Full Video: Consumption, Contentment, and Climate Crisis || Acharya Prashant, IIT Bhubaneswar (2021)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumRdEi1dA8&t=0s

Video Information: 29.03.2021, IIT BBS (online session), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Context:
• What is real meaning of renunciation and sacrifice?
• What to consume and how much?
• Isn't it foolishness to renounce and sacrifice in this consumption centric world?
• What is meant by asceticism and is it practical in today's modern time?
• Can climate catastrophe be solved by more carbon efficient technology and keeping our current levels of consumption unchanged?
• What if mankind discovers another planet with ample of resources than earth then would consumption be justified?
• What is right consumption?
• Most important thing - Measuring our inner welfare in economics.
• What's the point of having a country which is a great consumer of military hardware?
• When consumption is primary then why ban and tax heavily on certain products and services in society?
• Is Spirituality not anti-economics?
• How Vedanta looks at production and responsible consumption?
• What is the fundamental question of Vedanta?
• What is meant by true responsibility?
• What are the real and authentic indicators of growth?
• How is United Nations policies to reduce climate change and Vedanta are interlinked?
• What is cause behind failure of most United Nation's and other organization's policies in tackling climate change?
• How to make right resolutions?

Music Credits: Milind Date
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