Who m i ?

Sri Ramana Maharshi: ~~~ Who Am I? (Nan Yar?), 23.

Q.:
Is it any use reading books for those who long for release?

M.:
All the texts say that in order to gain release
one should render the mind quiescent;
therefore their conclusive teaching is that the mind
should be rendered quiescent;
once this has been understood there is no need for endless reading.

In order to quieten the mind one has only
to inquire within oneself what one’s Self is;
how could this search be done in books?

One should know one’s Self with one’s own eye of wisdom.

The Self is within the five sheaths;
but books are outside them.

Since the Self has to be inquired into
by discarding the five sheaths,
it is futile to search for it in books.

There will come a time when
one will have to forget all
that one has learned.

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