Paramacharya

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Paramacharya Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Pitham said, in

response to Sri Paul Duke's question as to what would be the message from His

Holiness which will be carried to the West, " In all that you do, let love be the

sole motive. Any deed must be with reference to another. Action implies the

acted-upon as much as the agent. Let action be out of love. I am not here

referring to the Gandhian gospel of ahimsa. There may be situations which demand

violent action. Punishment, for instance, may be necessary. Even wars may have

to be waged. But whatever be the nature of the action, the agent must act out of

love. Passions such as desire and hatred, anger and malice must be totally

eschewed. If love becomes the guiding principle of all deeds, then most of the

ills of the world will vanish " .