When a man prays to God, 'Give me this,... - Deepstash

When a man prays to God, 'Give me this, and give me that,' it is not love. How can it be? I offer you a prayer, and you give me something in return; that is what it is, mere shop-keeping.

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I would like to help people through the words in this book, as they helped me when I was young. This is the second chapter called 'Prayer' of the book 'Way to Success by Swami Vivekananda' published in abridged form by Ramkrishna Mission ashram, rajkot.

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