Only for one who seeks liberation does the śāstra exist; there is no other

Sacred text is not an end in itself; it is a map for the seeker. Without the desire to arrive, the map is decoration. Vasiṣṭha is radical: a śāstra that does not awaken mumukṣutva does not deserve to be called śāstra. Erudition that does not move is noise. Knowledge that does not transform is data.