6.32 The Dense Jungle Of Scripture

Shree Shankaraachaarya Bhagavaan said that "If you do not attain the knowledge of the supreme essence, then your academic studies are fruitless. And they are fruitless even if you attain liberation, since their utility has expired". (Vivekachoodamani 61)   Scripture is a massive forest of words. So many paths, so many roads, so many techniques and so many methods in it can cause one's mind to wander astray. But if we obtain the path guidance of a wise knower of the essence, we can be spared from wandering in this jungle. Shree Udiyaa Babaajee Mahaaraaj used to say "You will be lost, O mind, do not go into the jungle of scripture".