Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2534

There is one that loves to be called a pandit
but if you look closely, behold, he is a fool.
What is the use of learning by rote? The recitation
of the Vedas is waste of time. He does not
practise what the Vedas prescribe; he is an evil
liver and knows not even-minded Brahma. Tuka
sees the supreme soul in the individual: this
experience of ours is his.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents