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Shall we approach God like a beggar or as a guest without any desire?

[Shri Hrushikesh asked: Swami, You said that the devotee shall be like a guest without any desire in return and should not be a beggar, who is in need of the fruit in return from us. But, now You say that we can beg for the basic amenities and the beggar is also begging for the same basic amenities.]

Swami Replied: The beggar is begging for the basic amenities to lead atleast the basic worldly life and is not begging for the basic amenities to lead the spiritual life without any disturbance. No beggar is begging by saying that he is begging for the basic amenities so that he will not be disturbed in his efforts in spiritual life. The devotee mentioned in My answer to your previous question is a devotee begging God for the basic amenities so that he is not disturbed in his efforts put for spiritual life. There is a difference between such a good devotee and an ordinary beggar. The good devotee is further qualified by the lack of ego in begging to God.

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