THE SERVICE THING - BODHISATTVAS (PDF-2081)

One thing I noticed a great many years ago but seldom talk about is this whole being-of-service thing. Americans are not comfortable serving others, despite what their lip service proclaims. Sure, we like to think we are all community workers at heart, but when it comes down to owning the ‘service’ label, uhh, uhh. We don’t like it. We are just uncomfortable as servants, serving others. We like to “be served.” Perhaps it is just our heritage of independence. I might never have even noticed this except for my deep interest in Asian philosophy, which finally got around to actually looking at some Asian persons. I have traveled in countries like Tibet, China, Sikkim, India, and Nepal, some of them a number of times.