"There are many people, many enlightened people, who say it's useless to do any practices, it is not necessary. They have missed a very important factor. Simply enunciating the truth does not help. You have to see from where the seeker is and take him from there to step onwards. Simply describing the destination of where one is going is not sufficient. You have to be given a road map and directions."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from "Wisdom for a New Millennium"
I'm sure if an enlightened person said this in was in a specific context where it made sense. Or it was to break a devotee's fixation on some aspect of the path.
But, yes, in more mundane "hip" cases the concept is nonsense. It's like saying why drink water, your body is 75% full of it. Doh!
Why practices matter
Posted - Jan 08 2011 : 3:03:03 PM
