"You must realise that bhajans, namasmarana and puja (ritualistic worship) are not for pleasing or propitiating God, but for your own spiritual progress. Frequently people flatter the rich and the powerful -especially when they are in their employment or are beholden to them for some precious help - in order to induce them to shower gifts on them. But God does not shower Grace on people because they sing His praises. Nor does He come down upon them because they do not deify Him. Recitation of the Divine attributes only enables us to dwell on elevating ideals and approximate ourselves more and more to the Divinity that is our nature."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(SSS Vol. 14)
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