Upanishads clearly declare:-
Katha Upanishad 1:2:23 The Soul cannot be realized through hearing
scholarly explanation of the discourses, not even by the intellect.
Katha Upanishad 1:3:6 “Through the knowledge of the Soul, God, one is
pure and clean constantly.” Neither by reading the book, nor by taking a
bath at holy place has one become pure. Inner purity is possible when
one remains in constant touch with the Soul. Constant Soul-Consciousness
is the real purity.
Kena Upanishad 2:4 When it is known
through every state of cognition, it is rightly known, for (by such
knowledge) one attains life eternal. Through one's own self one gains
power and through wisdom one gains immortality.
Kena Upanishad 2:5
If here one knows it, then there is truth, and if here one knows it
not, there is a great loss. Hence, seeing the Real in all beings, wise
men become immortal on departing from this world.
Mundaka Upanishad 1:2:8
“Remaining in the fold of ignorance and thinking “we are extremely wise
and learned,” the fools with boastful nature ramble about like the
blind led by the blind alone.”
Mundaka Upanishad 3:2:3
“The weak and timid cannot realize the Self. Self-Realization is not
possible through intellect or hearing spiritual discourse. One who
welcomes God in every activity, through a thorough controlled and
disciplined life, to him also the Soul is revealed."
Mundaka Upanishad 3:2:3
The Soul cannot be realized by the weak and timid.
That is why Sri, Sankara says in Viveka Chudamani:-
56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but
by the realisation of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation
possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a
shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise
erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the
scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
59. The study of the
Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is
equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60.
The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest which merely
causes the mind to ramble. Hence men of wisdom should earnestly set
about knowing the true nature of the Self.
61. For one who has
been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the
knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other)
Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?
62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utter the name of the
medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation one
cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing
the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere
utterance of the word Brahman ? — It would result merely in an effort of
speech.
64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing
oneself of the splendour of the entire surrounding region, one cannot
claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.
Until one knows the truth of his true existence, whatever he knows about
god is mere belief. Belief is individual whereas the ultimate truth
is universal every belief system has its own idea of god thus there is
no universality in the belief system.
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