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One day a priest gripped the stem of a flower, wanting to have it for his altar. While carrying that flower, he stumbled, and the flower said, O priest, are you injured? Hearing the whispering voice of the flower, the priest wept. He felt as though he had twisted the neck of his own infant and was going to offer it to the dumb, lifeless image that was installed on the altar. Whenever one approaches the altar, that image never speaks or moves. What good is this worship for which the tender infant of nature is snatched from its mother and offered to the inert, dumb god? Afflicted by the crying voice of the flower, the priest abandoned worship and from that day lived in solitude, contemplating the formless and,limitless Infinity. Human being have strange and inauspicious methods of worship that have no purity, sincerity, or validity. ~ Swami Rama from Love Whispers
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 07:03:24 +0000

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