God doesn’t expect you to perform rituals nor does He want you to study scriptures. All that He desires from you are eight types of ‘flowers’. The flower of ahimsa (non-violence) is the first of eight flowers that one should offer to God. Non-violence means not causing harm to any living creature in thought, word and deed. We find doctors performing surgeries on patients to cure them of their ailments. In the process of surgery, doctors cut the body with a knife. You can’t call that an act of violence as it is beneficial to the patient. Some people may argue that even cutting vegetables is an act of violence because vegetables and trees have life in them. No doubt, vegetables and trees have life, but they do not have the mind. Consequently, they don’t suffer pain. One with the mind experiences pain and pleasure. Men, animals, birds and insects are endowed with the mind, not the trees and vegetables.
BAGAVAN SRI SRI SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
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