Acharya Prashant explains that caste is a non-issue and a mental construct that has no basis in reality. He argues that a person should be seen for who they are rather than their caste, noting that in critical situations like medical emergencies, notions of caste and purity of blood vanish instantly. He points out that everyone effectively has mixed blood, rendering the concept of caste lineage obsolete. He emphasizes that according to the scriptures, everyone is born as a common being, and one's status is determined by their consciousness and choices in life, not by birth. Referring to the Vajrasuchi Upanishad, Acharya Prashant highlights that caste exists neither in the body, the blood, the bones, nor the self. It is merely an imagination of the mind and a man-made thing that has outlived any utility it might have once had. He asserts that to drop caste, one must gain self-knowledge and understand the ego's tendency to clutch onto such identities. He concludes that casteism is part of a family of stupidities, including ritualism, superstition, and violence, all of which stem from a central ignorance of the self. When this inner ignorance is dropped through self-understanding, all these associated stupidities fall away together.