PRESENT DAY SOCIAL SERVICE

By Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji

In the present day, social service is viewed in a different manner. Schools and hospitals are built and banks are organized on a community basis with the object of eradicating ignorance, diseases, and poverty. But it is evident that these forms of social service have not been an unmixed blessing. Education has not eradicated falsehood and corruption. On the other hand, unsophisticated tribal people whom modern education has not reached are found to be more honest than the so-called educated people. Confidence in obtaining cures in hospitals has made people lead reckless lives. All the banks that have come into existence have not succeeded in eradicating poverty among the masses. In our modern mode of life, we have multiplied our wants. This will lead only to perpetual discontent. A life of extreme simplicity alone can bring contentment and happiness to people.