Reliance on sainthood cannot substitute for independent rational inquiry

Evidence

But it is equally true that dependence on saints cannot lead us to know the truth. The saints are after all only human beings, and as Lord Balfour said, “the human mind is no more a truth-finding apparatus than the snout of a pig”. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1271