From the Garland of Guru's Sayings-WHO Translation

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> Verse 241 (End of

> continuation of Footnote 9).

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> The question may be asked, " Does not the world

> continue to appear to those who are still in

> ignorance? " The answer must be in consonance with

> that ignorance. To those to whom the ego is the self, the

> world will appear until the ego (which is) its cause ceases.

> Herein may be quoted the explicit teaching of (Bhagavan Sri

> Ramana Maharshi) the (great) Sage, that " the world

> exists if the ego exists; it is not, when the ego is

> not. "

 

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> continuation of Footnote 9).

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> " The question may be asked, " Does not the world

> continue to appear to those who are still in

> ignorance? " The answer must be in consonance with

> that ignorance. To those to whom the ego is the self, the

> world will appear until the ego (which is) its cause ceases.

> Herein may be quoted the explicit teaching of (Bhagavan Sri

> Ramana Maharshi) the (great) Sage, that " the world

> exists if the ego exists; it is not, when the ego is

> not. "

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> These

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

> published by Sri Ramanasramam