Thought for the Day

There is no compulsion that you should have an external altar (for the Yajna) as here. Only, you should be vigilant about the purity of the words you utter or listen to and the deeds you engage in. Really speaking, your heart is the ceremonial altar; your body, the fireplace; your hair, the holy grass (darbha); your wishes, the fuel-sticks that feed the fire; desire, the ghee that is 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 one leg or on the head. No, tapas is not physical contortion. It is the complete and correct coordination of thought, word and deed. When this is achieved, the splendour of fire will manifest.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba