"The Giani ji had told me that you would like to return well in time, before the evening." He parked the car there and introduced himself to me. One Sikh by the name of Tarsem Singh Gill would pick us up on Monday morning at 9 A.M., to drive us to EI Sobrante.Īs promised, at 9 A.M on Monday morning, Tarsem Singh came with his car we were waiting for him. On Sunday evening Giani ji informed us that he had made the necessary arrangements. So, I asked the Stockton Gurdwara Giani ji to arrange for some transport for us, if possible. However, Stockton did not have any direct bus link with El Sobrante. Having completed our engagements on Sunday, we wanted to leave Stockton on Monday. After we had shown the documentary of the Golden Temple in Stockton Gurdwara Sahib, our next show was at El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib, a small township near San Francisco. We were in California going from one Gurdwara to another showing a documentary about the premiere Sikh shrine, Sri Harimandir Sahib. We choose one of the examples of the many that we came across: From small thing to big thing the philosophy behind seva is always there among all the Sikhs. Here is a presentation on Seva in Sikhism ( )ĭuring our travels of North America I and my wife had seen numerous examples of seva. Numerous examples of their wonderful spirit. On such occasions, their largesse is not bound and constricted by the thoughts of serving only the Sikhs. The Sikhs from all over India came forward to foot the bill to run those camps. The contributions to run those camps were voluntary.
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After the devastating earth-quake in Katchh in the Gujarat State of India in 2001, the Sikhs had put up some of the biggest camps to provide free food to the quake-affected people. It has often been seen in India that whenever there is any natural calamity on a large scale, the Sikh organizations are the first to reach there to provide succour to the affected people. The accent is upon the word, `Voluntary'. I can say it without any exaggeration or the fear of contradiction that the extent of seva that is found among the Sikhs is rarely found in any other religion. Seva is what shines in Sikhism above all. It is deeply ingrained in the collective psyche of the Sikhs. Seva is the voluntary service to fellow beings without any expectation of reciprocation. If there is one solitary word to sum up the Sikh religion, I would unhesitatingly pick seva as the operative word. Karseva at Harimander Sahib with Devotees Restoring the Amrit Sarovar