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I usually underline and annotate books while studying, but I’ve hesitated to do so in Savitri and The Life Divine out of reverence for Sri Aurobindo. Would you recommend annotating these books if it helps deepen one’s understanding, or is it better to keep them unmarked? 📑📖😊🙏🏻🌼

There is nothing wrong in doing it as long as you do it neatly.

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Alok Da 

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