ЁЯФ╢ My concept of worship and divine blessings is somewhat different. I can say that a true devotee can attract divine energies by the force of his nobility; he can compel deities to help in pursuit of his noble aims. A true devotee in this sense is much stronger a deity; he can get GodтАЩs help whenever he asks as his right. God cannot ignore his call.
ЁЯФ╖ Those who worship god begging for a few worldly possessions or for fulfillment of ego-centric desires canтАЩt be true devotees even if they spend all their time in prayers and rituals. Glad consent to GodтАЩs will is the real spirit of devotion; it is the prime condition to be fulfilled for being a devotee in its true sense. God has inalterably assured His devotee, the Gita- тАЬyogaksemam vahamyahamтАЭ I will provide for all your needs.
ЁЯФ╢ True, God does take care of his devotee but He has not promised to satisfy his cravings. тАЬYogaтАЭ and тАЬksemaтАЭ mean taking care of your physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual well-being. There should not be any confusion that it (GodтАЩs arrivance) includes the fulfilment of your gross sensual hunger. DonтАЩt chase the mirage of passions and desires; it devalues the dignity of devotion and the pre-eminence of GodтАЩs grace. The relation between the deity and the devotee is graceful and dignified only when the devotee doesnтАЩt beg for anything but rather offers to entirely give himself to the divine.
ЁЯФ╖ God has already given you so much! He has created you. He is always taking care of your yoga-ksema, without your praying for it. God is not a particularly embodied being. It is we who have conceived Him in various forms. If it is a must to give a definition, God could only be vaguely described as тАЬan infinite ensemble of supreme moral principles, saintly ideals and nobilityтАЭ. Faith in divine values and ideals and a self disciplined endeavor to live for high principles is true devotion and enlightened worship.
тЬНЁЯП╗ Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
ЁЯФ╖ Those who worship god begging for a few worldly possessions or for fulfillment of ego-centric desires canтАЩt be true devotees even if they spend all their time in prayers and rituals. Glad consent to GodтАЩs will is the real spirit of devotion; it is the prime condition to be fulfilled for being a devotee in its true sense. God has inalterably assured His devotee, the Gita- тАЬyogaksemam vahamyahamтАЭ I will provide for all your needs.
ЁЯФ╢ True, God does take care of his devotee but He has not promised to satisfy his cravings. тАЬYogaтАЭ and тАЬksemaтАЭ mean taking care of your physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual well-being. There should not be any confusion that it (GodтАЩs arrivance) includes the fulfilment of your gross sensual hunger. DonтАЩt chase the mirage of passions and desires; it devalues the dignity of devotion and the pre-eminence of GodтАЩs grace. The relation between the deity and the devotee is graceful and dignified only when the devotee doesnтАЩt beg for anything but rather offers to entirely give himself to the divine.
ЁЯФ╖ God has already given you so much! He has created you. He is always taking care of your yoga-ksema, without your praying for it. God is not a particularly embodied being. It is we who have conceived Him in various forms. If it is a must to give a definition, God could only be vaguely described as тАЬan infinite ensemble of supreme moral principles, saintly ideals and nobilityтАЭ. Faith in divine values and ideals and a self disciplined endeavor to live for high principles is true devotion and enlightened worship.
тЬНЁЯП╗ Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
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