In English
done to a suffering being reaches the Lord
The of Is quite distinct. In you devote all your energy and attention to the task at hand, for it is a dedicated task. You forget the body and ignore its demands. You set. aside your individuality and its prestige and perquisites. You pluck your ego by its roots and cast it away. You give up your status, conceit, your name and form and keep all (thought)pure. Whatever the task you are performing, renounce your personal Individuality and share its travails and troubles, its fruits and benefits, with God. You need not bring in God from somewhere outside you; He its in you, all the while. This truth must be your own discovery, your own treasure, your own strength. This is the grand purpose of the . That is the reason why the is assigned a high place in the Organisation. A very pious person was once proceeding from to , at the other end of this vast country. He was carrying with him some holy (Ganges) water to be mixed with the sea at . That would be the consummation of his long and arduous pilgrimage through many a holy place and many a sacred river. While half-way through, he saw by the side of the road a donkey in the last throes of life, since it was too Incapacitated to move towards some source of water to quench its thirst. Its dry tongue and rolling eyes indicated the agony of extreme thirst. The pilgrim was so moved by the tragic sight that he poured the precious Ganges water he had with him down the throat of the distraught animal. Moments later, the donkey recovered and could gain enough strength to pull itself out of the grip of death. Seeing this, the companion of the pilgrim asked him, "Master! The sacred water you brought from had to be offered to the ocean at . Why did you commit this sacrilege by pouring it into the mouth of this despicable animal?" The pilgrim replied, "But I have poured the holy water in the ocean Itself, don't you see?" Any (service) done to a suffering (individual being) reaches the Lord Himself. and can never be a sacrilege, for to the is to the (divinity). Always be firm in that belief.