Acharya Prashant clarifies the context behind Shri Ramana Maharshi's advice regarding the abandonment of books and scriptures. He explains that while Shri Ramana Maharshi and Kabir Saheb suggest that reading is futile once the mind is quieted, this advice is specifically directed at highly advanced seekers who are nearing the end of their spiritual journey. For the vast majority of people, reading scriptures remains a necessary and vital practice to remind them of their spiritual work and to help them navigate mundane attachments. He emphasizes that the medium or instrument, like a boat used to cross a river, should only be discarded once the destination has been reached. He further illustrates this by referencing the Upanishads, which describe themselves as logs of wood in a funeral pyre that burn away what is dead within a person and are themselves consumed in the process. The scriptures are so humble and honest that they even suggest being treated as insignificantly as crow shit once liberation is attained. Acharya Prashant warns against the egoistic tendency to prematurely claim self-sufficiency or to reject wisdom literature under the guise of learning from personal experience. He concludes that for almost everyone, scriptures are a necessary savior that should be held close until the very final stage of realization.