What Vallar said about Annadhanam

Love All. Bless All. Forgive All. Serve All. Om Tat Sat Om. Anbe Sivam. Om Namasivaya. Construction of a house to feed the poor. The main theme of the mission of the saint is to dedicate himself for a selfless service to the human brings at large. It is this higher aspect of every religion to which the saint gives prominence. He holds compassion as the basis of higher spiritual experiences. According to him, he who loves best serves best. The saint emphatically declares that love for god will develop in the human minds only and not in other creatures. When man develops compassion towards his fellow beings, he is said to prepare the ground for Divine Grace. Without Divine Grace, abiding love for god is not possible. The saint has used the term ‘Jeevakarunyam’ to denote profound compassion. It is said giving importance to this subject, he has dealt with the subject in seven parts but at present only thre of them are available. Compassion is the fundamental trait of the character of the saint. This factor is apparent from his poetic appeals to the Almighty. There are two aspects for the compassionate service. They are: 1. Doing good to fellow beings, when they suffer from hunger, thirst, disease, ignorance, poverty and fear; 2. Refraining from killing and taking flesh. As regards the first, he puts more stress on relieving hungry from hunger. If one pursues the virtue of relieving one from hunger, it is the supreme help. The other kinds of help can be easily rendered by anybody else, as they are supplementaries and sustain the life for some more time. The saint insists that one should give help to all souls with his earned money and through his own physical labour. When this is not possible, he should at least pray for them. He insists on family men of low income to be prudent enough in spending money for feeding their own family as well as others who may happen to approach them for food. He thus advocates prudence and thrift. He not only dissuades the rich from spending money unscrupulously on a grand style during their family ceremonies like marriages and other rituals. He persuades them to feed the needy instead. His suggestion is that anybody can do this according to his capacity. He deplores that rich people when they are jubilant and move pompously in high spirits at grand dinners and ostentatious music, and dance performances, normally do not relish the sight of a poor, hungry, meek human creature waiting anxiously nearby for a mouthful of food. It is a practical experience gained by the saint himself as revealed in one of his poems. He equally deplores and condemns the act of the pious people in ignoring the poor and destitutes. The so called great men can do so many wonders like transforming a male into a female, but all such acts done by them without compassion are mere tricks to hoodwink the public and they cannot be termed as ‘Gnani’ He himself sets an example for the selfless service. indeed it was his motto. In one of his poems, it is said that he realised God only through this compassionate service and the consequent experience of Grace-Light. Anbe Sivam. Om Namasivaya.