From the Garland of Gurus Sayings

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Dear Alan-ji:

 

That is a good one. Bhagavan had a great sense of humor. :-).

 

Namaste and love to all

Harsha

 

 

 

Alan Jacobs wrote:

 

V.83 As an immature girl may think that the festivities of marriage are conjugal enjoyment, so the man or woman that has not won Experience of the Truth believes book-knowledge to bethe same as that Experience. ---

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  From the Garland of Gurus Sayings

 

> Verse 265.

> By the denial of

> ignorance it is declared that the Self is not insentient;

> whatever is insentient shines by the Consciousness of

> another; the Self shines by His own light, (It) being of the

> nature of Consciousness.

> (22)

>

> (22) The Self (Itself)

> being Consciousness, He is self-luminous; hence this

> State is not one of ignorance; nor is it a state of

> knowledge, because there are no objects.