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Meaning: Service to devotees.
Quote:
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jan kee sevaa ootam kaamaa.
(O Lord!) Serving your servants is the ultimate good deed.
– Guru Ram Das Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 164
Message: The Gurbani advises us to always associate with devout people. The company of wise and dedicated people is an inspiration to us. Their single minded focus on being true servants of the Divine and the wisdom with which they fashion their lives in this world, despite being surrounded by constant temptation, is something we all need to recognize and emulate. By associating with them, we enrich ourselves. The true devotees are entrenched in divinity and serve all of society. They do not differentiate by colour, creed or race. For, they are enlightened and aware of the Divine in all. We must learn from their experience and adopt the �service to all� attitude so as to give something back to society at large. Sharing with and helping our fellow beings is the ultimate good deed.
I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service.
I served and I saw that service is joy. ? Kahlil Gibran, artist, poet and writer, 1883-1931
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Etymology: From Sanskrit sevaa (attendance on, homage) ? Pali ? Prakrit sevaa (service) ? Hindi sew (obeisance) ? Gujarati sev (attendance on).
