Rahīm was then living in Kashi, and known to be a rich and generous man. No needy would return emptyhanded from him.
Requested by the man, Tulasīdāsa sent him to
2/n
#LangarPR
Milk and biscuit distribution by a gurudwara committee in Lucknow.
Value of material distributed may be far smaller than its show off, advertising and PR.
Thoughts. 1/n
Rahīm was then living in Kashi, and known to be a rich and generous man. No needy would return emptyhanded from him.
Requested by the man, Tulasīdāsa sent him to
2/n
Rahīm not only helped the man but also sent a humble letter to Tulasīdāsa thanking him for the opportunity to be of service.
Tulasīdāsa wrote him back:
सीखे कहाँ रहीम जी
देनी ऐसी देन
ज्यों ज्यों कर ऊपर उठत
त्यों त्यों नीचे नैन?
3/n
To which Rahīm wrote back to Tulasīdāsa:
देनहार कोइ और है
देत रहत दिन रैन
लोग भरम हम पर धरत
ता सों नीचे नैन!
4/n
This is the only way of real service. With humility, away from PR.
5/n
You by doing the service are not doing any favours to the world! It is God who has provided for everyone - who the heck are you!?
If this silent humility is missing, langar is PR not seva.
6/n
Here is just one such annasatra from Ayodhya. No jāti vichāra as you can see.
7/n https://t.co/ICiFFXST6Y
\u201cSocial improvement\u201d presumes there was some issue that has been addressed.
— Sarvesh Tiwari (@bhAratenduH) February 5, 2020
If Langar claims to solve for \u201ccharitable food distribution\u201d or \u201ccommunity eats together\u201d, neither of the two was missing in the first place.
An annasatra in ayodhyA I and @vvaayu visited a while back pic.twitter.com/kZlkP9W0bz
Because we are taught that seva must be performed silently.
A dharma done by the right hand must not come to the knowledge of even the left!
It is to emphasize this silent humility that we are told by shāstra-a that a puNya greatly reduces
8/n
This Langar ho-hallā may make for a good PR and marketing. But it is no sevā. As useless for dharma as crying in araNya. Not an iota of Punya. In fact it is dangerous- as it fills the heads with false pride.
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