The importance of any reward, be it from any organisation, Government or a global award like a Nobel Prize, is limited to that day only. On the contrary, the importance of a Spiritual reward (Example: The Guru telling the seeker that his spiritual progress is occurring or that He has become a Saint) lasts for several births ! [Magh Shukla 14, Kaliyug Varsh 5111 (29th January 2010)]
