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People say that , people are wasting money on the Lord in temple inside and beggars are starving outside,
Why don’t we see beggars starving when we go to malls, cricket stadiums , IPL matches , why we don’t think of beggars then ?
When we spend so much on perfumes, deo sprays we don’t think of beggars , because that will cause us in convenience
We don’t want to go to temple but want to feel superior to those who are going to temple so we give such logic
People say that why don’t we see god in beggars we should ask them so many animals are slaughtered just to satisfy tongue , why don’t u see god in them
So much of land which is used to feed a animal can be used to feed many many people and thus starving humanity can be served in much better way , so such people should become vegetarian first
So many people drink alcohol , waste money , which is made from sugarcane , so much of money resource is wasted , if all the people of this world drinking alcohol , so many poor people can be served
When people become devotees of lord they give up alcohol and meat , they become more selfless , they are a part of the solution
Shortage of food is not because of shortage , but because of mismanagement and greed
When People become godless , they concomitantly become materialistic and greedy- and so exploit nature and their fellow humans for their selfish enjoyment.
We may feed a few hungry people , but till we remove greed from wealthy people's heart , hunger will continue to torment millions , problem is not shortage of resources but shortage of compassion
How can greed be removed ?
When people are offered spiritual education and experience, they understand that their real happiness is in loving god, not in accumulating material things, then they give up greed .
Transforming the heart of one greedy wealthy person is more effective to tackle starvation than merely feeding a few hungry people .
When Mother Teresa was asked ' what is the secret of your compassion ?
She pointed to her rosary beads and said 'By praying , I feel love for god and all his children and so want to help them as much as I can "
If we help people , but they are not self controlled and not ready to take your help
For eg , if you give money to beggar he many smoke or drink , better to give prasad,
If you offer free treatment to an alcoholic , he will drink again after getting cured is just offering treatment sufficient then ? Its all like trying to pour water in a leaked utensil .
So do us devotees do we condemn social service ? No we just don’t see it as equivalent to devotional service and don’t want to do social service as substitute of devotional service
We want to do social service to attract people to Krishna, so instead of distributing just food we distribute Krishna prasad. Thus along with material welfare we also want to do the spiritual welfare of the people . We are not against social service we just don’t want to replace god with false gods.