From the Garland of Gurus Sayings

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~~Verse 327. The cessation of all thoughts, through the death of

> the ego, which is the root-cause of the thought of

> difference, is the Self-knower' s meditation without

> meditation. (41)

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> (41) This and the next

> are answers to the question; " Does the sage meditate on

> God or perform worship? "

 

Verse 328. The Self-knower who has given up the ego, which is

> for the ignorant the obstacle to the realization that God is

> all, (alone) worships God rightly. (42)

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> (42) Egolessness

> restores to God the infiniteness that is seemingly taken

> away by the ego-sense; he that denies God's infinity

> cannot worship God as He really is; ceasing to deny it -- by

> giving up the ego -- is better than worship; this is the

> meaning. For the same reason the Self-knower is said to be,

> in the sentence, a greater devotee than those devotees that

> retain the ego.

 

Verse 329. By the Love (for the Self) that springs up when the

> profound peace is born, through the final death of the false

> ego, the sage has the highest devotion to God. (43)

>

> (43) Love is primarily

> to the Self, so say the Vedantas (highest Sanskrit

> teaching); other love is derivative, hence God-Love becomes

> perfect, or rather real, only when God is realized as the

> Self.

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

published by Sri Ramanasramam