March, Thursday 4th., 2021March, Thursday 4th., 2021
Today's Thought for the Day
04 Mar 2021
What is the one offering that will fetch us the full merit of our worship? Bhagavan lovingly guides us today.
We
offer to God so many things, because it gives us pleasure. We offer
flowers not because God doesn’t have flowers, but because it makes us
happy. The word ‘leaf’ does not refer to tulasi or any other leaf. Our body is the leaf that is offered to God. Because this body is full of three gunas, we consider it a leaf and offer it to God. The word pushpa
stands for the flower of the heart. The flowers we talk of in the
context of God, do not refer to the earthly flowers which fade away.
Similarly, the word ‘fruit’ is the fruit of the mind. It means that we
must do our deeds without expecting any reward; and if action is done in
that spirit, it becomes a holy sacrifice. Water does not mean that
which is drawn from the taps. It refers to the tears of joy that spring
from the depths of your heart. You should not offer leaves gathered from
trees or flowers from plants in the garden or water drawn from the well
or fruit got from somewhere else; but you must offer all these from the
tree of your body, which is sacred, to God.