One’s body is derived from the flesh and blood of the mother. How much sacrifice is involved in giving birth to a child and rearing that child with continuous care and love beyond description. The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the life you lead are all the gift of your parents. One’s primary duty, therefore, is to please one’s parents – only thus can one’s debt to them be discharged. Nor is that all, for the debt to one’s parents can also only be fully discharged by rendering service also to society.

- Divine Discourse, 3rd April 1990.