GOOD SAMARITAN

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?(25)
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?(26)
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.(27)
LUKE 10

Who is my neighbor the lawyer asks? In order to answer Jesus gives an account of a man who has been robbed by thieves and lies wounded on the side of the road.

A priest  passes him by, also a Levite (an assistant to the priests) passes him by. A man from the Samaritan community stops to help. He dresses the wound and carries the man to an inn and sees that he is taken care of there.  Who is the neighbor? The priest?  The levite? No. It is the Samaritan. That is the neighbor.

The teaching here of Lord Jesus indicates the sankirtan yajna. Those who have received the mercy of the Lord and are experiencing love of God and love of self are instructed to chant his Holy Names and dance in public. In that way those neighbors who have had their intelligence stolen and are lying wounded on the side of the spiritual path are rescued.