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Anil Kumar Questions and
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Question 45
How can
you pray with absolute faith when you have to sacrifice? Abraham
had to sacrifice his son. Abraham had to kill his son, as per the
command of God. Abraham was called by God and commanded to
sacrifice his son. When I have such a costly sacrifice, how can I
pray to God? (12.01.2003)
Abraham was prepared to kill his son
in response to the command of God. That is symbolic. It means you
should be prepared to sacrifice your kith and kin. You should be
prepared to sacrifice your near and dear, in preference for God.
That’s what I mean. It doesn’t mean that everyone should bring his
son here and kill him, no. Not that! (Laughter) It is
symbolic; there is an inner significance behind it. You
should be prepared to ‘kill’ your relationships, to ‘kill’ your
attachment, to ‘kill’ your bondage. We should understand it in
that sense.
As the time is up, since you have to
go to the canteen and go for darshan line, I will take
leave of you. I have already taken extra time because those people
who have sent questions should not be disappointed. After all, it
is not just for fun that we are collecting questions. We need to
answer them.
© Anil Kumar Kamaraju 2004 - Here
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