Acharya Prashant explains the dangers of founding a nation on commonalities like language, religion, or race, pointing to historical examples like Germany in the 1930s and 40s. He argues that nationalism, like any ideology, becomes problematic when it is based on what separates people rather than what unites them. He critiques most existing nationalities for being founded on divisions, citing the partition of India based on the two-nation theory, which posited that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations. Such nationalism, founded on differences, becomes toxic, violent, and leads to horrible consequences. The speaker asserts that the countless differences we perceive between people—such as gender, age, wealth, beliefs, and language—are the domain of the ego. The ego thrives on differences and boundaries, and therefore, most nationalism is ego-driven and not auspicious. He proposes a virtuous and distinct kind of nationalism that arises from something beyond the ego, a nationalism that is not divisive but unifying. This proper nationalism is founded on what is common among all people, which he identifies as the unifying principle of the borderless Self, or Atma, as enunciated in Vedanta. He suggests that a nation should be a collective of people with the common mission of ending suffering. The purpose of the state and all its institutions—legislature, executive, judiciary, and media—should be to create conditions for the inner freedom and liberation of the individual. The real India, or Bharat, is not merely a geographical location but a place where the urge to understand life, the Self, and to be liberated from bondage is paramount. This enlightened nationalism is founded on understanding and realization, not on resistance to others or on superficial identities. The speaker concludes that a nation becomes truly noble when its people come together to eliminate the suffering of mankind.