I found out that Seva ( pronounced sewa) means selfless act of service towards the benefit others. It seems like finding songs that relate to community service appear to be harder to find than songs that relate to pleasure. I can understand because westerners are used to sexual or love songs that are more upbeat and fun to listen and dance to. However, It was really easy for me to find community service songs because I listen to them more than sex songs. My favorite singer is Michael Jackson and he has multiple songs that relate to doing good in the world. Especially famous songs of his include, We are the world, Heal the world, Earth Song, and Man in the Mirror. Needless to say, the songs that I chose are mostly from the 70s, 80s, and early 90s. Hindu tradition differs from the Pop culture influence in American tradition in that seva is a major aim that citizens need to participate in along with pleasure if they want to reach liberation in the end.
It was nice reading your blog post because you are a person that can give an perspective on community service and you are one of the first that i have read that said they do not really listen to pleasure songs and that the community service songs were easier to find.I would like to know however more about how you compared the aims of pleasure and community service and how the Hindu religion differ to that of our culture
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