Mundaka Upanishad:~ Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good.+

Most of the saints and sages of the past are mostly social reformers, thus, they are more concerned with humanism rather than the truth. Their contribution is very valuable to living in the practical world. They introduced the path of love, the path of service, and the path of compassion to benefit humanity. But their contribution is not of any help to acquire ‘Self’-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

From the ultimate standpoint, humanity is part of the dualistic illusion or Maya. Whatever is part of the dualistic illusion should not be mixed with the path of wisdom. Mixing them up and trying to realize the truth is like mixing oil, into the water.

Mundaka Upanishad:~ Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good. Having enjoyed their reward on the heights of heaven, gained by good works, they enter again this world or a lower one. (First Mundaka -10- Chapter I)

Humanism is limited to practical life within the practical world. The path of love is the path for humanity therefore, it is an individualized path. Thus, the path of love is limited to the physical structure; it will not help the seeker to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space. Thus, the seeker has to understand the fact that, from the ultimate standpoint the practical life and practical world are merely an illusion.

The simple reason is that the average person may have a desire for knowledge but when the whole society is immersed in the belief system and feeling’ out of place because of societal fear and surrounding circumstances and makes him think, it unfits him to pursue the path of wisdom.

That is why Buddha said:~

Do not believe in spiritual teaching just because:-

1. It is repeatedly recited,

2. It is written in scriptures,

3. It was handed from guru to disciple,

4. Everyone around you believes it,

5. It has supernatural qualities,

6. It fits my beliefs anyway,

7. It sounds rational to me,

8. It is taught by a respectable person,

9. It was said to be the truth by the teacher,

10. One must defend it or fight for it.

However, only when it agrees with your experience and reason, and when it is conducive to the good and gain of oneself and all others, then one should accept the teachings, and live up to them." ....Buddha.

The seeker of truth is one who is ready to verify and has the courage to accept and reject the truth when he finds out what is the truth and what is the untruth. The meek will stick to their inherited conditioning and remain to experience dualistic illusion (world) as a reality.:~Santthosh Kumaar