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the workers themselves. The workers themselves open the restaurants and close them every day. Some of them keep singing throughout the day without doing any work. Hayashi does not object to it. He says, "These workers are at least happy and merry and keep singing songs. I really feel happy about it".
The workers in the restaurant are all mentally retarded people, rejected by their families and cast away from society. What work can mentally retarded youngsters do ? Hayashi says, “I must create in these workers self-confidence. I do not expect anything from these workers. I love them. I accept them and the most important thing is I keep waiting for their development and progress".
Mr. and Mrs. Hayashi teach something to those workers when there is no rush in the restaurants and when the workers have leisure in the afternoons. The parents of mentally retarded children, reject them but Mr. and Mrs. Hayashi receive them and employ them without any ulterior motive. They employ them without any selfish motives and allow them to enjoy themselves at their expense. How sublime is the attitude of Mr. and Mrs. Hayashi towards the workers !
SERVICE IS THE MAIN ROAD TO BLISS
Society honours those who render service to the indigent. The world looks upon them as the messengers of the Almighty.
We should begin the noble activity of rendering service to the indigent and we should speed up this activity. Thus, we can achieve the objective of filling the lives of the indigent with felicity. But we should carry out this activity with a sense of dedication. We should carry out this activity throughout our lives without feeling tired or weary. We should establish a Jain association at the National level; and that association must bear the entire financial responsibility relating to this activity. We require dedicated and devoted workers for the success of this plan. Will you think about this point deeply ? Will some of you step out in this direction and do something solid.
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