First, realize what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality.
I quote scriptures to show that scriptures are also saying there is no need to study scriptures.
To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman, no scriptures are needed. I am highlighting only the rational views of the sages of truth.
Mundaka Upanishad:~ The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing The sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the sea of samsara on these poor rafts.
Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise In their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind.
People think that by studying the Vedas, one will be able to get self-realization, but it is not so. Vedic studies lead one nowhere. What is the use of studying scriptures when Upanishads itself declares: ~
Katha Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one, Atman reveals its own form. (Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20)
Mundaka Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained through the study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is the Atman that reveals to the seeker its true nature. (3 page-70 - Mundaka Upanishad- Upanishads by Nikilanada)
Sage Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.
People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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