Reading is not enough; you may master all the commentaries and you may be able to argue and discuss with great scholars about these texts, but without attempting to practice what they teach, it is a waste of time. I never approve of book-learning; practice is what I evaluate. When you come out of the examination hall, you know whether you will pass or not, is it not? For, you can yourself judge whether you have answered well or not. So, in sadhana, in conduct, or in practice, each of you can judge and ascertain the success or failure that is in store. Just as you tend the body with food and drink regularly, you must also tend to the needs of inner atmic body, by regular japam, dhyanam (recitations, meditation) and cultivation of virtues. Sat-sanga, sat-pravartana, sat-chintana (holy company, good attitude, and sacred thoughts) are essential for the growth and health of inner personality. The body is bhavanam (mansion) of Bhuvaneshvara (Lord of the world), His bhuvanam (world)! In so far as you are particular about coffee or tea at regular intervals, be also particular about dhyanam and japam at fixed times, for the health and liveliness of the spirit! – Divine Discourse, Feb 02, 1958