Saint
remained unimpressed, and uttered, “What will you call someone who is always
busy in opening the wrappers – grasp the sweet and keep it aside. Then begins
to open next wrapper?”
“I
would call it a time waste, Sir”, replied the professor.
“My
dear friend, you are doing the same. Words of a scripture are just a wrapper
around the gist or purport or a deep spiritual message. Reading scriptures is
good, but not for satisfying the intellectual hunger, not for impressing others
and not without a goal. Firstly, you should have a clarity of goal about why
are you reading the scriptures and then only you should spend time on reading
the scriptures.”
The man
remained baffled and silent. The Saint continued, “What if a student begins to
go to the library and begin reading books one by one – without interacting with
other students without guidance from professors and without any goal? Do you
think such a student will succeed?”