Devanagari: उपकार ISO15919: upakāra also written as upkaar
Benevolence: the act of rendering help and benefit.
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Since living beings have a divine soul and a material body, the benevolence is of two kinds: towards the soul or towards the betterment of the body. The key distinction is that only God and the Spiritual Master can truly render upakara of the jiva.
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Bhakti Shatak - Hundred Gems of Devotion - an in-depth analysis
