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quality of mercy does away with the coldness, bitterness and inertness or insensitivity of the servant's heart. Lack of coldness fills his heart with warmth, that of bitterness paves the way for germination of a feeling of friendship and the lack of insensitivity fills his heart with sensitivity. Like this, service makes the servant's heart full of warmth, friendship, and love.
The service that is rendered with an inducement of getting something like honour, fame, etc in return is not true service. Actually, it is enjoyment in the name of service. The enjoyment in the name of service is a serious flaw of service and the servant must guard against it. The service will be flawless to the extent that it is rendered without any selfish motive and with renunciation at its root. It will be flawed to the extent that it is tainted with a feeling of direct or indirect enjoyment. Generosity -
The Hindi equivalent of the word 'generosity' is 'udāratā', which has been derived from the root word 'udara or belly. The belly receives the food for the nutrition of the body and does not utilise it only for its own benefit but passes on the benefits of the food received by it to all the parts of the body. Similarly, the generous person earns and receives the riches and the means and does not limit their use only for his own benefit but passes on the benefits of his earnings and possessions for the benefit of the entire society in general and for the benefit of the needy in particular. From generosity arises affection. The affection so awakened results in unity, which does not let conflict raise its ugly head. Doing away with conflict is possible only where there is generosity. On the contrary if the belly does not distribute the food taken by it amongst various organs according to their respective functions and needs, it will start rotting and will harm the belly as well as the entire body. Similarly, the person who accumulates the wealth earned by him for himself only, and does not employ it for the benefit of others is guilty of material encumbrance of his accumulation. This accumulation of wealth in personal hands is the cause of all the frictions, conflicts and quarrels.
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