Harijan Ashram, Sabarmati
3/3/38
Hari Om
Prayer is the best tool to keep the mind clean and pure. Just as water removes dirt from the body and clothes, heartfelt prayer to God removes the impurities of the mind. Intelligence and prana is purified. One whose intelligence, mind and prana is pure and clean, always does good deeds. Because of this praying is the best and necessary habit. Just as you should shower everyday to cleanse the body, prayer should be done daily to keep mind clean and pure. It should be done wholeheartedly, with happiness and self-motivation. Never have the feeling that it is imposed on you. It needs to be done with living awareness ( bhava ). Life becomes luminous for whoever prays with humility, love, awareness and faith. Prayer is not just a powerless expression of emotions, but it is the best tool to guide the emotions into appropriate channel. One experiences the least amount of obstacles in all works with constant practice of prayer. This happens as one is inspired to have only good thoughts.
Service to the needy, act according to one's noble thoughts, perform good deeds, live life for the benefit of others and live life with harmony and love, are all a form of prayer. At the same time the prayer that has the deepest effect on us is meditating on God. One who gets into the habit of praying regularly at a definite place, always gets the strength to perform good and noble deeds. The practice of praying cleanses our mind and its related activities. The force and strength produced by prayer can not be compared with anything else. Great works are accomplished and experienced by prayer. The role of prayer is of prime importance in the development of life.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pravesh ( જીવન પ્રવેશ )
Edition 2; pages 271-272.
3/3/38
Hari Om
Prayer is the best tool to keep the mind clean and pure. Just as water removes dirt from the body and clothes, heartfelt prayer to God removes the impurities of the mind. Intelligence and prana is purified. One whose intelligence, mind and prana is pure and clean, always does good deeds. Because of this praying is the best and necessary habit. Just as you should shower everyday to cleanse the body, prayer should be done daily to keep mind clean and pure. It should be done wholeheartedly, with happiness and self-motivation. Never have the feeling that it is imposed on you. It needs to be done with living awareness ( bhava ). Life becomes luminous for whoever prays with humility, love, awareness and faith. Prayer is not just a powerless expression of emotions, but it is the best tool to guide the emotions into appropriate channel. One experiences the least amount of obstacles in all works with constant practice of prayer. This happens as one is inspired to have only good thoughts.
Kinds of prayers
Service to the needy, act according to one's noble thoughts, perform good deeds, live life for the benefit of others and live life with harmony and love, are all a form of prayer. At the same time the prayer that has the deepest effect on us is meditating on God. One who gets into the habit of praying regularly at a definite place, always gets the strength to perform good and noble deeds. The practice of praying cleanses our mind and its related activities. The force and strength produced by prayer can not be compared with anything else. Great works are accomplished and experienced by prayer. The role of prayer is of prime importance in the development of life.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pravesh ( જીવન પ્રવેશ )
Edition 2; pages 271-272.
