Sairam Dear All,
Hope all is well with Swami’s grace!
This Saturday, September 21st 2019 we will have our regular naryana seva feeding service opportunities lined up. Bowery Food Service / Riverside Food Service will be the opportunities to serve the needy with a hot meal. Please join the activities in any capacity you can. See below flyer for more details.
This Sunday, September 22nd 2019 we will have our regular SSE classes scheduled at 12:30 PM and then we will meet at 2 PM for our regular Bhajans and followed by “Study Circle” with the topic as below from 3:00 PM. Please join this session. Please see below the details as sent by Br. Dyanesh Prabhu.
Why is Purity Important?
What is the cause for misery, conflict and suffering in the world today? It is the absence of purity in the hearts of men and women. The behaviour of men and women is responsible for the rise or fall of a nation. The country would not lack in anything, if there were men and women with pure hearts. But today hearts are completely pol-luted. Here is a piece of pure white paper. But what is written on one side makes it appear dirty. So too is the case with a man’s heart; dirty feelings pollute it. Newspaper of today becomes a wastepaper tomorrow. The paper by itself does not have any smell. The same paper when used to pack jasmine flowers smells of them; it will smell of ‘pakodas’ or even of dry fish if it is used to pack them. When the heart is purified, it shines with compassion. Bad feelings and bad thoughts pollute the heart of man.
What is the cause for misery, conflict and suffering in the world today? It is the absence of purity in the hearts of men and women. The behaviour of men and women is responsible for the rise or fall of a nation. The country would not lack in anything, if there were men and women with pure hearts. But today hearts are completely pol-luted. Here is a piece of pure white paper. But what is written on one side makes it appear dirty. So too is the case with a man’s heart; dirty feelings pollute it. Newspaper of today becomes a wastepaper tomorrow. The paper by itself does not have any smell. The same paper when used to pack jasmine flowers smells of them; it will smell of ‘pakodas’ or even of dry fish if it is used to pack them. When the heart is purified, it shines with compassion. Bad feelings and bad thoughts pollute the heart of man.
Note: this is an excerpt from Divine discourse attached here. Please Click Here to download.
Please see the updated monthly Calendar for the month of September 2019.
Sairam
Sai Kishore
———–Jai Sairam———-