Charity philosophy
"While we are here on this planet we have to do something noble with our lives,” Sri Kaleshwar says. He teaches that all of us must help wherever we can. Our actions must leave a sweet fragrance and be a great message that lives long after we are gone. This is the duty of each person. He says that the real enlightenment is when someone looks in your eyes with gratitude because you have done something to remove their suffering. Every aspect of Sri Kaleshwar’s life is a living example of this. He works tirelessly to relieve the suffering of the thousands who come to see him. One of his main teachings is that a person’s life can be measured by how many people they’ve helped.
“It is very important how many people around you that you’re making happy. This is the bottom line that Jesus mentioned—try to help the people around you as much as you can to make them happy. What we need to understand is true love and having a forgiving nature.”
The 5 Pillars of Charity
Over many years, Sri Kaleshwar has provided countless social services for the needy in South India. To profoundly and sustainably improve the lives of people in a society, all-encompassing aid in the various areas of social life is required. Therefore, the 5 Pillars of Charity were developed:
Hunger Relief
- Support during acute famine in drought periods
- supplying HIV-infected children with nutritional supplements
- food distribution on festive days
Medical Assistance
- free outpatient care stations
- Establishment of an eye clinic with free care
- Support for HIV-infected children and their families
- Investments in research to combat HIV
- Construction of a modern hospital complex
- Educational events for the prevention of swine flu
Educational Support
- Scholarships for socially disadvantaged children
- Construction of a technical college
- Mass literacy program
Social Welfare
- Donation of tri-cycles for the physically disabled
- Organizing mass weddings for the poor
- Sewing machines as a livelihood for married couples
- Construction of a veterinary clinic
- Construction and renovation of temples
- Loudspeaker systems for temples as a social integration function
- Support for victims of the flood disaster in October 2009
Infrastructure Development
- Sponsorship for 100 villages in the Anantapur district
- Road construction
- Water supply – well construction
- Street lighting
- Construction of a national highway
With these 5 pillars of charity and the founding of the SSGT (Shirdi Sai Global Trust), Sri Kaleshwar has created a comprehensive network of social care for the people of the entire region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In doing so, he emphasizes cooperation with local charitable institutions to fulfill the principle of „help for self-help“ and to support and encourage people to take responsibility for their own well-being. Furthermore, he specifically promotes measures that positively influence the peaceful coexistence of different religions. In cooperation with government representatives, he repeatedly calls upon them to give concrete commitments for projects and to create legal frameworks for their sustainability. In recognition of his tireless efforts for the needs of the people in South India, Sri Kaleshwar received an honorary doctorate from the „Open International University for Complementary Medicine“ in Malaysia in 2007.
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“You have to lift a minimum of ten to fifteen people per month, lift them. I recommend on Saturday or Sunday to go to any old age home, any hospital, any kind of place like that. Even if you’re super busy, spend one to two hours. If you have $100 with you, spend $5 to $10 for food. It’s good to take care. A hungry person, if you really took care, if you feed him, definitely his heart feels, ‘Thank you. God bless him.’ You need it. The world needs it. For a wounded heart person, you don’t need to do anything, just simply sit and listen to what he’s saying. I know you’re tired and exhausted but just listen. Let him cry whatever he wants to cry. Just listen. You share it. If you care, you have to share. That’s a great blessing to him. In the hospital there are a lot of patients, please go and take care of them every Sunday. When they are used to seeing you, after you visited two or three weeks, then in the fourth week that patient is waiting for you, ‘Hey! When are you coming?’ They’re very happy just looking forward for you to bring some flowers, some fruits. They feel so touched. That you need and that is needed.”