"When, hearing the name of Hari or RAma once,
you shed tears and your hair stands on end,
then you may know for certain that you do not
have to perform such devotions as the sandhyA any more.
Then only will you have a right to renounce rituals;
or rather, rituals will drop away of themselves."
om tat sat
~~~~~~ om shanthi om~~~~~~
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This is a reasonably accurate representation of my home shrine, of more than thirty-five years: