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Love seeks no reward: Love is its own reward. Transform Love into Service.Transform Service into worship. That is the highest discipline(sadhana).

愛不求回報: 愛的回報就是愛本身。化愛心為服務，化服務為膜拜，這就是最高的 修行。

Believe that there is no morality higher than Truth, there is no prayer more fruitful than Seva.

確信: 真理比道德更崇高，布施(服務)比祈禱更有效。

Service is the ship by which one can cross the ocean of Samsara.

服務是慈航。藉著它你便能橫越生死輪迴的海洋。

You may not get chance to partake in some gigantic scheme of service through which millions may be benefitted; you can lift a lame lamb over a stile or lead a blind child across a busy road. That too is an act of worship.

你也許沒有機會參與某個能讓千萬人受惠的服務計劃，但你可以抱一只受傷的小羊 越過木柵，或牽引一名失明的孩童過馬路，這一樣是膜拜的行為。

Do not judge others to decide whether they deserve your service. Find out only whether they are distressed: that is enough credential. Do not examine how they behave toward others; they can be certainly transformed by love.

切勿以衡量他人來評判他們應否得到你的服務。你只需知道他們是否在困境中就足 夠了。不要考慮他們對別人的態度。愛肯定會改造他們的。

Learn to give, not to take, learn to serve, not to rule.

學習去"施"，而不是"取"。; 學習去"侍奉"，而不是"指使"。

Service is twice blessed, making the giver and the receiver happy.

布施(服務)擁有兩份恩寵，他使施、受雙方一同快樂。

Service is worship. Each act of service is a flower placed at the feet of God.

布施(服務)就是膜拜。每一項善行都是供奉在神的蓮花腳下的一朵鮮花。

Service to man is more valuable than service to God. God is not in need of your service.

服務人比服務神更有價值。神根本不需要人的服務。

Service to man is service to God.

服務人們就是服務神。

Serving those who do service to us is but a natural reaction, Serving those who harm us is the greatest virtue.

投桃報李，互相幫助是很自然的事;去幫助傷害你的人，才是德行。

Be convinced that the service of man is the only means by which you can serve God. Be convinced that man is all living cells in the body of God.

要確信服務人群是侍奉神的唯一途徑，並深信人人都是神軀體中活生生的細胞。

"Gift" is a meritorious act if it is rendered to the needy at the time of need, in a manner that fulfills the need, it must be made without pride and publicity.

"施"應該是雪中送炭，目的在於濟貧扶困;在"施"時，不可有傲慢之心，更要不著痕 跡。這樣的"施"，才是德行。

God will certainly be pleased if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry and clothes to naked.

如果你施水給口渴的人，施食給飢餓的人，施衣給赤身露體的人，神肯定高興。

He who dedicates his time, skill and strength to service can never meet defeat, distress or disappointment. He will have no foe, no fatigue, no fear.

奉獻時間、技能和體力去服務的人，永遠不會遭遇挫折、困苦和失意。 他沒有敵人，也不會疲倦，更不知道什麼叫做恐懼。

Knowing the way is not enough, the path must be traversed to reach the destination. That journey is service to society.

光知道那條道路是不夠的，你必須上路才能抵達終點。那條道路便是服務社群。

Relief and joy you give to the sick and the sad, reach me. For ,I am in their hearts and I am the one they call out for.

我感受到你給予貧病者的救濟和歡樂，因為我一直在他們心中，而我正是他們求助的對象。

There is no greater gift than giving food to a hungry man.

給飢者最大的禮物莫過於施食。

Through reading you gather information, but through service you get transformation.

讀書增加知識，布施(服務)變化氣質。

Wealth that you hoard is not yours, wealth that you have given is really yours.

你囤積起來的財富並不是你的，你布施出去的財富才真正是你的。