The third virtue is being grateful. You should be grateful to God for what you have. If you live with gratitude then life seems contented and complete. Till the time you don’t feel that completeness, no matter how rich you are you will always feel an emptiness in your life. Ma Sita once was feeding Lord bajrangbali . He kept eating and eating and he was not full. At last he was given tulsi and he was finally full and contented after having the tulsi. A small satvik tulsi made him contented.
When we are grateful, we develop a relationship with God. You feel that God has given us more than we deserve. You feel that if I deserve more, I will get it. I should keep doing my work with persistence.
Listen to this discourse by Om Swami on being grateful.
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