Worship of God in mind is always better than worshiping
through show of wealth and pomp. We make spirituality and worship an event by
loud music and numerous other embellishments. But true Bhakti is in realizing
the God inside us. Once a king wanted to show his devotion to Vishnu for this
he built an ornate temple and fixed the date for the consecration
(Kumbhabhishekam ceremony) of the temple.
Advertisements about the greatness of the temple were
announced in all nook and corner of the kingdom. There was huge preparation for
the inauguration – dancers, priests, musicians from all over the kingdom and
neighboring kingdoms arrived to participate in the event.
The night before the Kumbhabhishekam of the temple, the king
had a dream and in it Vishnu appeared and said that a poor potter has built a small
temple and he is going to dedicate it to Me tomorrow. Vishnu said that he
cannot disappoint his ardent devotee – the potter. The potter was a great
bhakta and he always thought about Vishnu and had always placed Vishnu in his
heart.
The king suddenly woke up and realized that he had been
foolishly proud about his rich temple. He recognized that Bhakti is greater
than wealth.
So thinking the King went to the potter and requested
him to adopt him as a disciple.