The most incredible discovery of my life was the simple truth that all of our desires—with the complex longings, gratifications, and frustrations—have a single origin: forgetfulness of the love for God that is dormant within our hearts. Finding that love is our greatest need because it brings true fulfillment and that love can empower us to be instruments of a positive change within the world beyond our imagination.
Some years ago, I met mother Teresa at Calcutta. She told me that the greatest problem in the world is hunger—not hunger of the belly but hunger of the heart. People are lonely; people are emotionally starving and are trying to fill it with so many other things. But the only thing that could nourish the heart is the love for God. She told me that she knows some of the wealthiest people of the world in New York, London, Sydney, Los Angeles, etc. She saw they were ‘starving.’ Therefore, the greatest service, the greatest welfare activity one can do in the world is to feed the hunger of the heart with God’s love.
This statement is very true. Thank you Radhanath Swami for enlightening us about the real nature of our hankerings.
Very profound statement.
This is the real and greatest service for real welfare of the society.
“The greatest service, the greatest welfare activity one can do in this world is to feed the hunger of the heart with God’s love.” This is a profound statement. H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj is doing this exactly and is saving thousands of souls throughout the globe. All glories to Maharaj.
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I liked this statement “the greatest service, the greatest welfare activity one can do in this world is to feed the hunger of the heart with God’s love”. This is the true service one can render to other living beings, to bring them closer to god.