In plain words
Good morning”: could you not say that?’ When I said this, he said he wanted his Swami's honour. Our devotees wear one guise in one place and another guise in another, say one word in one place and another word in another; this is very dangerous. ‘If they give a cash prize, I have no need of it. I did not do sevā for money; give it to some Red Cross,’ he asked, and handed it back; this is true Bhakti. He did not think that he could have safari suits stitched, or that he could buy a T.V.
We must develop such self-confidence. From faith comes sacrifice. With sacrifice, recognition comes to one. In this way we must do sevā to society in a spirit of offering. Swami is satisfied by such sevā alone. That itself is sevā to Swami.
A Life Without Sorrow!
In the world man lives with three kinds of sorrow. One is ādhyātmika, the second ādibhautika. The third is ādidaivika. The diseases, pains and troubles that concern the body are ādhyātmika sorrow. Suffering from enemies, from wild beasts, from worms and insects is ādibhautika sorrow; suffering from thunderbolts and earthquakes, from droughts and famines is ādhidaivika sorrow. All these torment the body, but not life. The body never escapes pains of this kind. We must see that life has no sorrow. We must develop self-confidence precisely so that that sorrow goes.
Students! The examinations are coming near. You must pass your examinations well. Finish with a B.A., B.Sc. or B.Com., or go on to an M.A., M.Sc. or M.Com., but in the examinations you must get a good grade. Do any courses you like, but do not enter the race courses. Gambling is one of the five great sins: because even one as great as Dharmarāja, who knew every dharma, fell into the vice of gambling, the Pāṇḍavas were driven into the forests. Sevā, sevā, sevā.... Wherever you go, take up sevā.