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What does it mean?
Selfless service to others is necessary for personal salvation.
In plain terms
You cannot be saved unless you put others before yourself.
What can you take from it?
Prioritize others to find personal salvation.

Where it applies

  • personal growth
  • community service
  • spiritual practice

Putting it to work

  • volunteering
  • charity work
  • daily acts of kindness

Questions to consider

  • Who do you serve first?
  • What does salvation mean to you?

Another view

Self-care is also important for holistic well-being.

More from Mahatma Gandhi

  1. The only means for the realization of truth is ahimsa.

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  2. Ahimsa is the furthest limit of humility.

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  3. Those who want to lead the people to satyagraha ought to be able to keep the people within the limited non-violence expected of them.

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