In plain words
That alone is true. It must spring from the heart.
Embodiments of Prema! Hands that help are greater than lips that repeat the Name. What is true… tapas? Hands in society head in the forest That is real tapas: we must do service to …. In this spirit of service itself true humanness is contained. Even if we … do it in a big way, we must try to do at least a little. God … quantity at any time …; He asks for quality. One spoon of cow milk is useful why barallels of donkey's … milk. You do japa, but where have you set your mind while you do it? The mind keeps roaming all the streets …. You keep turning the japamālā. All our sādhanas go on in just that way. Competition in japa…, competition in dhyāna, competition in bhajan: it is all competition. No, no. Within the heart… a holy purity must arise. Wherever any man goes, it is information, but no transfor…mation. What is the result that comes to us from this information? First of all change your heart… …. Only when there is purity of citta does purity of Jñāna come to man. However much learning one studies…, without purity of citta it is of no use. Merely by studying lofty learning, with the head swollen … the heart does not become pure at all.
Why ten acres of land that yields no crop? A little good land is enough.
All the sādhanas that … do are proving useless. Today we must recognise the way to change the mind. … must turn the heart into one filled with God. This is what the Veda called 'Sarvakarma Bhagavatprītyartham'. However many … one does, however many kinds of learning one learns, however much wealth one has, first of all there must be sacrifice. Only when we go into a shop and give ten rupees does the man give us a handkerchief. If we do not give the money, he will not give us the handkerchief, will he! In … way, only if you give the money called sacrifice will God hand Prema to you. God gives only to the one who has given. He loves only the one who has loved. Kucela offered a palmful of beaten rice to Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa gave … riches to Kucela. God too keeps on loving only the one who has loved. Draupadī wore silk garments. But when Kṛṣṇa's finger was broken, she tore the silk garment and bound it. Only when she made … in that way did God give her garments without end. Unless we love God, how is God to love? Unless we sacrifice something to God, why should He give us …? Though our money is kept in the bank, if we want to draw that money we must … a cheque and hand it over.