Maharshi -Whence is the birth of us who know the letters ?

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"What use is the learning of those who do not seek to wipe out

the letters of destiny ( from their brow ) by enquiring : "Whence

is the birth of us who know the letters ? " They have sunk to the

level of a gramophone . What else are they , O Arunachala ? "

 

"It is those who are not learned that are saved rather than those whose ego

has not yet subsided in spite of their learning. The unlearned are saved from

the relentless grip of the devil of self-infatuation; they are saved from the malady

of a myriad whirling thoughts and words ; they are saved from running after wealth .

It is from more than one evil that they are saved. "

 

from

THE TEACHINGS OF RAMANA MAHARSHI

edited by Arthur Osborne