“HANDS THAT SERVE ARE HOLIER THAN LIPS THAT PRAY”

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" HANDS THAT SERVE ARE HOLIER THAN LIPS THAT PRAY "

- An enlightening panel discussion, Part 2

 

This is the second part of the panel discussion held in the Brindavan

campus of Swami's Institute during the " Summer Course on Indian

Culture and Spirituality " in May 2002. In the October issue, we had

the first part of this riveting discussion. To read that again, click

here. We continue from where we stopped in the previous issue.

 

You Can Serve Wherever You Are and Whatever You Do

Prof. G Venkataraman: Talking of duty brings me to the next point. It

relates to an observation that Bhagavan made. When Bhagavan visited

Delhi in March of 1999, He gave three discourses there. In one of the

discourses, where a lot of dignitaries and senior government

officials were present, Swami said, " Don't think service means taking

a broom and sweeping the villages. It does not mean that. "

He made many qualifications and one of the things He said, which is

very important, is if you do your duties in life to the station you

are born properly, that is service. If you are a doctor, do your job

properly, that is service. If you are a teacher, if you do your job

properly, that is service. If you are a bureaucrat and you do your

job properly, that is service.

 

I would like the panelists to comment upon this, particularly drawing

upon their own experiences.

 

Sri Sanjay Sahani: When we finish our education and join various

organizations, many students have reported that at least initially

they have very little time to do service activities. When you are a

fresher in an organization, a lot of work is thrust on you. In such a

circumstance, how do we participate in service activities? In this

context, this particular issue is relevant. Whatever is your duty, if

you do it with all your heart and you do it as your offering to God,

He will receive it and He will recognize it and He will appreciate

it. I am reminded of a personal experience, in this context.

 

One of our students was very weak in a particular subject. The first

examination results were out, he had not done well and the report

went to his father and the father was naturally worried. He had a

chance to meet Swami and he expressed his concern to Swami. " Swami,

my son is very weak in such and such subject. " Swami said there is a

teacher in that college who is teaching this particular subject that

he will take care, there is nothing to worry about. The father told

his son to go and tell the teacher that this is what Swami has said.

 

Now what the teacher was teaching was a pure academic subject, there

was nothing spiritual about it. Obviously the attitude with which he

was doing that work had caught the attention of Bhagavan and at an

opportune moment He let it be known to that individual also that He

had recognized it.

 

If work is to be transformed into worship, it can happen only as

Swami said, " Do your duty sincerely. " There is no point in going

outside and doing seva when in your own house you don't do service to

your own children or in the organization where you are your proper

duty is not discharged to the best of your capacity. This is an

aspect of service which we should not ignore. Thank you, sir.

 

Prof. GV: This is an important point, where social implications are

not properly understood by most people including us. If people do

their duty as they are supposed to do, half the problems would just

disappear. Without spending a single extra paisa or borrowing from

this bank or that bank, discharging the obligations, responsibilities

is very important.

 

Prof. Kumar: This is an episode described by Bhagavan during His

earlier discourses. Hanuman was instrumental in bringing Rama and

Sita together. When he started right from the mountaintop, Hanuman

was warming up taking three jumps. He was just warming himself up, as

cricketers do before the match. Three jumps: what do they stand for?

One jump indicates determination, the second jump declaration, the

third jump start off. Harmony in thought, word and deed.

 

In service, there is nothing like telling today and delaying later.

Bhagavan said on another occasion, one person announced he would give

ten thousand rupees. When people came to him, he consulted his wife

and brought it down to ten rupees. Service does not mean anything

like postponement. Immediate action! That is determination,

declaration and action. All the three go together, as it happened

with Hanuman.

 

You wanted me to tell my own experience, which is not such a happy

episode, but you would love to hear it. It was the time when

Prashanti Nilayam Institute Campus was under construction. I was

serving as the Zonal Convener of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organizations,

Andhra Pradesh, at the time.

 

Some people said that Bhagavan will be visiting the area. I

immediately went there and grabbed a crowbar a few minutes before

Bhagavan's arrival. I was coming straight from Venkatagiri. Swami

stopped his car by my side and said:

 

" Appa, Emi nadisthunnarayya, Emi Natakamayya. " – " How nicely you are

acting. "

" Enu Swami Ala antaru? " – " Why do you say that? "

" Nenu Osthunnanu, Nanu Aduthunnananu…Natakamanthena? " – " You are

acting because I will be coming? It is not acting?...No! "

Service is not action – service is reality.

That was a hard lesson. I will also tell one more incident.

 

Service opportunities were given to all volunteers there and also to

some of the devotees in Kodaikanal once. One devotee from Argentina

by the name of Martin was doing service in his own way. He was just

at work. Bhagavan stood by his side and this gentleman did not look

at Him, whereas we stopped our work, waiting for Bhagavan, looking at

him! Here is a man who very seriously got himself identified with the

job on hand.

 

Swami said, " How are you? "

He said, " Swami, Swami! "

Swami said, " Where is the letter? "

That gentleman was carrying a letter for Bhagavan in his pocket while

he was doing work at that time.

" Where is the letter? "

He cannot give Swami the letter because both his hands are totally

soiled from digging in the ground. Do you know what he said?

" Swami, my hands are dirty. "

" Come on, pick up the letter " . Swami received the letter and

said, " This is the fruit of service. "

We don't have to hand over the letter. When we do His job, He

receives your letter. Sai Ram.

 

Prof. Ramamurthy: Doing your duty is service, I don't deny it.

However, there are occasions when you have the options and

opportunities to go beyond it. I remember my days when I was not a

Sai devotee and I was engaged in teaching professional courses. If

the boys do not pass in the first year, then they are left to

themselves, no further instructions are given to them and they have

to manage on their own.

 

I requested the authorities to provide accommodation so that their

classes could be organized and revisions could be organized. They

said " No, accommodation is not available. " I went to another school

and got the headmaster to provide accommodation and had free classes

for them.

 

A thought came that these are the ones who are left out. They don't

have a second chance of hearing and revising the lessons. We must

provide them an opportunity. I was going beyond to what I am

committed to do.

 

Small industrialists were there and we formed a small industrialists'

management association so that they could be taught how to manage

their affairs in finance and other areas, without fee; the programs

were organized for them. This came spontaneously because by looking

outside we have the means and we can provide the necessary

assistance. When such opportunities come, we must grab them, meaning

going beyond the committed duty of the job you have in the profession

you have chosen.

 

There may be many such opportunities and other avenues. If you have

the capability and skill, take those opportunities, and if you can,

go beyond the committed duty for which you are earning a salary.

 

A Seeker of Liberation Must Serve

 

Prof. GV: When one said you are doing the duty, it does not mean you

must only do the job properly for which you are paid. It means the

whole gamut of the daily experience, one's duty at home to parents,

to children. This is something you should think about.

I would like to move on and raise some more points.

 

I would like to congratulate the students as they have been sending

many questions and I am having a tough time listening to the

panelists and sorting these out simultaneously. I will dispose the

few simple questions I can handle. I will keep the tough ones for the

panelists. That is a privilege I have.

 

One student asked, " Self service is the best service. Prayer is a

service to the self. Is prayer itself adequate service? "

 

My answer is simple. Yes, prayer is a service to the self. Why don't

you see the same Self in the others and extend the scope of the

prayer by doing them service also?

 

Now I would like to draw upon this question bank. One thing I would

like to ask all of you gentlemen is to briefly tell us, " What do you

feel is the importance given to seva in Indian spirituality and

culture. "

 

Sri Sanjay Sahani: It is said Paropa kaarartham, idham shariram – The

body is given only to serve others. Swami Vivekananda used to

say, " If you cannot think of the world, at least think about your

country; if you cannot think about your country, at least think about

your community; if you cannot think about your community, at least

think about your family; but for heaven's sake do not think about

yourself. "

 

There is a famous saying that Swami often quotes: " Na thapamsi na

theerthani, " – Not by penance, nor by pilgrimage – " na shastram japa

nahi " – not by the study of scriptures, nor by continuous chanting –

" samsara sagarothare sajjanam, sevanam bina " – if you have the

aspiration to cross the ocean of worldly existence, if you are a

mumukshu – seeker of liberation – then you must serve.

Sajjana – Who is a sajjana? It is the good people. One of the

important duties of the students was to serve the Guru. Guru is the

repository of the knowledge and wisdom. By serving him, they gained

the knowledge of the Guru. There is a famous episode in Shankara's

life. There was a disciple named Padmapada. All his fellow classmates

used to do lot of study but this boy had no inclination for study,

his only aspiration was to serve the Guru.

One day he had taken the clothes of his Guru and gone to the river to

wash them. As luck would have it, the river suddenly started

overflowing and he was surrounded by the waters. The Guru heard that

the river was in spate and he called out to his disciple " Padmapada! "

He was worried about him. When Padmapada heard the call, he took his

Guru's clothes on his head and started walking on the water. Wherever

he put his step, there emerged a stone lotus and he was able to cross

the river and reach the presence of the Guru.

When the Guru saw that, he was amazed by this. He said, " Padmapada,

come here, " stretched out his hand and put it on the disciple's head.

Swami says the entire knowledge and wisdom which was gained by long

and arduous study by other disciples was bestowed in an instant by

the guru to that disciple.

It is a very long tradition that we have. Service is not new today;

it is honed and sharpened in the Gurukula of earlier days. Even

today, when Swami establishes His own Sai Educational Institutions,

so much importance is given to service. Sai Ram.

Prof. GV: Thank you, Sanjay. You made an important point. Service

today is viewed as a social concept which brings together a lot of

people as an organization with a structure, funding, etc. Service was

a concept built into the fabric of the individual's daily life. For

example, it is a tradition to offer cooked food to a crow. This is

the service; we don't merely serve fellow human beings but also

fellow creatures, all living beings. We water the tulasi plant and so

on. So I want you to get the ideal or lesson that service is not a

new invention, it is an old tradition and has many dynamics. Please

think about it.

Service and Namasmarana Go Together

Here is a question by a student and it is referred to you, Prof.

Kumar.

 

" If service is considered most important, then why in the Kali Yuga

is namasmarana [repeating the Name of the Lord] said to be the path

for liberation and not service? " This is a tough one, handle it.

 

Prof. Kumar: Before I go straight away to the question, for academic

interest, one more point. Sir has made a comment just now that

service has become a matter of social element today. What did

Bhagavan say about it? The social service, which has become a status

symbol – how is it? It is a slow service or a show service. Social

service is slow service or show service. But this real service is

spiritual.

Now onto the question: in Kali Yuga namasmarana is said to be best,

then how do you claim that service is important?

It was the time of construction of the Super Specialty Hospital in

Prashanti Nilayam. We were asked to serve and lift some bricks and

assist the masons there. Many of us were very busy because we were

quite sure of a visit by Bhagavan. Everyone was working very hard.

Swami came straight and stopped and called me.

" What are you people doing? "

" Swami, we are doing work. "

" Yes, yes I see. "

" Swami, what do you want us to do? "

" Emi atla ekkuuthunnaru? Naku panivaru lekhuna? Bhajan chesthu pani

cheyandi. " – " Sing the glory, sing the bhajans as you do work. "

So service and sankeertana [singing the glory of the Lord] are not

separate. Service and sankeertana go together. Pumping of the heart

and breathing of the lungs go together, so also service and

sankeertana go together. That is the answer to this question.

The Bliss of Service

Prof. GV: Thank you, thank you. There is no need to separate the

heart from the lungs. Now, over to Sanjay. I am posing this question

to you as it relates to something you said earlier. " What confidence

do you have that the bliss which you enjoy while serving is the bliss

of the God and not the bliss of your own momentary joy? "

Sri Sanjay Sahani: If a person has never tasted sweet, how do you

explain what is sweetness to him? If he has had some sweet and you

tell him, " This is mysoorpak [a delicacy] which you are going to get

for lunch, " immediately one who has experienced this, his mouth

starts watering. It is not possible to explain what sweetness is; you

have to experience it, you have to taste it.

Point two: How do I know if it was true divine joy and not momentary

happiness?

When you are able to transcend the senses, that is bliss. When it is

within the realm of your senses, that is momentary happiness. There

are certain questions which the heart alone can answer, the head has

no intellectual ability to properly explain it, and this question is

a matter of the heart, not of the head. You have to experience it. If

you have experienced it even once in your life, you will know what it

is.

 

Prof. GV: Thank you. Would you like to say something about it, Prof.

Kumar?

Prof. Kumar: While in agreement with what Sri Sahani has said, I

would like to add a simple supplement. Momentary joy – how do you

know that? Momentary joy is born out of selfishness. That which is

selfish gives you momentary joy. When you are selfless, that gives

you bliss.

Prof. GV: Wonderful clarification. The point he is making is that

which relates to the body and the world is ephemeral. It is

momentary. Bliss is not like that. Even if it has passed, when you

recall, you will experience the same bliss. Swami smiled at me ten

years ago, and when I remember that I am happy now. I ate a mysoorpak

ten years ago, it was very nice then but does not give me the same

joy now. There is a real difference, it is not trivial.

Now to you Professor Ramamurthy. " Define prayer and service. "

 

Prof. Ramamurthy: Service is prayer in action. Prayer can be of many

types. You can chant. I chant a number of Sanskrit slokas without

knowing the meaning.

When I chant the message I want to convey to the Lord does it occur

in my mind? Am I going along? That is a very important factor.

You make silent prayer to the Lord, particularly when you are in

difficulty; the intense prayer that you do, the commitment in terms

of the mind and heart that goes in the prayer that you are affecting

is very important. That is the difference between chanting and

praying.

When you believe that God is in man and when you are serving man, you

are serving God, which translates itself into prayer. That is why it

is said gnanis having attained that pinnacle still come back and do

their duties, engage themselves in service so they can stand as

models for others to follow. " My job is done. I have reached the

absolute, there is no need to do anything. " That is not their stand.

Lord Krishna says, " I do service. " This is the role model that others

should follow. So service to man can also evolve as a prayer. When

you get the solution for others, solution comes for you also. That is

what I would have to say.

Charity Versus Service

Prof. GV: In this explanation, you answered several questions that I

have here. In the interest of time, I will take only " star questions "

as they say in parliamentary language. This is a question for Sanjay

Sahani. What is the difference between dhaana [charity] and service?

Sri Sanjay Sahani: Generally there is a feeling that to do service,

you need money. It is far from true. To illustrate this point, let me

narrate an incident which was depicted the other day by one of the

groups of students on the orientation programs. It is a real life

incident. There is a youngster who was in Ahmedabad when the riots

broke out. To his utter horror, people whom he had known for years,

his friends, his neighbors, who he called uncles, who were well-to-

do, who were well-educated, left the home and joined the mob.

The mob is in a mad frenzy, in a killing spree. This youngster asked

himself, " What should I do? What is my dharma? "

 

In this particular context and the depiction that was made brought

out certain important facets of service.

The boy thought to himself, " First thing is not to join the mob.

Individually they may be sane, but the mob as a whole has gone crazy.

If I join the mob, I will lose my sanity. The minimum I can do is not

to join the mob. "

First principle of service: " If you cannot help anybody, at least do

not harm them. "

Second, he thought to himself, " I cannot prevent these riots from

taking place, I cannot put out this raging fire that has swept our

town. There are people who I know, who I have interacted with.

Perhaps if I talk to them and convince them, at least those people

will not resolve to arson. "

So he tried to convince them not to participate in the riots and was

successful in that regard. To prevent people from doing evil is also

service.

Third, he said to himself, " So many people are affected by the riots,

how can I help them? Can I talk with them? Can I console them? "

So he went out and talked with some of the riot affected people and

took some positive action. He didn't require money to undertake these

service activities. This is important.

Bhagavan has clear ideas on charity. He says when you find people in

need, don't give them money. Invariably, people misuse it.

Find what they need. Do they need clothes? Do they need food? Do they

need medicines? Give it to them.

 

The gram [village] which is coming up next to Puttaparthy, Swami is

setting aside funds for the education of those children who are going

to be settled there. He does not want to put the money, thousands of

rupees, in the hands of those people. No, He wants to put it in the

banks. From the interest earned from the deposit, those children will

be educated.

Charity is something that is miniscule. Also, the motive is very

important. If you are going down the road and a beggar is nagging you

and you give him some money, you may be indulging in charity but you

are not doing service. You are trying to get away from the nagging

beggar which is a fundamental difference between charity and service,

which you should really understand. Sai Ram.

Prof. GV: Prof. Kumar, could you supplement please?

 

Prof. Kumar: Let me give clarity on charity. What is charity, dhaana?

I have money, you do not have money, I give it to you, that is

charity.

Charity is an action between the one who has and the one who has not.

From a spiritual point of view, the money you have is not yours. The

property you have is not yours, it is God's gift, God's grace. You

are intelligent not because of your own buddhi, shakti, parakrama,

[strength, intelligence, etc.] whatever it may be. The affluence, the

aishwarya, that's all God's gift to you, it is not yours. You are

passing on God's property to another God.

" Bhavathi bikshandhehi. " [ Give me alms, oh indweller] That's what

the beggar says. I am not asking the deha, that body - dehi, the

Indweller, oh God in you, please serve me the food. That is the

spiritual aspect. Sai ram.

 

Prof. GV: Wonderful elucidation of the service and the Indian

tradition. A minor underscore of what is said: When you give charity,

you give material that belongs to you, when you do service, you share

the bliss. Bliss is God's property. Like Swami gives prasadam and we

go and give it around, that is what we spread around during service.

Why Help Others? – Our Debt to Society

This question is for Prof. Ramamurthy. The student says it was put to

him by a well-to-do person. " If I have got everything in my life, I

have earned it through my hard work. Why should I help others? "

This question has already been answered by Prof. Kumar. You are what

you are because of the environment in which you have been allowed to

come up. You might have put in your own effort, nobody denies it. The

family that gives you full support, the neighborhood where the

conditions were congenial. Society has facilitated. We require

enormous facilities in terms of transportation, hospital, medical

facilities, and so forth. Some agencies have made these things

available for you.

Society has facilitated your development. You might not be aware of

it, but you must be conscious about it. There is something you have

to give back to the society. Swami emphasizes this point very often.

There is not a question of my claiming that what I have done is my

own making. I am a self-made man, you may say. You can't make

yourself unless you are allowed to be made to the stature that you

are by those around you and with you. Since the conditions have been

made possible for you to develop, it is essential that you have to

pay back.

Prof. GV: Prof. Ramamurthy made a very important point: You are what

you are because of the society. You just cannot write it away or wish

it away. We don't realize that.

Sometime ago, I was reading in one of the magazines devoted to

business and commerce a statement made by an executive at Microsoft.

You all know Microsoft is a huge company headed by Bill Gates. This

man said we cannot wish away the society. We are here because of the

society. It is society that runs the universities and schools. It is

society that builds the roads, it is society that constructs

airports, provides transportation, power, utilities. But for that,

where would Microsoft be? We have a duty to the society and therefore

Microsoft does as well.

I would now like to launch the landing formalities, because we have

to wind up. I would like to start the closing formalities by

requesting each of the panelists to give a one-minute summary of what

transpired today. What is the message you wish us to carry home?

Service Leads to Humility

Sri Sanjay Sahani: To sum up, let me add a few words on service in

the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. The service

activities in the Institute are primarily intended to instill in the

students the dignity of labor.

When Gunal Mittal, the Swedish economist, visited India, he observed

that " Indian education seems to instill a mentality that the young

should not soil their hands. " The first objective of the Institute is

to inculcate in one and all the dignity of labor.

Each one has their own talents and these talents gain ex-pression in

the various service activities of campus life.

Vidhya dhadhati vinayam – Education should confer humility. The more

sincerely we participate in these activities, the more humble we

become; once we become humble, we draw closer to God. These are some

of the objectives of the service activities, social work activities,

and self-reliance activities.

 

Prof. GV: Thank you, sir. Sanjay made an important point. Prayer may

not make me humble; on the other hand it may make me more egoistic.

Service will certainly make you humble and destroy your ego. Prof.

Kumar, now.

Prof. Kumar: If you serve rich people, you are serving Lakshmi

Narayana Seva; if you serve equals, you are serving Ashwatha Narayana

Seva; if you serve poor people, it is Daridhra Narayana Seva.

Narayana is common in all three.

The very title of this session: " Hands that serve are holier than

lips that pray. " If you don't pray and if you merely serve it is

karma, mechanical. If you serve with prayer, that is spiritual, karma

yoga. Service and prayer should go hand in hand.

" Na sankalpantho samasthamu chadinchagalanu Itivari oka prameyamu

akharaledu

Aiyna apadiki mee shakthi nimithami, mee bhakthi nimithamai

Nee mukthi nimithamai seva bhagyam andhisthunanu

Annaru Swami "

Which means, " Swami says: with my mere will I can accomplish

everything. But I give you this opportunity to serve for your own

welfare, your liberation, your devotion. "

For your mukthi (liberation), for your keerthi (reputation), service

is an opportunity. Sai Ram.

Prof. GV: Prof. Kumar pointed out that even bhakti can be acquired

through service. Don't think bhakti is a shortcut.

 

Pray With All Your Heart, Serve With All Your Heart

Prof. Ramamurthy: I will only say, pray with all your heart and serve

with all your heart.

Prof. GV: Pray with all your heart and serve with all your heart.

Heart is the core of the individual and everything must flow from the

heart. That is the message.

It is the moderator's prerogative to unburden him of the wisdom.

Before I do that, I would request the Vice Chancellor to share some

of his thoughts as he listened and observed – just a couple of words

of encouragement for the boys.

Vice Chancellor: Pranams at the Lotus Feet. I thank Prof. Venkatraman

for this rare opportunity given to me. It was not my intention to

speak and I can hardly add anything.

In our attempt to make the summer course as varied as possible and

provide an opportunity for you to share your thoughts in a freer

atmosphere and ask questions, we hit upon this idea of the panel

discussion.

Thanks to the extremely professional manner in which it was

conducted, you were able to raise a large number of questions and

share many insights which could not have been possible in a brief

period of time. Collapsing all of them in such a short span of time

has enormous significance. That is what has been gained. I would

wholly go along with what was observed towards the end of the

session: Pray with all your heart, serve with all your heart. There

can be nothing better than this. Sai Ram.

All Beings Serve and All Beings are Served

Prof. GV: Sai Ram, sir, and thank you very much, we really feel

encouraged by your comments. It is now my duty to bring the curtain

down. The question of service is closely related to the 4th chapter

of the Bhagavad Gita, where the Lord says this entire Universe is a

cosmic gear chain.

Everybody serves and everybody gets served. Don't forget that. If God

has created ants, it is for a purpose. The ant serves you, though you

may not know it. If God has created the crow, the crow serves us.

Before our scavenging system came, the crow was nature's scavenger.

Crow serves us. That is why our ancients were so considerate, they

used to give milk to the snakes and feed the crows. This is an aspect

of our culture which I would like you to go back to and think about.

It is closely related to the profound observation of Bhagavan in the

4th chapter. So if we are talking about service, let us not forget

there is a cosmic setting.

Next point is related to the advocates of bhakti [devotion] who do

not serve. Take for example, Shankara. Can you ever surpass the

service that he did? Two thousand years ago, to go up and down across

the country on foot to leave behind the legacy of the incredible

treasures that will never get wiped out – is that not service? Yet,

we never think of the karma yoga aspect of Shankara.

 

We must remember that service is rendered at three levels: to the

body, to the mind and to the soul. The soul also needs service.

Gnanis [men of wisdom] like Ramakrishna and Ramana in recent times

also serve. Don't let us imagine that they do nothing and they are

parasites in society. In fact, they give the best service.

Nobody can give that service to the soul. Very few people are

privileged to give service to the soul; they are the ones who are

remembered throughout history. That is why Prof. Ramamurthy said,

even a gnani has a duty of establishing himself as a role model, and

when that fails, God Himself comes down. And you are hearing every

day from Bhagavan how he brought the entire drama troupe, not just

Rama, not just Lakshmana, but even characters whose names you have

not heard of. It is very important.

One Can Always Do Service

Lastly, you can always do service. A blind man can do service, a deaf

person can do service, even a person on his deathbed can do service.

You can say I have gone out of my wits, but no! There is a famous

story from the Crimean War, I believe.

A General was wounded and dying. His soldier was bringing him a glass

of water. There was a soldier next to him who was also dying and

crying, " Water, water. " The General said to his orderly, " Give him

the water, " and told the soldier, " Thy need is greater than mine, "

and gave up his life.

Even on your deathbed, you may not be able to do anything, but you

can say Loka Samastas Sukhino Bhavantu [Let everybody, everywhere be

happy]. What is preventing you from doing that? You can do that, I

can do that. There is no moment when we cannot do service.

Service is very important and it becomes sweet when the sugar of

divinity, namasmarana, is added to it. " Man mey ram Hath mey kam " –

" Lord in the mind, work with the hand, " that is what Bhagavan says.

You see our sevadals doing it. You go to Prashanti Nilayam, and all

the time they will be moving food, trucks, or whatever it is, and

they will be singing bhajans. There is no greater example.

 

Keep your eyes open. Look at Swami. We had no time to discuss the way

Swami teaches lessons on service.

Open your eyes and see!

Open your mind and observe!

Open your heart and feel!

 

Pray with all your heart, serve with all your heart. God bless you.

Jai Sai Ram.

– Heart2Heart Team

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan

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