From Puttaparthi... Service With Love...

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saiprashanthi gurukulam <saiprashanthi.gurukulam wrote: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:40:08 +0530"saiprashanthi gurukulam" <saiprashanthi.gurukulamFROM PUTTAPARTHI...SERVICE WITH LOVE... A LESSON IN SERVICE Some time ago, Swami used to serve food to all the poor people. This is called Narayana Seva. It seems one time when Swami had started serving food; He stopped at one spot, noticing a lady who was carrying a little, small child in her arms. Swami stopped there and called to one Seva Dal boy. "We are serving food to these people; how about that child?" That Seva Dal had no reply. "Swami, what should I do?" "Bring a glass of milk for this child." So the Seva Dal boy went all the way to bring one tumbler of milk. Swami went on moving around the lines, serving food. From a long distance, He stopped and asked, "Did you give milk to that child?" That boy said, "Yes, Swami." Swami said, "Nothing doing!" Swami went all the way back to that lady and touched the glass. "It is very, very hot. How do you expect the child to drink the milk? No, bring another glass." He started cooling the milk -- pouring it this way and that, pouring it from one glass into the other. He made it cool and offered the milk to the child and only then left. "Seva or service is not a routine; it is not mechanical. No! It is not a schedule either. We have to do it wholeheartedly." - BABA "The refinement of life calls for continuous spiritual practice. Without such practice, life gets degraded. For instance, a diamond gets enhanced in value when it goes through the process of cutting and faceting. Likewise, gold, taken out as ore from the earth, becomes pure and valuable after refinement. In the same manner, spiritual practice is necessary to elevate life from the trivial to the sublime." - BABA 'HANDS THAT SERVE ARE HOLIER THAN THE LIPS THAT PRAY." - BABA Read the entire collection of experiences under 'SAIPRASHANTHI GURUKULAM' (10 PARTS) http://www.ssso.net/gurukulam/Preview.htm