Helping Others: The Purpose of Life

Happiness begins from the moment you do something for others. Those who consistently help others, are happy, and do not come across any obstacles in their lives. Research indicates that they are less stressed and experience improved mental health.

The purpose of life is to serve others. However, when doing so, you should not expect something in return; your intention should be to lessen other people’s misery. “Service to others should be sincere and done from the heart; only then it is fruitful.” Do any trees eat their own fruit? No. This teaches us that human beings should not only use their mind, body and speech for themselves, but also to serve others. When you do this, nature in turn will reward you.

Your constant inner intent should be towards helping others. If you are unable to do so for any reason, you can also make sure that you do not hurt anyone. This is an indirect way to help those around you.

Param Pujya Dadashri has given many comprehensive explanations for several reliable methods to fulfill the purpose of life of serving and helping others. However, eternal happiness can only be attained through Self-Realization.

Read more to discover some unfailing methods of helping others…

Right Understanding to help others

You can help others only when you have absolute peace and bliss. Responsibilities in life can be fulfilled in better way after Self Realization

Spiritual Quotes

Happiness begins from the moment you do something for others.
The only purpose of the human life and its essence is this: To use one's mind, body and speech for others.
He who wants happiness should make others happy and he, who wants misery, should make others miserable.
Dharma (religion) begins from the moment you begin to give happiness (sukh) to others. Compassion begins when one is not worried about his own happiness but is constantly preoccupied with helping others in difficulty.
If you cannot Help Others at least make sure that you do not hurt anyone, even if they have caused you problems. A person hurts you because of the effect of your own past karma unfolding in this life.
A person who takes care of his parents will, in turn, be taken care of and all his needs will be met.
Real service is that which is done silently, without anyone's knowledge. If it is visible, then it is not called a service.
There are all kinds of services to society, but the true service is one where a person does not have even the slightest belief of, 'I am doing a service to the society.'
Relative religions are the path of the worldly life. They are the path of service to others. The path of liberation goes beyond serving others. It is to remain in the bliss of the Self (Soul).
Giving to others, what belongs to yours, there lies the happiness but people learn to take away from others.
If you give happiness to others, then you will receive happiness and if you give pain to others, then you will receive pain; that is considered as humanity.
Dharma (religion; moral duty) means to make any living being happy in some way or another. Whereas hurting any living being in some way or another is adharma (irreligion; moral decadence). That’s it, all one needs to do is understand this exact meaning of dharma.
Do the work for the world, your work will definitely continue to happen. When you do the work for the world, then your work will continue to happen of its own accord, and that is when you will feel the wonder.
There is a purpose to each and every thing that has to be done. If the purpose is that of serving others (sevabhaav), then you will definitely receive wealth (lakshmi) as a 'by-product'. Our purpose should be only this much, 'To use whatever skill/knowledge we know for the intent of serving others.'
Only miserable people give misery to others. A happy person will give (only) happiness to others.
The Lord says, “Use your mind, speech, body and the applied awareness as the relative self (pratishthit atma) for the sake of others. Thereafter, if any miseries come your way, then let Me know.”
Do not do anything for yourself. If you do only for others, then you will not have to do anything for your own self.
Giving money is not the only way that one can oblige others; that is dependent on the capacity of the donor. All you should do is nurture this intent in the mind, 'How can I oblige others?' All you need to do is ensure that this intent is being nurtured.
Honesty and an ‘obliging nature’ towards each other; that is all which is required.
Obliging each other, that is the only enjoyment to be derived from having a human life.
When you ‘oblige’ someone, things will happen according to your wishes, and if you harm someone, things will happen against your wishes.
Religion (Dharma) begins with an obliging nature.

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