Passage 25

In English

When you return to your homes, you may find and dals in your places. Take active part in them. Always try to help those who are in distress, those who are suffering and the poor. Once upon a time, there lived in a poet and holy man who used to sit on a veranda in his house in front of the Lord’s picture and chant beautiful songs. One day, it was raining heavily and he sought shelter in another little veranda in the village. One other man came and asked him if he could also take shelter there. The said he could. He said, "There was place only for me to stretch out, but now that you are here we will sit up." Later, another man came and asked for shelter. The consented saying, "There was place for the two of us to sit. Now that you also have come, let us all stand." He thus taught the principle of helping one another and not sending anyone away who needed help. If you have three morsels of food and you find another man with no food, you must cultivate the spirit of serving and parting with one morsel of food for the other man. You must cultivate this attitude of sharing with others the good things you have. Then only can you put into practice the great principle of finding in every creature. You must practise this principle in daily life.