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The True Path of Worship
Only Faith Will Be Fruitful Dev (the deity; God) is according to your belief. How would it benefit you to do darshan (see or visit with devotion) of an idol (murti), if you did not have any belief in it? If your belief' was constant, then you would remember God day and night. Therefore, place your faith (shraddha) in the idol. The idol is not God; your faith itself is God. Nevertheless, when you do the Lord's darshan, you should do it with bhaav (devotional feelings). If you make the effort to do darshan, but your heart is not in it, then your efforts will be in vain. If you wish to do the true darshan of the Lord, in a temple or a derasar, then I will teach you the right way to do that. Tell me, does anyone wish to do that?
Questioner: Yes, we do. Teach us, Dada. From tomorrow, we will start doing it that way!
Dadashri: When you go to the derasar say, “Dear Vitarag Lord, You reside within me! However, as yet, I have not experienced that. This is why I am doing your darshan here. This is the way the Gnani Purush, Dada Bhagwan, has taught me to do your darshan and that is why I am doing Your darshan in this way. So bless me so that I may realize my own Self.” And do darshan in this way wherever you go. These are just the different names that are given. Relatively', they are different, but ‘really' they are one.
Although the shop is far away, you are sitting here thinking
