In English
Only a volunteer can grow into a leader
We have to cultivate some qualities and destroy others. We must do this with an eye to becoming eligible for (voluntary service). We are born into this world for carrying on . In this context, I intend to give you some advice. But teaching is primarily an act of along with which you have to practise a little renunciation. When you return to the schools in your charge you will have to exert yourselves more than hitherto, and so you will feel like asking for more pay. It is not wrong to do so. But let Me tell you that whether you ask it or not and whether you get it or not, you must take up this task in the spirit of . Only a (volunteer) can grow into a (leader); serve, and thereby gain the position of a leader. Only a can become a - only a good servant can become a great master. During our lives we have to accept help rendered by many thousands. We have to pay back this debt by helping at least as many people as we can. With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, you can be happy in any group or community. Derive bliss through that is not done with any desire to get something in return. When you get a chance to help someone, rejoice at your good fortune. The very eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Today we regard it derogatory to 'serve.' We ridicule those who wish to serve others. But in service is great worth. Service helps us uproot the egotism that burdens us. Egotism is an evil that brings downfall in its trail. We all know the ultimate fate of the seemingly high and mighty demons like , , , and . These people had undergone severe ascetic discipline and thus earned many skills and powers, but they were ruined by the ego. The ego brings about the fall of man. When egoism is absent, the shines in its native splendour. The is bliss, it is beauty and wisdom, but we allow It to be tarnished by the ego. Engage in humble service and egotism will fade away. Life is like a football ground and each one of you a ball. Your good qualities like truth, righteousness, peace and love are on one side, and bad qualities like attachment, pride and hatred on the other. Both sides kick the ball and try to score a goal. The poor ball must suffer these kicks so long as it is bloated with the air of egoism in it. But once the air is let out, the kicks also stop.