"Why many people do not take up the task of serving humanity?"

Many people really feel passionate about doing something to serve humanity. However, their passion soon gets dampened down by the very thought that they might not be competent enough for that task. They would think to postpone it until after they become competent and capable to serve humanity. Do remember that none in this world has ever been a complete individual in all respects. Had it been so, they would have been free from the cycles of births and deaths because a fully perfected soul doesn’t need to be born again.

Take any great person who had been born so far and you would find at least some deficiency or weakness in their life or character. Nonetheless, that didn’t stop any of them serving humanity which they certainly did whilst working towards rectifying their own deficiency.

A primary school teacher wouldn’t necessarily be highly qualified (but yet he/she can teach young children). Junior wrestlers may train other wrestlers having less experience than them. In a nutshell, any individual, however deficient, can educate or serve other people who happen to have more deficiencies or weaknesses than him/her.

-Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya