Many banks in this world have safe deposit vaults where customers can keep their valuables, jewels, legal documents, etc. to protect them from thieves; they can then be free from worry and sleep in peace. The Bank dealing with spiritual accounts too has a safe deposit vault. Consign to that vault, to the care of the Lord, your jewels of intelligence, cleverness, ability to serve, and the gem that you value the most, namely your ego. Then you will be happy. In the Gita, Lord Krishna invites, “Surrender to Me alone (Maam Ekam Sharanam Vraja)”. If you do so, He assures you, “You need not grieve at all (Ma Shuchah)”. The normal banks deal with dhanam (money) which can be earned by anyone; even black marketeers and dacoits, crooks and pirates can amass this wealth. But that dhanam which is acceptable in the Spiritual Bank comes only to those who struggle to be virtuous and detached, humble and holy.

- Divine Discourse, Jul 14, 1966.