" The epic Ramayana has stressed on the need for service at the individual, family and society levels. Do not be satisfied by merely serving your parents. Your life will be sanctified only when you serve the society also. When you obey the divine command and serve Him, not only your life, but also those of your parents and relations will be redeemed.
Before your birth, where is the child-parent relationship, before marriage where is the question of wife and husband relationship? All the worldly relations are like passing clouds, only God is with you always. You will be wasting your life, if you do not dedicate yourselves to the service of mankind. Service to man is service to God. Render service to the society with the feeling that God is present in one and all. Your education will be in vain if it is not utilised for the service of society. -- From Swami's Discourse on 16th October'1999.. Sai Ram
