A poor boy tried entering the temple and Panditji (Priest of the temple) scolded him. The boy was wearing rags and looked like he had nothing to offer. But I am sure he had prayers. Aren’t the temples built for same? We can go and pray and find the peace. The poor boy started pleading and asked Panditji to let him enter. Panditji, started shouting and said, you filthy boy, you are here to steal something and a few more things like that. The boy started crying and opened his fist. He had a one Re coin in his hand and said that he wanted to offer this to God. He shared that, his mother had asked to offer his first earning to God. Panditji, asked, how did you earn this, by begging? That was another hurt, he hurled out. The boy, kept crying and said that no, I sold flowers and this was the first thing I had earned today. Panditji, did not let him enter the temple and said that still, you cannot come inside. The boy left his coin outside and left crying. Anyone, who was watching was almost into tears. An old lady who had just come out of the temple, gave Prasad to the boy, held his hand and gave his coin back. She took him inside and made him offer the coin. Panditji could not say a word because that lady had been donating to the temple many times.
When I heard this story, I wonder, if Panditji was following the religion or that lady or anyone else or the boy, who had promised his mother and what may come, even after getting scolded by Panditji, he wanted to keep his promise. I am glad, that lady intervened and kept his faith or else, the boy might would have turned his face away from God forever, saying, you cannot even meet him.
God is all about love and kindness. He would look at love and how much anything is done with love. All the customs and rituals would come later. Anything, that reaches to him, quickest is love and kindness. It just connects directly to God. Or let’s say, God is love and when we feel tghat love, we become God or we feel love and we are one with him. That is the first religion.
Why was a religion designed. To guide us towards God, to guide us towards purity and whether we know something or not, we know love and with love we always find our path to him. Follow love and you will always find him.
