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3452%. ] SPIRITUAL LIGHT. of power. It means a prayer for getting back something more valuable in return than presents and offerings they have submitted in honour of some deity. True divine worship only means the true and high ideal of Perfection to be kept before the mind by rapidly following the true and great Masters on the right path. It does not mean the practical path which raises human beings from ordinary rank to high position in life. It does not signify the path followed by great and eminent persons trying for the attainment of worldly grandeur and exalted sphere in life. It really means the path of True Masters who have destroyed the whole Karmic dirt and darkness of ignorance and freed from the Cycle of Rebirths. To reach this ideal one should practise worship, asceticism and sacrifice without selfish motives and sordid pursuits. The ideal involved in the worship is also surrendering one's interests, property, wealth and other things for the good of the Universe.
ધૂર્ત માણસેના ધાર્મિક આડંબર તરફ ધિક્કાર–
એક બાજી ઠગબાજી કરવામાં તત્પરતા, અને બીજી તરફ પ્રભુની આગળ મોટા અવાજે સ્તુતિ કરવી, આ કેવી વાત ? આવા પ્રકારના ઠગબાજ માણસે કપાળમાં સુંદર તિલક કરતાં બિલકુલ શરમાતા 191. "_44 मायागर्भितमनुष्ठानं विकृतयेप्रवञ्चकत्वे सति सनिपातेऽनुष्ठानदुग्धं विकृति प्रयाति । उत्खन्य मायां विशदीकृतायां मनोभुवां बीजकमङ्कुराय ॥५६॥
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