Today with the perpetuation of advertising, social media and influencer culture, the whole of society is becoming obsessively focussed on looking good.
Wearing expensive clothes, makeup and jewellery is associated with having achieved success. The result of this is that our self-esteem has become tied to our clothes and accessories.
In this video Paramahansa Yogananda explains that clothes alone do not “make the man.” There is something far more important and valuable through which we can command the respect of others.
Story of Gandhiji
Why Gandhiji Left His Sophisticated Clothes and Started Dressing in Just a Dhoti (Loincloth)