Passage 7

In English

“Why do you load your stupid pate with all kinds of learned lumber? Why do you kill yourself with too much learning? Try and understand that eternal truth which will make you immortal.” “You may learn all arts and sciences. You may call yourself a versatile genius and an all-knowing polymath. But still you will only be a learned fool if you do not know your Self.” “A mean-minded man without moral scruples may read but he can never give up his meanness.” “You may read all the books in the world. You can only become a hair-splitting and pettifogging . With the aid of books you can never acquire spiritual wisdom and integrated knowledge. Such bookish learning may enable you to eke out your livelihood. But books can never reveal to you a vision of your own divine .” Stricken by poverty, once had to face a number of difficulties. He became a victim of acute mental depression. He had mastered all the sixty-four arts of antiquity. But he had no peace of mind. At last, he went to , who diagnosed ’s ailment and prescribed for him the path to self-realisation. In the , reveals to the esoteric but simple path to self-realisation for the attainment of abiding peace and everlasting bliss.