Friday, April 5, 2019

Open Your Heart


The truth came to the Rishis of India -- the Mantra-drashtas, the seers of thought -- and will come to all Rishis in the future, not to talkers, not to book-swallowers, not to scholars, not to philologists, but to seers of thought. 

The Self is not to be reached by too much talking, not even by the highest intellects, not even by the study of the scriptures. The scriptures themselves say so. 

Do you find in any other scripture such a bold assertion as that -- not even by the study of the Vedas will you reach the Atman? 
You must open your heart.

- Swami Vivekananda, 
   Address at Madras,
   Lectures From Colombo to Almora



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