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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
According to a किंवदन्ती, once a follower of Tulasīdāsa needed a loan for a family wedding.
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 with a letter.
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?
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(From where did our Rahīm ji learn such way of giving? As his arms rise in charity, his gaze turns lower in humility?)
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
(The provider is someone else, who keeps providing for all beings, day and night! But when people call me the provider and donor etc, my eyes are naturally set down in shame and embarrassment)
This is the only way of real service. With humility, away from PR.
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