Acharya Prashant describes religion as the outermost shell of spirituality, designed to introduce the uninitiated to basic principles on the path toward liberation. He uses a model of concentric circles where religion is the outer circle, spirituality is the inner circle, and liberation is the center. However, he notes that religion has been sabotaged by animalistic tendencies and tradition, leading to a dissonance between religiosity and true spirituality. He argues that while one must fight the impurities that have possessed religion, discarding religion entirely is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He specifically emphasizes that movements like veganism cannot succeed without the foundation of Vedanta and spirituality. Ultimately, he defines true religion, or Dharma, as the practice of keeping the mind pure and bringing it to a state of realization and relaxation free from impurities. He concludes that being spiritual without being conventionally religious is, in fact, the essence of being truly religious.