*WORDS OF WISDOM* - There will come a time when one will have to forget all that one has learned. ~ RAMANA MAHARSHI

"Who am I"


Question No 23: Is there any use reading books for those who long for release?

Bhagawan: All the texts say that in order to gain release one should render the mind quiescent; therefore their conclusive teaching is that the mind should be rendered quiescent; once this has been understood there is no need for endless reading. In order to quieten the mind one has only to inquire within oneself what one's Self is; how could this search be done in books? One should know one's Self with one's own eye of wisdom. The Self is within the five sheaths; but books are outside them. Since the Self has to be inquired into by discarding the five sheaths, it is futile to search for it in books. There will come a time when one will have to forget all that one has learned.

~RAMANA MAHARSHI