Sai message for the day

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You are referring to anubhavajnanam, practical knowledge. We think we

know many things. Is this not wisdom?

 

Certainly not! The pity is that you do not realise that you do not

know. You know very little and what you know is at best negligible.

But you think you know everything. What you study is very little and

it is a big mistake if you think that you know everything. It is

foolish too. There is a lot to be known. What you know is but a

fragment, and it is not total knowledge.

 

Now, look! What is this? This, as you see, is a handkerchief. (At

this point, Swami, kept the handkerchief in his grip and held it in

such a way that only a bit could be seen outside his fist.) Now, what

is this? This is only a piece of cloth. It is not the whole kerchief.

(Then Swami spread the kerchief and held it in His hands). Now, what

is this? You will say, " It is a kerchief'. Seeing only a bit, you

cannot call it a handkerchief. So also, acquiring a little knowledge,

you can hardly claim to have attained total knowledge. This is a

mistake the educated commit in this modern age. They know a little

and claim to know everything. Complete or total knowledge is

awareness, and not knowledge of a bit or a fragment. This you should

remember. Go in for the whole. Be aware!