The motherland is not a mere lump of earth. When we desire its progress, we have to promote the progress of the people who dwell therein. The skills needed for resuscitating and reforming man are found only in students. The reforming process involves the removal, in living, of bad conduct and bad habits and the practice of good conduct and good deeds. A man’s worth can be measured by his efforts to reform himself. In modern times, the Government has no authority to reform the subjects and subjects have no authority to reform the Government. (BA, p. 2)

We should llove our motherland whether it is rich or poor. Today it has become a fashion for the students to go abroad immediately after they complete their education. Students! You should serve your own motherland. Develop love and respect for your own motherland. Have faith in your motherland. You should be so proud of your own motherland that you should be prepared to dedicate your entire life for serving life for serving it. People imagine that they go abroad in order to acquire higher education. But what they acquire there is only arrogance and disbelief. They forget their own parents. What is the use of such ungrateful persons.

The mistake does not lie entirely with the students. The Government is also responsible. It should realise that our students are being spoilt by being sent abroad and the number of passports issued to them should be restricted. Are there no sufficient facilities for higher education, including Science and Technology in India? All that the students learn by going abroad is pride and ostentation. Lord Rama declared, the mother and motherland are greater than Heaven itself. All of us should follow this.

(Bharat Mata)

Dear student! Realise the greatness of Bharat. You need not criticise other countries, but have faith in your own nation. Be prepared to sacrifice everything for your motherland. In modern life, students are more attached to their bodies (deha) than to their country (desha). Realise the unity of the two. The relationship between the motherland and the body is that of the object and its image. They are mutually dependent. We should recognise this essential truth. Bharat is a country which teaches unity in diversity. Every Indian should protect the honour of his motherland understand and respect her culture. (BA, pp. 101-102)

Give up the hankering to go abroad after you complete your studies. Serve your Motherland. Lord Rama said Janani Janma bhumischa Swargadapi Gariyasi (Mother and Motherland are greater than heaven). So, work for your Motherland and serve the poor. The best way to love God is to love all and serve all, but serve only when it is necessary. You are born to experience love. Your life is full of love. But, you are not able to understand this Principle of Love. There is nothing greater than love in this world. Love is God. God is Love, so live in love. (DD on 26-07-1999, p. 8)

The Motherland, which bore children who earned

         immortal renown all around the globe;

The Battleground, which witnessed the flight

         of heroes from the West who ruled;

The Bharat-land, which shone so brilliant with

         seers and scholars, each a gem;

The Happy land, which fostered and brought to

         fame songsters and poets, thinkers and teachers;

The Birth-land of the beauty and charm divine

         through master artists of brush and chisel;

This mother, Bharat, to guard her Dharma Treasure,

O! students! Yours is the bounden task.

(SSS Vol.18, p. 93)