4/6/2024 0 Comments Shri ramaThis is the initial most stage of Bhakti, when we, whether we want to do it or not, perform Puja towards Shri Rama, taking the scriptural word to be command. It generates pleasure on the part of Rama but this pleasure is partial only and not complete. However, there is definitely merit in offering to Rama what is already His own. Indeed, everything in this world belongs to Shri Rama. The fragrance in the flower too has been established by Him. The flower has been truly created by Him only. However, the thinking devotee cannot but pause to wonder over the following dilemma: "What great merit can hope to be accrued by offering to God what has been created by God Himself, and which truly belongs to Him only?" Indeed, can a flower said to be the creation of human hands? Man can fashion a paper flower, but can he infuse it with fragrance? The ground over which a flower grows, the water which sustains it, all have been created by God. This worship inevitably consists of offering flowers etc. We know the scriptures recommend the worship of Shri Rama as a sure means of cleansing our inner selves.
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