July, Thursday 4th., 2019
Today's Thought for the Day
04 Jul 2019
Why should we invest time in transforming our heart? Bhagawan lovingly underscores the importance of a pure heart today.
Today's Thought for the Day
04 Jul 2019
Why should we invest time in transforming our heart? Bhagawan lovingly underscores the importance of a pure heart today.
One
may study all the scriptures and text-books of spiritual practice, and
may even lecture on them for hours; but they will slip into error when
temptation confronts them. Beware! Like land that is parched, the heart
may appear to be free from any crop of evil; but when the first showers
fall, the seeds and roots underneath the soil change the waste into a
carpet of green. It is an uphill but worthwhile task to reform one's
tendencies and character. You may have the best of vegetables, you may
be the most capable cook, but if the copper vessel in which you prepare
the vegetable soup is not tinned, the delicacy you cook will be highly
poisonous! So ‘tin’ your heart with truth, right conduct, peace and
divine love (satya, dharma, shanti and prema), thus
transforming it into a vessel fit for repeating the holy name,
meditation, religious vows, pilgrimage, ritualistic worship and the
other dishes that you prepare in it.
- Divine Discourse, Jan 13, 1965