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Seva is defined as 'service'. People generally like to do service once in a while to 'be good and do good', and usually, these activities come under the branch of philanthropy. Among Hindus, everyone likes to take part is some form of seva, either to humanity or to God, but preferably to God as it yields some spiritual benefits for the person serving. Serving God (Lord Krishna) is the ultimate goal of the Krishna Conscious movement, wherein everyone is considered to be performing devotional service. The aim is that with regular practice of devotional service, one will finally achieve love for Godhead and thus, go back to God (as is prescribed in the Vedas). | |||
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Seva|Seva]]''' category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following | Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Seva|Seva]]''' category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 3 quotes. | ||
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== Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books == | == Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books == | ||
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{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|In the spiritual world, everyone has a spiritual body. There is no conception of material existence there. In the spiritual world there is only service and the receiving of service. There is only sevya, seva, and sevaka|In the spiritual world, everyone has a spiritual body. There is no conception of material existence there. In the spiritual world there is only service and the receiving of service. There is only sevya, sevā, and sevaka—the person served, the process of service and the servant. These three items are completely spiritual, and therefore the spiritual world is called absolute. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.19)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|One must render service to a Vaisnava in order to get freed from sinful reactions, revive one's original Krsna consciousness and be trained in how to love Krsna. This is the result of mahatma-seva|One must render service to a Vaiṣṇava in order to get freed from sinful reactions, revive one's original Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be trained in how to love Kṛṣṇa. This is the result of mahātma-sevā. Of course, if one engages in the service of a pure devotee, the reactions of one's sinful life are vanquished automatically. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.16)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| | {{VaniQuotebox|Meeting the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the instruction of the spiritual master. This is technically called vani-seva|When one becomes serious to follow the mission of the spiritual master, his resolution is tantamount to seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As explained before, this means meeting the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the instruction of the spiritual master. This is technically called vāṇī-sevā. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28.51)'''}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 22 November 2020
Seva is defined as 'service'. People generally like to do service once in a while to 'be good and do good', and usually, these activities come under the branch of philanthropy. Among Hindus, everyone likes to take part is some form of seva, either to humanity or to God, but preferably to God as it yields some spiritual benefits for the person serving. Serving God (Lord Krishna) is the ultimate goal of the Krishna Conscious movement, wherein everyone is considered to be performing devotional service. The aim is that with regular practice of devotional service, one will finally achieve love for Godhead and thus, go back to God (as is prescribed in the Vedas).
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Seva category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 3 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books
Seva - explore more within this category.
Vanipedia has now over 903 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's books under the series titled Essential Subjects. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the breadth and depth of Srila Prabhupada's teachings - There is a subject for everyone.