"No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do." - Avatar Meher Baba
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Avatar Meher Baba is washing a leper at Pandharpur, India, in 1954. Assisting Him are (left) Gadge Maharaj (1876-1956), a well known saint living in the area, and Meher Baba’s close disciple Aspandiar ‘Pendu’ Rustom Irani (1903-1986).
“God, who is in everything and everyone, is deaf to formal rituals, ceremonies and prayers in mosques, churches and temples; but HE HEARS THE VOICE OF THE HEART.
When you help others, God knows instantly and is pleased. No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.”
Sources
Quote: Perin Jasumani, ed., Gift of Love, pg. 59. ©Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public, Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, India.
Photo: Meher Nazar Publications, Ahilyanagar, India. Photographed by Panday. Used with permission.