Question: If parents sincerely accept the spiritual life, do they try to be detached from their children's lives, or do they still retain the attached love?

Sri Chinmoy: Before the parents accepted the spiritual life, their prayer was always: “Please, God, grant that our children listen to us.” Then, when the parents become sincerely spiritual, they do not pray to God with that kind of prayer. They simply say: “Please fulfil them in Your own way. Please let my children do the right thing; not what I want from them, but what You want from them. I want nothing from them. I want everything from You.” When they pray that their children should do the right thing, then automatically detachment comes.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Soul-education for the family-world, Agni Press, 1977
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