In all sensible religions, they never allow prayers to God;
they allow prayers to gods. That is quite natural.
The Roman Catholics pray to
the saints; that is quite good. But to pray to God is senseless. To ask God to
give you a breath of air, to send down a shower of rain, to make fruits grow in
your garden, and so on, is quite unnatural.
The saints, however, who were
little beings like ourselves, may help us. But to pray to the Ruler of the
Universe, prating every little need of ours, and from our childhood saying,
"O Lord, I have a headache; let it go," is ridiculous. …
… A fool indeed is he who, resting on the banks of the Ganga , digs a little well for water; a fool indeed is he
who, living near a mine of diamonds, digs for bits of crystal.
- Swami Vivekananda, Lecture
in England
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