Chapter 26 elevates internal worship above external rituals. The text describes how a devotee's constant company with the Guru becomes their scripture, listening to His life story is their sacred reading, and chanting His name is their form of devotional singing and meditation. This chapter poetically outlines an internal ritual where the devotee washes the Guru's feet with "warm tears of joy," applies the "sandalwood paste of pure love," and clothes Him with "true faith." The ultimate offering mentioned is the "eight-petaled lotus of the eight-fold sattvic emotions," which, when offered with a focused mind, is said to help one achieve the true fruit of life.
What forms of internal worship and devotion are described in Chapter 26?
๐ Chapter 26