"Where is God? When the students sit for their meals, before taking food, they recite a mantra. But they make no effort to understand its meaning.
"Brahmaarpanam Brahmahavih
Brahmaagnau Brahmanaahutham
Brahmaiva thena ganthavyam
Brahma Karma Samaadhinaa. "
This prayer is chanted and the food is offered to Brahma. Where is Brahmam? The answer is given in the sloka:
"Aham Vaisawaanaro Bhutvaa
Praaninaam deham Aasritah
Praanaapaana Samaayuktah
Pachaamyannam Chaturvidham."
"You simpleton! I am residing within you in the form of Vaiswaanara. If I am not within you as the digestive fire, you will die from indigestion. The four kinds of food you eat are being digested by Me."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Discourse at the Institute Auditorium at Brindavan on 21.5-1991)
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