Stating that service provided by Hindu spiritual gurus in four southern States is more than that done by missionaries, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday called for making service to the neglected sections a “major movement” in the society and making all parts of society strong.
He said India will become ‘Vishwa Guru’ when all parts of the society become strong and none lags behind.
PTI quoted Bhagwat giving examples of four southern states where he said social service by Hindi spiritual gurus in the four southern states was several times more than that provided by missionaries, but added that this is not a matter of competition.
He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day conclave of the ‘Rashtriya Sewa Sangam’ organised by RSS affiliate at ‘Keshav Vidhyapeeth’ in Jamdoli near Jaipur. Bhagwat said intellectuals in the country generally mention (Christian) missionaries when talking about service to society.
“Missionary organisations run various institutions, schools and hospitals all over the world — everyone knows this. But what is the Hindu seer community doing?”With this thought in mind, a Hindu service fair was held in Chennai, he said.
It was noticed there that the service done by the acharyas, munis and sanyasis in Kannada-speaking, Telugu-speaking, Malayalam-speaking and Tamil-speaking provinces “is many times more than the service done by the missionaries,” he said. “But I am not talking about any competition – about more than them, less than them,” the RSS chief added.
“This cannot be the measure of service. Service is service, service is not a matter of competition. Service is the natural expression of man’s humanity,” he said.
Bhagwat said animals too are sensitive but it is a human quality to act on sensitivity, which is called compassion.
Emphasising on the need to eradicate backwardness from society, Bhagwat said everyone is equal.”