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unusual facts about Selfless service


Panj Pyare

Panj Pyare are similarly chosen to perform other important ceremonies such as laying the cornerstone of a gurdwara building or inaugurating kar-seva, i.e. cleansing by voluntary labour of a sacred tank, or leading a religious procession, and to decide issues confronting a local sangat or community as a whole.


Sikh practices

No benefits are gained by where and to which family the person is born to – All have to undertake the rigours of Simran (meditation) and Sewa (selfless service) to progress spiritually.


see also

Bahá'í Faith in Norway

Selfless service in the work of the religion and in the carrying on of our trade or profession.

Fred Gardiner

Bill Davis praised Gardiner for his "remarkable contributions and selfless service." Art Eggleton said that "a towering giant" was lost from the political scene.

Kyle Vanden Bosch

Membership in the Innocents Society is based upon superior academic achievement, unparalleled leadership, and selfless service to the University and community.

Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi

Helen Keller, who spoke of him as "a light piercing the darkness with his selfless service".

Sikh discipline

Sewa - To perform selfless service, without any thought of reward or personal benefit.

Sikh practices

# Wash your mind clean with Sewa, selfless service to the community by doing manual work at the Gurdwara by cleaning the dishes, washing the floors, painting the walls; working in Community Centres; in old peoples homes, etc.