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> Pujya Sri Swamiji's speech in Vijayawada Ashrama on

> December 30, 2002

>

> Many people ask what is the kind of service one

> should be rendering

> to Swamiji? Some people simply try to point out at

> others' works and

> keep commenting it as wrong. Some others behave as

> though they are

> trying to protect Swamiji's property and interfere

> in Swamiji's

> activities. Both of these groups are wrong. Your

> service should not

> create unnecessary chaos and confusion. Then what is

> real service?

> After coming to Ashrama, what is the effort you have

> made to attain

> salvation? By the grace of Mother Goddess, by the

> grace of Datta or

> by the grace of Ganapati, what is the effort you

> have put in to gain

> knowledge? You should start thinking and working on

> these lines. If

> you sincerely pursue this matter you would be doing

> great service to

> Swamiji by helping his efforts to rectify you. You

> would be reducing

> his work by 50% at least. When we become capable, by

> Karma Yoga

> philosophy, to take care of all our problems by our

> own self, we will

> be putting less and lesser burden on Sadguru. This

> is itself a great

> service. One way of Guru Seva is to become

> independent (with

> reference to our own Karma). Many devotees have

> become dependent on

> Swamiji even to observe their duties. They say that

> they will do a

> particular work only if Swamiji tells them. They

> will eat only if

> Swamiji asks them to eat. They will donate only if

> Swamiji asks them

> to donate. This kind of an attitude is wrong. It is

> not only wrong

> but also cruel. Such thoughts must be destroyed at

> once. Having been

> in association with Swamiji for so many years, you

> must learn to

> practice devotion that inculcates in you gentleness,

> patience and

> serenity. This is the real spiritual growth. Growth

> does not mean

> building multistoried apartments. Even a roadside

> cheat can do that.

> That is not at all important. Spiritual growth means

> a contemplation

> about the essence of what we have learnt from

> Swamiji and how,

> through Karma Yoga he has influenced our lives. We

> must always keep

> observing these facts. You should not become

> dogmatic that you will

> do a particular work only if Swamiji instructs.

> There are many works,

> which must be done even before Swamiji instructs you

> to. Of course it

> is absolute foolishness if you don't do the work

> even after receiving

> Swamiji's instructions. Most of the works you can

> attempt to do even

> before you are told to, thinking about it in your

> own capacity.

>

> A great Yaga is going to take place here from 1st of

> January. You

> must all participate in that great Yaga. It brings

> great fortune to

> everyone who takes part. You should not think that

> Swamiji has not

> told you. If you start thinking like that you will

> be left behind.

> Swamiji will not tell you anything. If you stay

> behind thinking that

> Swamiji has not instructed you to do, then you must

> never question at

> a later date. You should not feel sorry later that

> you could not

> participate. You should pacify and console yourself

> that you were

> destined only for that much. Alternatively, consider

> yourself as a

> lucky instrument in the hands of Sadguru, become a

> sponsor for this

> Yaga, become the firewood for this sacrifice, become

> the oil for the

> lamp. Participate in this Yaga with sincerity and

> commitment and

> become a noble instrument in Swamiji's hands.

>

> At a later date you should not curse yourself that

> you were unlucky

> that you could not participate. You chose not to

> participate. So

> abide by your choice till the end of your life and

> stay happy. Don't

> curse yourself; it was your own decision.

>

> Those who are participating must always remember

> that your

> participation must be active and with involvement.

> It is not like

> mechanical event. You should protect the wastage of

> materials, you

> should help and guide new devotees. This is real

> Guru Seva. You

> should be longing for such service.

>

> You always think selfishly. "We have had Darshan of

> Swamiji, we have

> eaten Prasadam, and our work is over, let's go. Why

> should we bother

> about anything here?" All of us should become

> volunteers. Eighty

> percent of the people here come for their own self.

> You should not

> become a part of these 80%. All of you should become

> committed to

> your Guru, develop attachment with him and start

> feeling that you are

> a member of His Datta family. It is a sin if you

> think for your own

> self all the time. Most of the devotees think "We

> want to meet

> Swamiji once, somehow we have performed Pada Puja,

> somehow we offered

> something to Swamiji, we want to get rid of our

> illness, we want to

> touch Swamiji once. If I somehow get an opportunity

> to meet Swamiji

> it is enough. Why should I bother about all other

> things here."

>

> Most of these people do not have any commitment or

> affection for

> Swamiji. You should feel in your mind and heart, "He

> is my Guru. He

> is my family. He is always in my heart." You must

> develop that

> intimacy and attachment with Swamiji. You must

> involve yourself in

> His mission. You should not become one of these

> eighty percent who

> come only with a selfish motto. It is a sin to think

> selfishly.

>

> Consider a situation that you have been given some

> work in the

> Ashrama by Swamiji. You start to think that have not

> been given any

> importance. You start feeling disgraced that Swamiji

> has scolded you

> in front of everyone. You start thinking that you

> have not been

> assigned the leadership of that work. It is a great

> sin to think like

> that. It is a gateway to hell. Secondly you should

> not criticize

> others' work here. You should not talk arrogantly

> and harshly with

> fellow devotees. If there are any differences of

> opinions, just

> prostrate to them and leave the place. You should

> not hate you fellow

> devotees. Many people here have a bloated ego. "What

> do you think of

> me?" they say. If you are considering yourself to be

> a big shot then

> that is meant to be only in your home and for

> yourself, not in the

> vicinity of Sadguru. Here everyone is a servant. "I

> am a senior

> devotee. Swamiji has assigned this work only to me

> because there is

> nobody else able to do this work. I don't require

> anyone else." Such

> an attitude is wrong. We require everyone. All of us

> should be part

> of Swamiji's work. If somebody has spoken something

> wrong, even then

> you must take it in positive spirit. You should not

> react

> unnecessarily. This is real Guru Seva.

>

> "I am an important man. This Ashrama is because of

> me. This work is

> possible only because of me. Swamiji is great

> because of me." Such a

> foolish thought should never come to your mind. If

> you entertain such

> thoughts even in the slightest corner of your mind,

> then

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