Acharya Prashant explains that prayer is not a verbal or mental construct but a deep longing of the mind to connect with reality through humble surrender. He notes that true prayer is silent and subliminal, occurring naturally during daily activities without being consciously detected. Written prayers and scriptures are described as crude limitations of language that fail to capture the essence of spiritual communication. He emphasizes that the most profound interactions, such as those between Jesus and his disciples, were non-verbal and cannot be recorded in texts. Referring to the Upanishads, he explains that scriptures are like a funeral pyre that burns away the old and then consumes itself; once their purpose of bringing one to silence is achieved, they should be discarded. A true teacher seeks to lead the follower to silence and then disappear rather than demanding eternal worship.