The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
It does not matter in what way one offers one's respect and reverence to the deity one worships; it matters only how sincere one is in one's offering.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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This is true because respect and reverence are determined by the degree of sincerity and selflessness and not by an outer act. We see this in the story of the widow's mite. Christ said that she had given the most to God, and it was because she had given herself and not because of any mathematical proportion of tithe. So we find many manners of prayer and ceremonials of worship and all names and forms, but these are mostly for human convenience. For God's sake we need sincerity, that is to say, the prayer of the heart which is the real and full prayer.