In plain words
As long as one stays in the outlook ‘this is the body, this is the mind, these are the senses’, the principle of Brahman is not understood. Whatever you contemplate, that you must become. That is what was said: ‘Brahmavit Brahmaiva bhavati’. Whatever you contemplate, into that form you must change. That is true sādhana. Bhakti does not mean merely doing arcana, doing pūjās, keeping vratas. Try to recognise your own true principle. Turn the Prema that has arisen in you towards the Paramātma. This Prema did not arise for your own sake. Your body is an instrument. It began with the instrument; why should it go to the instrument? To whomever it is dedicated, to Him alone it must be offered. We must turn our pure, selfless Prema towards God. This is the measure of Bhakti. This is the very form of Bhakti. Today people are distorting such sacred Bhakti in many ways. We must recognise well the principle called ‘Dharma’. This Dharma is the atomic form. Because it is what bears this body, the body has the form of Dharma. But in this body there are three kinds of components. These are what they called the trikaraṇas. Mind, speech and hand. When we purify these three, we become sacred human beings.
Purity of citta comes only when there is spirituality
Every human being needs spirituality! Whether atheist, theist or theist-atheist, whether a man of pleasures, a yogi, a jogi or a bairāgi, Bhakti is essential to all! Not knowing its meaning, one thinks one is not a ‘devotee’, but this is mere delusion. Only when there is spirituality do we gain purity of citta. That purity of citta is the first karaṇa. It becomes pure. For this, spirituality is essential. The second is morality. Morality brings purity of speech. For purity of speech, morality is very necessary. And the third is the practice of Dharma. When you give in charity with the hand, the hand becomes pure.