So, probably in this part of the world, if I add to the word prayer, immediately people

will think sitting down and saying something to somebody up there.

Some of you may know simple English prayer, some of you may know complicated Latin, Arabic,

Sanskrit, whatever kind of prayers, but essentially prayer unfortunately has been understood

as a way, like it's kind of a long distance call.

Prayer is not an act, it's a certain quality that you bring into your life.

And somewhere in 1860s, certain missionaries came to central part of India, which is now

called as Mati Pradesh.

And they were scouting the tribal districts because that is where the potential conversions

are there.

When they heard there is a particular yogi around whom thousands of people are gathering.

So they thought he's been to some kind of a church and people are gathering, let's go

and see competition, you know.

So they went there.

When they went there, they couldn't believe this, there was no church, they were not even

home, the yogi was just sitting under a tree, all he had was a loincloth, bare-bodied,

he was just sitting there.

Somebody who looks like he's not but anything, then they got little encouraged, okay, this

is not much of a competition, but then they found hundreds and thousands of people gathering

around him, then they were amazed, oh, what's happening here, he must be having some kind

of power.

So they, when they got a appointment with him, they asked, what kind of prayers do you teach?

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