Guest guest Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Flowers To Offer God Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. In the Gita, the Lord says that He is happy to receive even a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, as an offering from the devotee. Yes that is true, but that does not mean we must take the Lord’s observation in a literal sense. What the Lord is saying is that in terms of worldly objects, we do not have to offer expensive items to the Lord; rather, what He wants from us is a feeling of Pure Love for Him, along with the physical entity that is being offered. Swami has shed more light on this business of offerings made to the Lord. He says, when man offers flowers to God he is merely offering to God what God has created. May be the man grew the flowers or bought them in a shop; even so, from God the flowers came and to God they are offered back. Why not, asks Swami, man offer to God some other types of flowers? Like what? Bhagavan Baba has the answer ready. He says the flowers that God would really like to be offered are: * Ahimsa, the flower of Non-violence, * Indriya Nigraha, the flower of Sense Control,* Kshama, the flower of Patience and Forbearance,* Sarva Bhoota Daya, the flower of Compassion to all beings,* Shanti, the flower of Peace,* Tapas, the flower of Penance,* Dhyana, the flower of Contemplation of the Lord,* Sathya, the flower of Truth. This is the list of eight special flowers as given by Swami. To this, we might add Krithangyatha or the flower of gratitude to God as the ninth flower. It would be very humbling to take just a minute off every day to recall how many things we have to be grateful to God for. If we did that exercise every single day, we would march ahead so swiftly on the Spiritual Path. Wishing you all the best and see you again next week. Jai Sai Ram. (Sharing With Sai Love) Ram. Chugani Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Sai ram S BaberRamchand Chugani <rgcjp > wrote: Flowers To Offer God Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. In the Gita, the Lord says that He is happy to receive even a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, as an offering from the devotee. Yes that is true, but that does not mean we must take the Lord’s observation in a literal sense. What the Lord is saying is that in terms of worldly objects, we do not have to offer expensive items to the Lord; rather, what He wants from us is a feeling of Pure Love for Him, along with the physical entity that is being offered. Swami has shed more light on this business of offerings made to the Lord. He says, when man offers flowers to God he is merely offering to God what God has created. May be the man grew the flowers or bought them in a shop; even so, from God the flowers came and to God they are offered back. Why not, asks Swami, man offer to God some other types of flowers? Like what? Bhagavan Baba has the answer ready. He says the flowers that God would really like to be offered are: * Ahimsa, the flower of Non-violence, * Indriya Nigraha, the flower of Sense Control,* Kshama, the flower of Patience and Forbearance,* Sarva Bhoota Daya, the flower of Compassion to all beings,* Shanti, the flower of Peace,* Tapas, the flower of Penance,* Dhyana, the flower of Contemplation of the Lord,* Sathya, the flower of Truth. This is the list of eight special flowers as given by Swami. To this, we might add Krithangyatha or the flower of gratitude to God as the ninth flower. It would be very humbling to take just a minute off every day to recall how many things we have to be grateful to God for. If we did that exercise every single day, we would march ahead so swiftly on the Spiritual Path. Wishing you all the best and see you again next week. Jai Sai Ram. (Sharing With Sai Love) Ram. Chugani Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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