Bhagavat Gita -35

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Bhagavat Gita -35

 

The true worship of the divine (Chapter 9 verses 20-28)

 

Those who adore Me with sacrifices desiring heavenly regions

attain to them, but they have to return when the sacrificial

merits are exhausted. But those who have no desire and think

of Me alone always, are ever under My protection, and their

welfare here and hereafter will be looked after by Me. Even

persons who worship various Deities, are in fact worshipping

Me alone, as I am their soul and they, My bodies; only their

worship is crude and uninformed. My worship, however is very

simple. Very little of rituals and ingredients are required

for it. A few flowers, water and leaves will do. If these

offerings are sweetened with whole-hearted devotion, I consume

them eagerly. But all external worship is only a symbol of the

total sacrifice and dedication one should practice. Whatever

you make - all should be done as an offering unto Me. You

should feel that the agency in respect of them as also their

fruits are Mine and not yours. This is real Sanyasa, renunciation,

and no action will then bind you with their good or bad effects.

 

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Based on " Srimad Bhagavat Gita - The Scripture of Mankind "

a translation by Rev Swami Tapasyanandaji, published by

Sri Ramakrishna Math - Chennai. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/

 

 

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