If you pray with the intention of doing good to someone, your prayer may bring about good both to him and to yourself.
All prayers with a motive fall short of the ideal prayer which is without motive.
For most persons, outer ceremonies and rituals are necessary to approach to God. However, they are neither essential nor necessary. They have no lasting value.
Some prayers contain an element of asking from God, either material or spiritual.
In fact, God is so merciful that even without their asking he always gives more than we can receive. He knows our real needs more deeply than we do. Therefore, the element of asking from God is superfluous.
The ideal prayer to God is: You praise Him, not in the spirit of bargain.
All prayers with a motive fall short of the ideal prayer which is without motive.
For most persons, outer ceremonies and rituals are necessary to approach to God. However, they are neither essential nor necessary. They have no lasting value.
Some prayers contain an element of asking from God, either material or spiritual.
In fact, God is so merciful that even without their asking he always gives more than we can receive. He knows our real needs more deeply than we do. Therefore, the element of asking from God is superfluous.
The ideal prayer to God is: You praise Him, not in the spirit of bargain.
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