????(sevaa)
Meaning: noun, feminine: service.
Quote:
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jah jah jaau tahaa teree sevaa.
O Divine! Wherever I go, I serve you.
– Bhagat Ravi Das, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 659
Message: The ultimate purpose of life is fulfilled when we realise the presence of the Divine in our life and that of others around us. We lead our life in the service of the Divine. We dedicate our life, every act of life, to His love and devotion. A relationship with Him alone is permanent.
In the words of Bhagat Ravi Das, we are already an inseparable part of the Divine. If He is the mountain, then we are the peacock. If He is the moon, then we are the partridge in love with it. If He is the lamp, then we are the wick. If He is the sacred place of pilgrimage, then we are the pilgrim. Let us be joined in true love with the Divine and break away from all that leads us astray from the divine love. Let us come to His shelter and serve Him wholeheartedly. Wherever you go, see Him and serve Him. There is none other than Him. He Himself is pervading everywhere.
Ah! What a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith. -Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet, 1792-1822
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Etymology: From Sanskrit sevaa (attendance on, homage) ? Pali ? Prakrit sevaa (service) ? Hindi sew (obeisance) ? Gujarati sev (attendance on).
Summary of the Week:
�The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.� These are the words of Leo Tolstoy.
Man, however, is looking for happiness. In this respect, we turn to the words of Albert Schweitzer (philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate, 1875-1965): �I don�t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.�
Martin Luther King Jr tops this by saying: �Anybody can serve. You don�t have to have a college degree to serve. You don�t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.�
What are we waiting for?
