పుస్తకపఠనం గురించి భగవాన్ రమణ మహర్షి

Reading of Sastras and becoming pandits may give fame to a person but they destroy the peace of mind which is necessary for the seeker of truth and deliverance. A Mumukshu (a seeker of deliverance) should understand the essence of the Sastras but should give up the reading of Sastras as that is inimical to dhyana (meditation). It is like accepting the grain and discarding the chaff. There will be many big almirahs with many books. How many of them can be read? There are so many books and religions that one life is not enough to read all the books relating to even one religion. Where then is the time for practice? The more you read, the more you feel like reading further. The result of all that is to go on discussing with other people who have books and spend time thus, but

that will not lead to deliverance.

- Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi