scriptures not the road map, nor the means, 

but real hindrances, binding, 

makes one stuck in moving in circles ,

guru gives the map , the way ,the goal, the stations enroute, the vehicle, the means 

road opens , the journey begins 

sadhak reaches the destination , the source , the source of scriptures, from where the scriptures are born , and discovers them within 

comes back, comes out in to the world

sees the books, relates his findings with scriptures .

and gets confirmation , he says to himself , it is true , yes, this is what really is, that i discovered , and 

now he proceeds further on the lines o f guru shown path ----not on the lines of scriptures ----

Scriptures  show us the path but how many have found the truth ?

At any given time there are millions on the path
but how many have reached the ultimate?’‘

since “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”
the very fact that not all, but a very few could reach the ultimate ….is the very reason for more scientific result oriented approach needed

, though putting mental/ physical effort and strain, the goal is not reached, benefit not got
since humanity is on the wrong track,guidance is faulty/ not clear/ confusing, / ineffective/ unwise

i did a study of a few teachings and systems and find there is enough scope to make a table of all religions and teachings and show the equivalents, some sankara teachings are coniciding with marati saints like tukaram , meera etc some with milton, William blake, emerson

  scriptures in present time—-how

The need does exist immense.

contents of scriptures are meant for living them ,

1 to be seen in tapasya, meditation and
2 to be walking in their light.

reading listening, debating, learning by heart, expressing in learned forums —all is only insignificant part of the full glory.

in deep meditation they are available for conscious perception and spontaneous application in all activities

”yad yad karma karomi…….,” becomes the property of one in one’s nature—this does not happen by reciting reading repeating–though these have their own value

thus the scriptures start getting lived in the context of contemporary life,

and once lived , get interpreted , updated, in the language and idiom of our time

eg. geetha

whether one has read or not, it ‘s message is cognized in reality, beyond the limitations of language, in all phases of life, in all modern subjects of study , and one becomes ageetha, a geethaacharya in his thought, talk and walk, in his own right, his birth right

scriptures are written not from intellectual contemplation or conjuctures, or idle imagination, but from the deepest experiences of rishis , cognized from within

and the reality of these are to be gained from our own depths,
not from the heaps of books

books seve the purpose of only to confirm our cognitions ganed in the light of enlightenment

will provide some light not the enlightenment, and not meant for conformity

enlightenment only confirms the truth, and naturally makes us to conform to it