How do I identify that what I am doing is wrong (adharma)?

How do I identify that what I am doing is wrong (adharma)?

There is no such thing as big seva (service) or small seva. The fruits of both are the same. Do service as much as you are capable of. Put all your energy into it. Whatever service you do within your capabilities will bear good result. The feeling, the intention behind every seva is important.

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Q: Devotees who visit the Tirupati temple donate their hair as offering at the shrine. Also, in India there is a tradition of shaving off one’s head when a dear one passes away. Why is this so, and what does shaving off one’s head have to do with our mind and our actions?

Guruji : This is more of a conventional norm that has become a tradition over the years. It is not prescribed as mandatory by our scriptures anywhere. There are two aspects to any ritual in India. One is that prescribed as a norm or a social convention, the other is that which is mentioned and prescribed elaborately in our scriptures, which becomes tradition and for which the scriptures also narrate the benefits of practicing that particular ritual or practice.

For example, many people wear collared T-shirts. Why is the collar there and what is its purpose? In winters, in the foreign countries, people fold the collar up and protect themselves from the cold, and in the summers, people loosen the collar so they feel a little cool.

The English began this, and slowly everyone else adopted the same style. So it is just a custom, that’s all. There is nothing more to it.

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Q: How do I identify that what I am doing is wrong (adharma)?

Guruji : There is something that pricks you, 'Oh no, I should not be doing this'. That is adharma.

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Q: Thousands of volunteers worked hard to spread voter awareness in the country. So what project to pick up now?

Guruji : The Happiness Program. We all should create waves of happiness. You know, the sign of a good friend is that after you sit with your friend, you feel uplifted when you leave the friend. Your problems should appear very small. Then that is a good friend.

If you go and sit with somebody, talk to them for half an hour, tell them your problem and when you come out of there, you feel heavy and feel your problem has become much bigger than what you thought, then that is not a good friend.

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Know the reason of your unhappiness. If you remove it, then there will be happiness. Meditate and you will find out.

Om Namah Shivay