No Society Can Exist Without Morality

25 February 2009, Prasanthi Nilayam

Published English.

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(Of all living beings, human birth is the rarest).

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(Love for God, fear of sin, and morality in society).

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Love for God, fear of sin, and morality in society are interdependent. One will have fear of sin when one develops love for God. One will develop morality when one has fear of sin. Conversely, a person devoid of morality will have no fear of sin, and one who has no fear of sin can have no love for God. People desire many things in life; they perform many types of , meditation, and penance. But all these are useless if they lack fear of sin.

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Selflessness is the noblest virtue A true human being is one who is endowed with humanness. First of all, one should have love for God. If you engage yourself in selfless service () without love for God, it amounts only to selfishness. As long as one has selfishness, one cannot realise the Self. In fact, a fish is better than a selfish person in the sense that the fish cleans the water in which it moves. Selflessness is the noblest virtue.

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Everybody should think and ask themself, “Do I have human qualities or not?” The human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love, and nonviolence (, , , , and ) are like the five life-breaths of the human. You can call yourself a human being only when you possess these five human values. If you lack these five values, then whatever other qualities you may have, they cannot make you a real human being. An animal has hunger, lust, and anger. It leads its life without any restraint. It lacks kindness and compassion, which are the main qualities of a human being. Lust, anger, delusion, greed, pride, and jealousy are common to a man and an animal. One who has no control over these animal qualities is verily an animal. One should keep them under check and develop truth, righteousness, peace, love, and nonviolence instead. One should have kindness and compassion for all.

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Anger and jealousy are worst enemies of humans (Man is divine).

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That is why take human form. Since you have human form, do not give room to animal qualities. Even if they arise in you, drive them away. When you have animal qualities, you will have no fear of sin. Therefore, always have love, love, and love alone!

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Anger and jealousy are the worst enemies of man. One who has these two cannot be called a human being. Such a person can never attain divinity. One who flies into a rage from moment to moment shows lack of humanness. It shows only their animal quality. Therefore, first of all control anger and jealousy. This is what all our sacred texts like the and the teach. These two are more powerful and fierce than even a lion and are always waiting to overpower you. The anger of a lion is short-lived; the lion can kill anyone in a few minutes. But people harbour anger and jealousy for months and years and do not give them up easily. Therefore, anger and jealousy are the most fearful enemies of humanity. They destroy the feelings of unity and forbearance.

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Forbearance is the real beauty in this sacred land of (India). Of all the rituals, adherence to truth is the greatest penance. The nectarine feeling in this country is the feeling of love toward one’s mother. (Telugu Poem)

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Real sweetness lies in the love for the mother. We should consider love and forbearance as our mother and father, but, unfortunately, these two are nowhere to be seen in people today. When you acquire these two virtues, you are nothing but God. Therefore, it is essential to have love for God, fear of sin, and morality in society ().

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What does fear of sin mean? It is the fear of hurting and insulting others. Sin does not necessarily mean killing somebody. Hurting the feelings of others also amounts to killing. Therefore, see to it that you do not cause any mental hurt to anybody. To refrain from all this is fear of sin. went to the forest and killed those who indulged in sinful deeds in order to wipe out sin. also came to and helped Him to annihilate sin.

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Always speak sweet words was ’s younger brother. They were three brothers: , , and . was always calm and composed and was free from hatred, jealousy, and anger, unlike his elder brother . The third brother, , was eating and sleeping all the time. The very name signified anger, jealousy, and hatred, whereas the name indicated peace and quietude. A person’s name influences their nature.

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is the name of this body. How sweet it is! This name was given by , the grandfather of this body. He also changed the name of the mother of this body from to , which means “the mother of (God)”. That is how the name has become famous in the world.

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Always have a smiling face Some people have poison even in their smile. But there is no poison in love. We should have a smile that is full of love. always smiles lovingly. His smile radiates bliss. You should always have a smiling face. Never put on a “castor oil face”; it reflects anger, hatred, and jealousy. Always have a smiling face. Keep smiling even if somebody abuses you. Then the other person will also stop abusing and start smiling. When you ask someone, “How are you, brother?”, he will also say, “How are you, brother?”, even if he is your enemy.

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Be humble and courteous in speech. Do not cause fear in others. In this lies true humanness; otherwise, people will brand you as a person without human quality. Our speech and actions should be pleasing to others. A person who gives a speech cites their experiences as an example. We should narrate only good experiences. When you call yourself a student of University, your conduct should be in accordance with the reputation of the institution in which you have studied. You should respect and honour your elders. See no evil. When you conduct yourself in this manner, everybody will call you, “Good boy, good boy.” You should earn such a good reputation. Only then will the saying, “Out of all living beings, human birth is the rarest ().” become meaningful.

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( sang the song, “ …” and continued His discourse.)

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When I went to some time ago, some people asked Me, “! People aspire for peace and happiness. Where do peace and happiness lie?” I answered them through this song, “ (There can be no happiness and peace without chanting the name of God).”

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means to contemplate on God. That alone gives us peace and happiness. Peace and happiness are not separate from each other. They can be attained only through (contemplating on God). Someone may ask you, “ speaks of peace and happiness. Where do they exist? What have you understood?” When you give them the reply, “There can be no happiness and peace without chanting the name of God ()”, there will be no further questions.

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Humanness will blossom only when there is love for God, fear of sin, and morality in society. You will be victorious in the entire world when you have these three. These three are enough; you do not need anything else. Sing the glory of God. Then, you will set a great example for all. (Very happy).