Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the real you sleeping in your heart.
Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.
All religions exhort us to cleanse the heart of malice, greed, hate and anger. All religions hold out the gift of Grace as the prize for success in this cleaning process.
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added lustre.
Service without ideal of self…trains you to transcend all the artificial distinctions imposed by history and geography, and to realise that the human community is one and indivisible.
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has travelled only from himself to himself.
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
