Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam October 15, 2015

What is the true meaning of penance(tapas) and sacrificial offering (yajna)?

Bhagawan directs us lovingly today.
Krishna says in the Gita, In all yajnas, I am the Doer, the
Donor, the Consumer and the Acceptor. That is the reason the
chief priest in a yajna, is named Brahma. He must guide the rest
of the ritualists with his wife by his side, or else, his credentials
are inadequate. The wife represents faith (shraddha). Without
faith, praise is hollow, adoration is artificial and sacrifice is a
barren exercise. Really speaking, the heart is the ceremonial
altar, the body is the fire-place, the hair is the holy
grass (darbha), wishes are the fuel-sticks to feed the fire, desire
is the ghee poured into the fire to make it burst into flame, anger
is the sacrificial animal, and the fire is the tapas (penance) we
accomplish. People sometimes interpret tapas as ascetic
practices like standing on the head. This is not correct; tapas is
not physical contortion. It is the complete and correct
coordination of thought, word and deed. When this is achieved,
the Divine splendour will manifest.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 02, 1981.

To the person who has completely surrendered, every experience (good or bad)
is a gift from God. Baba
15 AkqUbr,2015
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