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Role of Abhyasi
frankly confess to you that I have studied no books, for I never thought them worthwhile. I aimed at Reality which I thought to be the only thing worth having, and left the study of books to the scholars and pundits. Whatever I say or write is on the basis of my own experience or anubhava on the path of Realisation, irrespective of what Shankara or Ramanuja or others might have said about their own. I no doubt do read sometimes now, but that is only by way of recreation, and I try to retain as much as I can for the sake of easy expression. I remember one such thing which I had read in Viveka Chudamani by Shankaracharya, which means :—
―Books do not help us in Realisation; and when Realisation is achieved books are useless.‖
When we start practising, and are in quest of our ultimate goal, we fix upon that which seems helpful to us in our pursuit. We consequently begin to imagine that everything depends upon God's will, so that we may remain connected with it. It gradually develops into closeness and attachment, which in true sense, means the beginning of layavastha or
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