The Way to serve God

The address of Hon. G.S. Pathak, Vice-President of India

Venerable Sant Ji Maharaj, friends, ladies, gentlemen: I am very grateful to Sant Ji Maharaj for inviting me here and giving me the opportunity to see the working of this institution with my own eyes, and to meet you all. The work that I have seen here has greatly impressed me. I think that in this age there is a great need for institutions of this kind. Sant Ji has very rightly said that He has not built any temple here. The True Temple is in the human heart. God resides in the heart of man, but if He has manifested in a certain heart, there is no greater good fortune than this, and never will be. Service to man is service to God – is the true and complete way to serve God. It would be our great good fortune if through our service to man we could influence the hearts and minds of people to change their ways and live a life of righteousness and Truth. This cannot be done fully by command or by law – our lives cannot be changed completely like that. Our lives can only be changed when the change comes through the heart; when we come to know the True Spiritual Path of life.

It gives me great pleasure to see, especially in this age, that here a great effort is being made not only to protect and keep our moral discipline and culture, but to also improve and increase it – and I congratulate all those connected with this institution who, acting on the teachings of Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, are working for the ideals for which it stands. This is a very good example of showing one’s patriotism to one’s country – to reform one’s life. There can be no greater work than to fill the hearts and minds of the people with patriotism. I congratulate You [indicating the Master] that You have taken this great work in Your hands. In this work of man service there can be no distinction of caste and creed, of countryman and foreigner, and I am pleased to see that the branches of this Kendra are not limited to India alone, but have spread to other countries also. This proves that all mankind in One, irrespective of caste, creed, country, and nationality. God, the Creator of mankind, is One – and to serve God can also mean to serve him who was made in His image.

I thank you all, and I congratulate you all – that you are connected with such a pure and important work. Jai Hind. Thank you.