Guest guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 The virtues that go towards beautifying our inner life are free. Kabirdasji has said, 'Kharachata nahi gathari, bhajore bhaiya Ram Govinda Hari.' To chant the name of God requires no money. To speak good and sweet words, nothing extra is required. Leave alone humans, even birds and plants are moved by the power of kind words. Do we need to show our poverty even there? Puja is done at two levels -- external and manas or internal. At the external level, we may not have the means to offer a golden throne or expensive ornaments to the Lord, but we can do so in our minds. Even though in mental worship it costs us nothing to offer the most exotic things, we offer only a coconut in our prayers. To make our outer life prosperous we require an abundance of material goods. But to enrich our inner life, we need not be dependent on them. We must remember that we may applaud a person for what he has or has achieved, but we respect him for what he is. The 'isness' is more important than the 'haveness'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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