Posted on: 11 Apr 2023
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Padanamaskaram Swami ji! Could You clarify the meaning of Practical Participation for proving one's love/liking for his Ishta? Below Your Feet!]
Swami replied:- Practical means anything practically proved. Without practical proof, theory does not appear to be valid in the eyes of the public. Whenever God does something, He likes the public also to understand the concept in the most clear way proved by practical proof. Of course, the most important point is that the practical incapability is fully exempted in this concept. Practical proof is needed only in the case of having practical capability. Practical proof cannot be beyond practical capability. Sudaama sacrificed only three handful quantities of parched rice to get an unimaginable amount of wealth. Does this mean that anybody irrespective of his practical capability can use this generalized formula? Practice means sacrifice to God in a practical way as per practical capability. A widow-beggar donating one coin is praised as the best donor because it is 100% sacrifice. Rich people donating hundreds of coins are not even mentioned as donors. Hence, in this practical sacrifice, always the gold medalists were extremely poor people alone. The Veda gave climax importance to this practical sacrifice (Dhanena tyāgena…). The Gita also gave the climax significance to this (Tyāgāt śāntiranantaram). The scriptural stress at the climax level is the basis for stressing this point.