Good seed brings forth sweet and excellent fruit.

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Good seed brings forth sweet and excellent fruit; let our mouth be filled with words of divine sweetness; let our body be employed on useful purposes. Whoso is pure in every way and has a spirit like the water of the Ganges, Tuka says, the sight of him drives away trouble and brings peace.

Source Tukaram, Poem 692 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Tukaram, the poet-saint of Maharashtra, good seed brings forth sweet fruit: words full of sweetness and a body employed in doing good make a person pure like the water of the Ganges, the sacred river of India, and their very presence brings peace. Today, watch your words: replace at least one curt remark with a gentle word, and do something useful for someone.

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