05/10/2020
Happy Mother's Day!
Let us all strive to be as good a child as Swami was for his mother! Excerpted from Baba's discourse in 2006:
"One day, I found mother Easwaramma in a rather pensive mood and asked her the reason. She said, “Swami, I am pained to see small children ofour village walking all the way to Bukkapatnam to attend school. Please construct a small school in our village.”
Fulfilling her wish, I established a small school in Puttaparthi. After some time, she said, “Swami, people of our village are very poor. They cannot pay for the medical expenses to doctors in Bukkapatnam, where they are forced to go even for a minor ailment. Therefore, please build a small hospital in our village.”
Accordingly, I got a small hospital built.
Her third wish was to provide drinking water to the village. She pointed out that the women had to undergo great hardship to get water from the Chitravathi river which had almost dried up. To fulfil her desire, I provided drinking water not only to Puttaparthi but to other surrounding villages also.
The small school that I established is now a big university. The small hospital that I constructed has become a super speciality hospital.
Mother Easwaramma shed tears of joy when she saw that her desires had been fulfilled in a grand manner.
She led a life of happiness and contentment and breathed her last peacefully. It is the foremost duty of children to fulfil the wishes of their mother and make her happy.
Serve others to the extent possible. You need not take up any service activity beyond your means and capacity. If you find your neighbours suffering, give them solace. Help them to the extent possible and make them happy." - Baba