FROM The Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation

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FROM THE GARLAND OF GURU'S SAYINGS - WHO TRANSLATION

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...Verse 209: The truth of non-duality is to be only meditated upon by the mind;

do not do any action from belief in non-duality; the idea of non-duality is fit

to be cherished in respect of all things whatsoever, but not with respect to the

Guru (or dealings with " others " ). Foot note (32)

 

(32) The teaching that in the Transcendental State, where the ego is not, there

is only One Pure Consciousness, is given as an antidote to the superstition that

duality is real, to those whom that superstition has enslaved; these are to get

freed from it by meditation on it and the Quest; the teaching is not intended to

be applied to actions, because actions proceed from the contrary idea that the

doer is an individual; he is sure to misapply it and thus worsen the bondage he

is in; the only one who cannot misapply it is the one that does not need the

teaching -- the Sage. It is regrettable that this salutary injunction is not

widely known. The sadhaka (spiritual seeker) must act always according to the

best standard applicable to other men; that is, in conduct he must respect the

distinction between moral and immoral conduct as if duality were real. There is

a vast gulf of difference between a Sage and a mere sadhaka however eminent, and

this must not

be forgotten. This rule of conduct is taken from (the work) Tatvopadesa, a

minor composition attributed to Acharya Bhagavan Shankara.

 

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> These quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam