2-11-45 Morning

Dilip Kumar Roy read out another poem composed by
him on Bhagavan. Then he sang a few songs. Then he asked Bhagavan, "What is the best way of killing the ego?"

Bhagavan: To each person that way is the best which
appears easiest or appeals most. All the ways are equally good, as they lead to the same goal, which is the merging of the ego in the Self. What the bhakta calls surrender, the man who does vichara ^[?] calls jnana ^[?]. Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang and make it merge there.

Roy: But which is the best way for me? Bhagavan must
know.

Bhagavan did not reply. (This is only usual with
Bhagavan. He leaves it to each devotee to find out what sadhana ^[?] appears most easy to him).

Afternoon

Mr. Roy again sang a few songs. At the end he asked
Bhagavan, "Music also helps one to develop bhakti ^[?], does it not?"

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Bhagavan: Yes. Yes.

When Roy was taking leave, he asked Bhagavan whether
bhakti marga ^[?] could be followed with advantage and whether it would lead to jnana ^[?].

Bhagavan: Yes. Yes. Bhakti is jnana mata i.e., the
mother of jnana ^[?].