How should sacred texts be studied? Bhagawan explains and gives us an important message today.

Books are not intended merely to be read. Sacred scriptures like the Quran, the Bible, the Upanishads, the Zend Avesta, the Granth Saheb, and others are worshipped in shrines today. But no attempt is made to live up to their teachings. People are forgetting the purposes for which these sacred books came into existence. By mere study of books, no change can take place in our lives. What is studied must be put into practice. Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested. When you want to digest food, you have to chew it well and take it in an easily digestible form. This means that it is not enough to browse through a book, but one must study it deeply, reflect on its contents, and absorb its meaning so that one can practice what one has learned. That is why all religious books have emphasised the doctrine of action. In such a context, there is no purpose in indulging in intellectual speculation without putting knowledge into practice.