After blessing Salis Rai and Adhrika, the Guru left Banares and reached Raj Giri. Here, a fair was going on and people of different creeds had come in mistaken beliefs. People were in the forgetfulness of the Lord.
Here, he blessed people, put them on the true path of 'recitation of the Lord's name with love' and 'good deeds'. Then, he came to Gaya.
People were astonished to see his handsome, bright and shining face and wondered who he is. Some pandits also came to him. These pandits were host to the pilgrims. The pilgrims gave charity according to the wishes of the pandits. The pandits asked the Guru to give charity in the name of his ancestors.
Then, the Guru said: I have already given charity for my ancestors, my holy saints and for myself. But the charity is such that the ego of their mind has gone and they have been blessed. Heaven and hell are there, when there is ego in the mind. But those who have recited the Lord's name that is like a flame have been blessed.
In those days and even now, the practice at the Hindu Temple at Gaya, is to light a small earthen lamp with wick and oil in it and float it in the river.
Charity is also given, of balls of cooked rice, in plates made from leaves, as a ritual offered to ancestors.
The Guru said: My lamp is the Lord's name. I have put the oil of despair in it. When the lamp is lit, it gives me light on the path towards the Lord, and my despair keeps reducing, like, the oil keeps reducing when the wick is burning. The real thing is reciting the Lord's name and to remember that He is everywhere. He is inside us. He is close to us. He loves us. If we
love Him, our bad deeds will be washed away, and the sufferings that have to come on account of our bad deeds will not come. Do not remain in the mistaken belief that evil deeds cannot be forgiven. As a small spark ignites a mound of wood, similarly, the Lord's name washes away all our sins.
The ball of cooked rice and the plate of leaves is my Lord and my practice is to recite the Lord's name. This is my support here and everywhere, in this world and the next world.
O Lord, reciting your name with love is my sacred bath in river Ganga and Kanshi and I love you day and night.
He said: I have got the charity of the Lord's graciousness from the Lord that is always there. So, I always remain in His love. You may give charity but also recite the Lord's name. Instead of going to Ganga and Kanshi, you Love the Lord.
By reciting His name, you will love Him.
In this way, you will get the grace of the Lord. You will get eternal happiness.
Then, the pandits fell at the Guru's feet.
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