I called on all those suffering in the endless round of birth and death to worship the feet of the Guru (spiritual preceptor)! The Guru that was announcing Himself, had come again for taking upon Himself the burden of those who find refuge in Him! That was My very first message to humanity. “Manasa bhajare.” “Worship in the mind!” I do not need your flowers, garlands, fruits – things that you get for an ana or two; they are not genuinely yours! Give Me something that is yours, something which is clean and fragrant with the perfume of virtue and innocence, and washed in the tears of repentance! You bring garlands and fruits as items in the show, as an exhibition of your devotion; poorer devotees, who cannot afford to bring them, are humiliated and they feel sorry that they are helpless; they cannot demonstrate their devotion in the grand way, in which you are doing it. Install the Lord in your heart and offer Him the fruits of your actions and the flowers of your inner thoughts and feelings. That is the worship I like most, the devotion I appreciate most! – Divine Discourse, Vijayadashami, 1953