Thought for the Day - 15th September 2005

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Source: Radio Sai web site

 

The Bhagavad Gita does not intend that you should pluck a leaf or a flower or a

fruit from some plant or tree and place it before God. Nor does it ask you to

bring water from a well or a river or a roadside tap. The Leaf that you have to

offer is your own body, which like the leaf, sprouts green, fades, and finally

falls off from the branch. The Flower is the heart freed from the pests of

lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride, hate, etc. The Fruit is the mind, the

consequence of its yearnings, which have to be dedicated to God. The Water is

the stream of tears that flow from the eyes when one is in ecstatic bliss at

the contemplation of God's glory. Offering these four is the real act of

Sharanaagathi (total surrender).- Baba

Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam today15th September 2005

 

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