We may love and revere many people in our life. But who is the one person who truly deserves a permanent place in our hearts? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.

Affection for mother and reverence for father are necessary. But parents and preceptor are transient. Even friends are impermanent. God alone is permanent and unfailing, and God alone should have the permanent place in the heart. The human body acquires its sacredness from the fact that it is the abode of the Divine. The Gita refers to the body as kshetra (sacred field) and the Divine Indweller as the Kshetrajna. Because of the sacredness of the body, it should be used properly as an instrument of the Divine. Man should develop faith in God. Without faith, life will be meaningless. Man can have no happiness or satisfaction in life without God’s grace. Men today are too immersed in affairs of the world and have no peace of mind. They can have peace only from the supreme embodiment of peace, God. He is the abode of infinite love and enduring peace. God’s love should be secured by chanting the Lord’s name. You should be grateful to your mother for endowing you with a body which enables you to chant the Lord’s name.