Should I give up my business and take
to reading books on Vedanta?

“If the objects have an independent
existence, i.e., if they exist anywhere apart
from you, then it may be possible for you
to go away from them. But they don’t exist
apart from you; they owe their existence
to you, your thought. So, where can you
go, to escape them? As for reading books
on Vedanta, you may go on reading any
number of them. They can only tell you,
‘Realise the Self within you’. The Self
cannot be found in books. You have
to find it out for yourself, in yourself.

The world or objects or thoughts of
them are like the shadow of a man,
which the man cannot flee from.
They will be with you always,
till you realise the Self.”

Shri Ramana Maharshi