Spiritual scriptures have no meaning

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: There are several commentaries and interpretations of scriptures (tikas) from several people and each of them had their own perspective like what Jai Dayal Goenka Ji said was different from what Osho said. So, actually, the question is how do we know what actually was said?

Acharya Prashant: One simple test, very simple test —

If it means anything, if that divine word means anything then the meaning is wrong. So whatever meaning you color it with is a wrong meaning.

Simple!

In understanding, there are no meanings left.

Understanding is the dissolution of all meanings.

When you decode it, you decode it only to see that it is just coming to a certain end, a certain clarity. By itself, it means nothing.

When Krishna says Nishkaam Karma, it means no expectations associated with actions.

The right teaching can never be affirmative.

It will only be a revelation of your falsenesses.

He can only tell Arjun that what you are thinking is misplaced and the opposite of what your thinking is equally misplaced; so he says, “Arjun, stop thinking and…