

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.

Brilliant. I wish I had the ability to chase after my dreams like him.

Outstanding!!👍👍

OMG he's such a good speaker!!!

Whoa! that's Wonderful

excellent explanation !!

Great talk!

I had seen this show before. I like it once again.

That was a most excellent talk.

Quite thought provoking...

Wow...a different.. perspective ..thanks Devdutt

Big big big fan of Dr. Devdutt..😀

A very great lecture! 500 points to the person who didn't stare at the stone peen.

@vinitvsankhe

Жыл бұрын

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. 😅

AwEsOmE sir...!

Very intriguing presentation and brilliantly portrayed..,.

What a gifted orator Mr. Pattnaik is. Amazing video as always. The very best of TED.

damn this sounds so much better when ur high

@272piyush

10 жыл бұрын

Totally.

@narasimharaotanuku9304

5 жыл бұрын

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 !

@abemrk4677

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🍻 😁

Thank you so much for this nice view of what is happening from your perspective on the cultural experience of human thougth manifestation.

@chandan_beniwal

4 жыл бұрын

did you remember this in 2020? or you stll believe this?

great speech !!!!

Nice vedio... Well its quite interesting and important topic that which one makes right sense whether Gymnosophists or Alexander way... I will do more research on this....

such a humble man