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THE WAY OF LIFE WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?
Jatashankar only wanted to receive and did not want to give.. What is your condition? Why do you go to God; is it to receive or to give ? Would you go God to give him anything? Would you go to worship him ? and would you take with you the best articles ? Would you go wearing beautiful dress ? or would you worship wearing the red and yellow and dirty dress kept in the temple ? If that is so, where can be any devotion in you?
You go to a holy place; a place of pilgrimage; at least, there would you not perform worship with auspicious substances of your own ? At least, you would obey the prescribed rules and principles. You know the rules and prescriptions relating to a pilgrimage. You do not know the rules. You have no knowledge of the rules and prescriptions regarding the spiritual activities. You have no love or devotion for the Paramatma. Yet you believe that you are performing spiritual activities. What a terrible ignorance !
You must fully concentrate on the point that you must perform your spiritual austerities in accordance with the rules. If you perform the spiritual activities according to prescriptions, in the right place, at the right time and in the right manner, with the right substances you will attain the Paramatma; and your soul will become perfect, enlightened and liberated.
This is enough for to-day.
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