Namaste EM,

There is no need to delete anything. That is a valid observation, but since it was made and brought to the forum, people expressed their views.

Sure reading to the total exclusion of anything else will do the readers little good, but some of us are destined to stay at the lowest levels in terms of actually practicing the religion in this lifetime. That is unfortunate, but karmic reactions have put us there.

As an analogy, students learn to read and write early on. Some finish high school and get a menial job and the only reading/writing they do is sending and receiving emails or texting on their cell phones. Others combine that reading/writing skill with their other talents and become college educated to have professional careers , others might become writers/philosophers/researchers. So, the basic reading/writing skill may or may not get honed per one's karmic ultimate station in life. Some may even drop out of school early or be in a rural area where there is no one to teach them, or parents may make them work from an early age just to stay alive and there would be no time for schooling. Along those lines, there are different categories of people engaged in spiritual endeavor.

Thank you for bringing this topic for discussion, but I would not look at it with a critical eye. The mere readers are doing their sadhana at their level, which is perhaps less than what may be required for any understanding of the scriptural text and applying it to real life for advancement. But that is their destiny for this life. So, read on people, and be good story tellers to propagate the message/traditions. Keep Hinduism alive with whatever little contribution you can make.....

Pranam.

Easterly Express, welcome to the forum.
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