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found not in the acquisition, but rather in the renunciation
of our attachment. I always say, “expectation is the mother
of frustration and acceptance is the mother of peace.”
It is not having or not having that is the issue. The issue is
wanting, yearning and expecting. These external things
never bring any lasting happiness.
The key to life is sacrifice. One of the most common Hindu
rituals is a yagna fire. Perhaps you have seen this. People
sit around the fire and place offerings into the fire. With
each offering, every time we make an oblation to the
yagna, we say, “idam namamah.” It means, “Not for me,
but for You. Not for me, but for You.”
The purpose of this is to remind ourselves that although
we may be performing the ritual for some benefit of our
own, perhaps a wedding or the opening of a new business,
or just for inner peace, that even though it appears that
we are asking for ourselves, we must remember that
everything is for God. We must offer every thought, every
action, every breath, at His holy feet.
There was once a little boy who went to temple with his
father. He heard all the people chanting so many prayers
in Sanskrit. For hours they chanted so many different
prayers and mantras and slokas. Then, at the end, the
priest said it was time for silent prayer. The little boy was
nervous. He didn’t know any of the prayers. But, he loved
God and he wanted to pray to God. So he closed his eyes
and he silently said, “God, I don’t know any of the Sanskrit
prayers. I’m only a little boy. The only thing I know is the
alphabet I learned in school. But, I know that all the prayers
come from this alphabet. So, I will sing you the alphabet
and then whatever prayers you like best you can make
from this alphabet.” And he started to sing, “A, B, C, D, E,
F, G…”
Let me tell you, God is happier with that little boy, with his
devotion and purity and piety than He is with all the people
who just chant the prayers like robots.
The point is: love God. It doesn’t matter what name or
form you use. It doesn’t matter what language you pray
in. Just pray. And then you will see the magic.
So, we must give more and want less. Then we will know
The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The
true joy and peace.
But, how to become selfless? How to learn to give more?
fruit of love is devotion. The fruit of devotion is service.
The fruit of service is peace.
Prayer. Peace comes through prayer. It doesn’t matter
Through this – prayer, faith, love, devotion and service –
what name you use for God or what language you pray
we will all, inevitably, attain that sought-after state of inner
in. You can pray to Allah in Arabic, or you can pray to
peace. Then, when we are at peace inside, that harmony
Jesus in English, or you can pray to Adonai in Hebrew, or
will radiate out to all those around us, bringing peace to
you can pray to Buddha in Japanese, or you can pray to
our relations, peace to our communities, peace to our
Krishna in Sanskrit. It doesn’t matter.
nations and, finally, peace to the world.
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