Some of you go round this Nilayam and satisfy yourselves that you have done so many Pradakshinas, but, they can be called so, only when your mind circles this place along with your feet. I notice that while your feet are taking you round by force of habit, your tongues blabber about the faults of others, or the prices of vegetables, or the dishes you propose to cook for lunch. Before you start on your rounds, which you call Pradakshina, give your mind as dakshina (thanksgiving offering) to the Resident of the temple, the Lord. That is the first thing to do and perhaps, the only thing to do. Pradakshina is not to be taken as prescribed, for loosening the limbs or giving them some exercise. (SSS Vol.4, pp. 6-7)
Offer all your actions to God. Let every word that you utter be a Mantra and every step you take be Pradakshina (circumambulation God). Instead of leading such a sacred life, man is wasting his time and energy in amassing wealth. (SSS Vol.31, p. 216)
Right from early days, I have been a source of inspiration for the young children. I would exhort them to desist from hurting others and discharge their duties sincerely. During the month of Magha (11th month of Telugu calender), I used to take the children to the Anjaneya Temple at 4 o’clock in the morning. Some of the children were so young that they would not get up at that early hour. So, I would carry them to the nearby pond, give them the sacred bath associated with the month Magha and take them to the temple for Pradakshina (circumambulation). I would sit in the temple while children would do Pradakshina. One day they insisted that I too should join them in circumambulating the temple. I yielded to their pressure and started circumambulation the temple. Believe it or not, Anjaneya himself came and stopped Me from going round the temple. (cheers). Hanuman said, ‘O Lord! It is I who should circumambulating You. You should not do this.’ But the children mistook Anjaneya for an ordinary monkey. I told them that Anjaneya himself came and would not allow Me to circumambulate the temple. After that incident, there was a great transformation in the hearts of the children. They went round the village telling people what they witnessed at the Anjaneya temple. (SSS Vol.32 Part II, p. 105)