Use it as an instrument for seva ( service ) of others :

Made up of the five elements,

the body is a nest of diseases and pains.

To cater to its demands can be a twelve month,

twenty- four-hour job —

and yet it will suffer.



Use it as an instrument for seva of others.



Trees give fruits to others; the tree eats none.

The river never drinks,

but its waters are meant for plants, animals, and humans.

The sun, the wind — look around.

In nature, man alone wants to live for himself and perpetuate!

Leave it alone.

Let the body run its course.

Let us live our life peacefully in Him, the Bliss.

Look after the body as a workman tends to his instruments.

Swami Chinmayananda.