Compassionate Care Giver

A pure devotee of the Lord is someone who lives for the welfare of all others. He is always the most compassionate care giver dispensing the supreme medicine of Krishna consciousness for delivering the suffering souls of this age from their misery. There is nothing that compares to the compassion of the pure devotee. He is willing to take birth and birth to save those who are entangled in karma chakra, the wheel of birth and death. Because he has so fully dedicated himself to the deliverance of all others there is no one more dear to Krishna than he. Nor will there ever be anyone more dear. This is confirmed by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita (18:68-69). If we are somehow or other fortunate to come into the contact of a such an exalted soul we should take full advantage of his mercy by humbly bowing down at his lotus feet and taking all instructions from him regarding we can be fully absorbed in the pure devotional service of Lord Sri Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Service to Mankind is Service to God

What is your opinion of the saying, "Service to mankind is service to God." ?

Your servant

Swayamshree

Answer: You've Got It Backwards

This is another one of those symptoms of the topsy-turvy age of Kali when people get things backwards. Service to mankind is not service to God. Just like if we water the leaves of a tree but neglect to water its roots, the tree will not get proper water. Many people engage in welfare activities for serving the material needs of others. But such service, if not combined with spiritual knowledge, simply binds both the giver and receiver even more tightly in the grips of karma chakra, forcing them to continue taking birth after birth in this miserable material world. If we want to do actual service to man, we must begin by serving God and engaging mankind in serving God because this is the only means by which mankind can be delivered from its suffering.

So what should be said instead is "Service to God, is the real service to man," because when we water the root of a tree all the leaves and branches are nourished.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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