In English
Develop detachment and spirit of sacrifice
The first need is to develop the spirit of sacrifice and get rid of attachment and possessiveness. Then, the yearning for God grows. All are entitled to receive God's grace according to their merits. It is like drawing upon a bank according to what you have deposited with it. There are three ways of getting money from a bank. One is drawing on your deposit. In spiritual terms, this means realising the fruits of your past actions. The second means is raising a loan on the security of your assets. This corresponds to the grace you get by your current good deeds. The third means to get money from a bank is to have a good surety to the loan you wish to raise from the bank. Spiritually, this corresponds to securing God's grace through the medium of a (preceptor). Who is the ? He is the Divine dispeller of the darkness within you. The Divine Trinity (, and ) have been described as . This implies that the Divine should be regarded as the supreme preceptor, who can destroy the darkness of ignorance.