What is the precept of the Vedas and Shastras we must not ignore? Bhagawan reminds us as we observe the holy Navaratri festival.

The Vedas and the Shastras provide illumination to guide the steps of man, but to the blind, it is always dark, however bright the illumination; for those who have lost faith, faltering along, stumbling and falling is the only course. The Shastras and the Vedas point out the means of securing the secret of lasting joy, but man is attempting to earn shadowy joys, fleeting pleasures, pleasures fraught with evil and harm. He is trying to draw water with a pot full of holes. The senses leak out the joy he draws. They are wild, untutored servants who dictate to their master, the mind. The mind has to be brought under your grip; then, the servants will be subservient. The mind is the monarch; the senses are the soldiers; the soldiers are now ruling the king, because he lends his ears to them and not to Buddhi (intellect), who is the Prime Minister. Let Buddhi take charge; in a moment, the senses will be forced back into camp, and the mind can save itself.