(Excerpts from the Divine
Discourses by Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba during Sevadal Conference
19-11-1981)
Where and when does ‘service’ in our
lives start? And how can it be a true spiritual activity? Is it more, or less
important, than meditation or chanting His name? Swami beautifully explains all
these and more in a discourse delivered to the delegates of a Sevadal
Conference on November 19, 198. Here are excerpts from that profound message
Society is the coming together of
people. Cooperation among people in a society, motivated by spontaneity and
pure intentions, is the hall-mark of seva (service). Seva can
be identified by two basic characteristics - compassion and willingness to
sacrifice.
History tells us that in all countries
and in every age, man is a social being. Man is born in society; he grows in
and through society, and his life ends too in society. His songs and speech,
duties and diversions, are all determined by society.
