“May I help you?” and  “How can I help him or her?” are the fundamental principles of humanity.

I have been advocating “May I help you?” to be practiced every Saturday to become a Satya Yugi in Kali Yuga as it imparts all the principles of Satya Yuga and they are satya (truthfulness), tapas (selfless work), pavitrata (purity of mind)  and daya / daan (charity). When all these four characteristics are present in a person, with satya at the forefront, he or she is a Satyugi.

But “May I help you” does not completely fill one with joy. I find that the better phrase to practice is “How can I help him or her?”

Whenever you meet people or situations try to ask yourself silently the ways to help others, society and the nation.

That marks the difference between good people and great people. 

“Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha” (translates to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") is a dictum or aphorism enunciated in the Rigveda.

Gautama Buddha, after he attained self-realization, gave sermons to his disciples. The first sermon that he delivered to his five disciples was “Dhamma Chakka Pavattana Sutta” meaning “the turning of the wheel of Dharma” which was further interpreted as Bahujana hitaya-bahujana sukhaya.

Dr KK Aggarwal

Padma Shri Awardee

President Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania (CMAAO)

Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications

President Heart Care Foundation of India

Past National President IMA