God does not expect you to perform rituals nor does He want you to study the scriptures. All that He desires from you is eight types of ‘flowers’. God will be pleased with you and confer boons on you only when you offer Him these ‘flowers’ which are dear to Him. No benefit accrues from offering the flowers, which fade away and decay. Offer Him the eight flowers of nonviolence, control of senses, compassion, for­bearance, peace, penance, meditation and Truth (ahimsa, indriya nigraha, daya, kshama, shanti, tapas, dhyana and sathya). Your life will find fulfillment when you please God by offering Him these ‘flowers’. Love is the undercurrent of all this. So lead a life suffused with love.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 22, 2000.