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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
All prayers throughout the history we know are petitions, at certain times gratefulness or thanks, and most of the times it is flattery. We go on flattering God, so that we may get what we want and wish. “You have given such and such person some thing, that Gajendra was there, poor fellow who was crying, you helped him, after all I am a human being, I am much better than elephant, why not help me”. This is the type of prayer. In all these things our prayers are for fulfillment of our wishes. We have enormous wishes, we want them to be satisfied. The prayers usually relate to the three bodies that we have referred to. My health is not alright, make me alright, the solution is to go to Raghavendra temple or go to Tirumala or Shirdi or Puttaparthi. O.K. That is what we do. I am not getting a promotion, I go to this Baba or that Baba. That is what we do. All our prayers are of these levels. The prayers that we are talking about in this system is “We are yet but slaves of wishes putting bar to our advancement” and we are asking for liberation from them, not for gratification of them. That is another significant factor here in this system. We should understand the Divine influx enables us to offer this prayer. Otherwise we are condemned to pray only as others, seeking relief. We are not asking for relief or gratification. We are asking
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