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 andprema), 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.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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