Acharya Prashant defines Sanatana Dharma as the eternal responsibility of human consciousness to liberate itself from its inherent state of bondage. He explains that while worldly duties change with time and context, the internal state of human beings—characterized by restlessness, fear, greed, and ignorance—remains constant across all eras and geographies. Therefore, the eternal duty, or Sanatana Dharma, is the process of removing this ignorance and moving the mind from a state of unrest to peace, and from fear to fearlessness. It is essentially the science of mental liberation and self-inquiry.