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Right Understanding to Help Others
Dadashri: Those are considered a person’s ordinary
obligations and duties.
Questioner: So then, one has to understand that serving
people is a worldly duty, is that so? That is considered a worldly
duty (dharma), is it not?
Dadashri: It is not even a worldly duty. It is considered
a social duty (samaaj dharma). That which is convenient in a
society is convenient to the people, but the same service may
be inconvenient in other societies. You can only call it a worldly
duty (dharma) when it is the same for everyone, everywhere.
Whatever you have done so far is considered serving the society.
Each person’s societal service is different. Each society is
different; hence, each service to society is different.
Charity Begins at Home
Questioner: Why do people do service for others?
Dadashri: They have good intentions and care about
others. Their intentions are to relieve people of their miseries. It
is a very noble intention. But many people who devote themselves
to serving others behave very differently at home. That is not
considered serving others. Charity begins at home, and then come
the neighbors and other people. Service to the people in the home
comes first; what do you think?
Questioner: This man says that in his case, there are no
complaints about him in his home.
Dadashri: That means that his service is real.
Perform Benevolent Service While Keeping Your
Intentions Pure
Questioner: Does it help to ‘see’ (do darshan of) God
within those who we are serving? Will that give exact and good
results?
Dadashri: A person would not become involved in serving