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Selfless service to others, performed without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service: helping others without expecting a reward.

Hindu charity includes dana, or giving, and sewa, or selfless service. Help need not be financial: sharing food, offering hospitality and giving time are also valuable. Giving food is known as anna dana.

Service carried out for others without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service performed without seeking reward or praise.

Selfless service to others, such as preparing or serving food in the langar.

Service to others performed without seeking praise or reward.

Selfless service performed without seeking a reward.

Selfless service to others, performed without expecting anything in return.

Selfless service carried out for others without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service to others, carried out without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service to others, carried out without expecting a reward.

Selfless service performed for the benefit of others, without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service to others, offered without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service in Sikhism, which can involve physical work, mental service or using wealth to help others.

Selfless service to others, including practical care for people who are suffering.

Sikh attitudes also draw on sewa, selfless service. Protecting life involves practical help, not merely refusing to end it. Someone who is seriously ill needs care, companionship and relief from suffering.

Selfless service to others, an important Sikh religious duty.

Selfless service to others, carried out without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service to others, offered without seeking personal reward; it can involve time, skills, effort or material resources.

Selfless service: helping others without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service carried out for others without seeking personal praise or reward.

Selfless service performed without expecting anything in return.

Selfless service to others, undertaken without seeking personal reward.

Selfless service to others.

Selfless service performed without expecting a reward.

Explain why an action is sewa: it serves others without expecting a reward, rather than simply being an unpaid task.

Keep examples linked to the question’s setting. For sewa in the langar, explain donating money for ingredients rather than simply mentioning a donation to charity.

When asked to refer to sacred writings or another source of Sikh teaching, connect the reference to your explanation. The Rahit Maryada teaching that sewa recognises no barriers supports an explanation of langar.