God is pleased by knowledge-Foolishness of Priests!

[dattaswami]

God is pleased by knowledge-Foolishness of Priests!

Today the priests recite Vedas – in doing various ritual ceremonies,
None knows the meaning including priest, – this is biggest tragedy!
Gita says that ritual should be – platform for knowledge, Jnana Yajna.
Gita praises knowledge saying that – God is pleased by knowledge.
Vedas are in Sanskrit, – none learns Sanskrit including priest.
Veda itself means knowledge, - knowledge leads to devotion.
Devotion ends in practice – practice alone yields divine fruits.
Sage Yaska says that a ritual performed – by mere recitation
Becomes useless like cooking without fire, – Yaska is Vedic sage.

In ancient days this problem was not there – because for sages
Sanskrit was mother tongue, - if you see other religions, there
The scripture is in mother tongue, – knowledge is attained.
In ritual, several gather, – it is a good opportunity for priest
To propagate divine knowledge – to generate devotion in them.
If devotion is generated – God is pleased with such Jnana Yajna.
This is one serious defect – that eclipsed Hinduism in India.
The second eclipse is human rebirth, - Hindus believe in human rebirth.

Therefore, negligence in spiritual line, - in other religions no rebirth.
People fear if there is only one chance – to write the examination.
Lot of care and attention in other religions, – Hindus are not caring.
In fact, there is no human rebirth, – Shankara says, it is very rare.
Very rare means almost impossible – except in some exceptional cases.

God is omnipotent to sanction – human rebirth for few deserving.
Such exceptional power of God – is not mentioned in other religions.
That did lot of good to them – since they become very careful.
Hindus generalized the special – exemption to all human beings.
This is a misinterpretation and – it harmed a lot giving negligence.
Another misinterpretation is that – sin can be nullified by good deeds.
It is totally wrong, only priests say this – to earn some money by rituals.