Q：Is it any use reading books for those who long for liberation?
A:All the texts say that in order to gain liberation 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.
