Acharya Prashant addresses the question of whether a spiritual person can commit suicide by distinguishing between suicide (aatmahatya) and self-sacrifice (aatmahuti). He explains that while a spiritual person might not commit suicide, they can perform self-sacrifice, which is the act of offering oneself. Many spiritual individuals have undertaken this path, and from a distance, it might be mistaken for suicide, but their underlying intentions are vastly different. Suicide, the speaker clarifies, is committed for personal reasons, stemming from an inability to bear the suffering inflicted by life and the world. The motive is to end one's personal pain by ending one's life. This act is described as one of fear, weakness, and surrender, akin to kneeling before a powerful enemy one feels unable to face. In contrast, self-sacrifice is not an act of surrender but an attack. It arises from the understanding that one's life is not so important as to shy away from sacrificing it for a higher purpose. The pain and death involved are accepted because the cause is noble. The fundamental difference lies in the motive. Suicide is about escaping personal suffering, while self-sacrifice involves intentionally embracing suffering for a higher cause. A spiritual person can end their own life, but the reason will always be a higher one. Spirituality does not come with a fixed set of rules about what one can or cannot do. What is certain is that a spiritual person's actions, whatever they may be, originate from the right center and for the right purpose. Their decisions are dictated by the specific circumstances, and no set laws or rules bind them.