The Stupidity of Caste || Acharya Prashant

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00:00Or a road accident, when you require immediate blood transfusion,

00:03you enquire into the caste of the blood donor, you will die.

00:07And then you, in fact, do not, because you know in your own heart

00:10that all this is just sham. And your son is dying.

00:13And you say, please, please, please, get me B positive.

00:15You do not say, I want only Brahmin or Kayasth or Rajput B positive.

00:21You don't do that. Or do you do that?

00:22Then all these notions of superiority and purity of blood, they just vanish.

00:26The person is right there in front of you. Why do you need to know his caste?

00:29The person is sufficient. Is he not?

00:31If he is sick, you want to help him or would you ask for his caste?

00:35And if he is arrogant, you want to show him his place.

00:38You don't want to enquire into his caste.