In English
We offer to God so many things, because the offering gives us pleasure. We offer flowers to God, not because God does not have flowers, but because it makes us happy to offer flowers to Him. Many students say, “If I pass with a first class, I will break five coconuts at Your feet.” Does this mean that God does not have coconuts at His disposal? All the objects we offer, like leaf, flower, water and all others, have an allegorical significance. The word leaf does not refer to or any other leaf. Our body is a leaf. Our body is offered as a sacred leaf to God. Because this body is full of the three , we consider it a leaf and make an offering of it to God. The word stands for the flower of the heart. The flowers we talk of, in the context of God, do not refer to the earthly flowers, which fade away. Similarly, the word fruit is the fruit of the mind. It means that we must do our deeds without expecting any reward; and if action is done in that spirit, it becomes a holy sacrifice. Water does not mean that which is drawn from the taps. It refers to the tears of joy that spring from the depths of your heart. You should not offer leaves gathered from trees which are external or flowers from plants in the garden or water drawn from the well or fruit got from somewhere else; but you must offer all these from the tree of your body, which is sacred, to God. Whatever offering you make, when you offer those things born out of the tree of your own body, then the full merit will be bestowed on you.