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Caste System: The Final Word || Acharya Prashant, with SPA Delhi (2023)
Bharat
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Caste System
Vedanta
Upanishads
Ego
Vajrasuchika Upanishad
Consciousness
Self-knowledge
Social Construct
Description

Acharya Prashant asserts that the caste system is entirely bogus and should be relegated to history and museums. He argues that using birth as a criterion for dividing people or deciding their vocation is illogical and lacks utility. He explains that the caste system is merely an expression of the ego's tendency to create boundaries and divisions, which can also manifest through gender, money, skin color, or race. He points out that such divisions are not unique to Hinduism but exist in various forms across all major religions and societies because the egoistic mind always seeks to divide based on some criteria.