THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
With regards to service, you must be clear on what is ‘Rajasik’ service
and ‘Satwik’ service. You may go to clean streets, build roads, dig wells or
build houses, and do them all as service to the community. You may also go to a
hospital and visit patients. Doing service in the name of ‘social work’ is not
real service. Satwik service is that which gives real happiness. It requires
that you serve any and every person as an embodiment of the Divine. Divinity
(Narayana) is present in two forms amongst all people – Wealthy (Lakshmi
Narayana) or poor and needy (Daridra Narayana). A wealthy person may have any
number of people to attend to them or serve them. But there would be no one to
serve the destitute, weak and poor. Treating poor and needy people as Divine
embodiments and serving them lovingly is Satwik service. (Divine Discourse, “My
Dear Students”, Vol 2, Chapter 3)
BABA
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