From the Garland of Guru's Sayings by Who

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Verse 80. When mirage-water serves to quench thirst, and

> painted fire to

> cook meals, then deliverance can be had by mere

> book-knowledge.(45)

>

> (45) Inferential knowledge, based upon books, or arrived at

> by a mental

> process, is not inimical to the ego-sense, the extinction

> of which is

> essential to Deliverance; it may even give a new lease of

> life to the ego

> thus postpone deliverance indefinitely. In fact

> book-knowledge is an

> additional source of bondage to those that are satisfied

> with it, instead

> of striving to obtain actual Experience of the central

> Truth conveyed in

> the books.

>

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> These quotations are from the book,

> Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam.