Buying and owning a library of amazing spiritual books – Irrelevant
Reading the latest editions of spiritual and self-help texts – Irrelevant
Listening to spiritual sermons by the best of saints – Irrelevant
Writing books (and blogs!) on spirituality – Irrelevant
Attending live sessions of preachers and spiritually realized souls – Irrelevant
Speaking to small and / or large audiences on the Gita / other spiritual texts – Irrelevant
Ability to read/write/process Sanskrit to access said abstruse spiritual texts – Irrelevant
Chanting or performing great mantras/hymns/shlokas/homas – Irrelevant
Everything superficial is irrelevant in the pursuit of the Self, unless the lessons and takeaways are put into day-to-day implementation. That’s the only way, according to my Guru, does even a modicum of transformation take place.