Swami Shivapadananda Puri on purity and God loving us

If you want to become pure, the whole day concentrate on japa (repetition of God's/your deity's name) and God thought. Because japa is so great. By repeating God’s name, you concentrate on it and all God’s qualities become your qualities. What you think you become. Purify yourself, not though bath, soap etc but by heating the mind through discrimination and austerity.

Worship Him, commune with Him, hold His hand. Walk, singing, laughing, smiling on the sea shore of life. Beautiful it is. Can you imagine the Lord puts His arms around your neck and says, ‘Come on.’ That touch itself is so electrifying that it destroys all past, present and future sins.

The greatest gift Lord Rama gave Sri Hanuman was to embrace him. Love the teacher, worship God in the teacher, he will give you God in you.