Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Jan 23rd, 2006

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By Dhyana (meditation), you develop Jnana (spiritual wisdom) and by

Japam (recitation of God's Name) you develop Bhakthi (devotion) and by

both, you cleanse your heart of the canker of ego. You can link

yourselves with God, by a chain of love, through the recitation of the

name, in silence and with full awareness of the meaning and its

nuances. Each time you utter the Divine Name; the more the links the

longer the chain, the firmer the bond. But, each link has to be well

forged out of well tempered steel. One false link, that is to say, the

Name once uttered in sloth or slight, indifference or anger, resentment

or rancour, will constitute a weak link and the bond will not bind.

-SAI BABA