Passage 27

In English

sees many people. There are some true devotees also. But if they waste all their time in worldly pursuits, then when will they have the experience of Divinity? When you spend all your life in studying books, when will you put your knowledge into practice? It is only practice that gives you bliss, not learning. All that you do should make others happy and should spread happiness in society. This is the essence of of Adi Sankara1. An old man was sitting under a tree on the bank of the and repeating, “ .” At that time, along with his disciples was going to the for bath. When he heard this, he went to the old man and asked, “Oh scholar! What are you memorising”?