What is the difference between being subservient and serving others?

Question

“I am not one’s servant.” So said the Buddha. “With what I have gained I wander about in all the world, without being subservient to anyone: therefore, it thou like, rain, O sky!”
-adapted from the Sutta-nipata translated by V. Fausboll

Namaste

Blessings

Peace and Love

Answer 1

Serving others through subservience or another way...

Subservient means to be beneath something...or something is above you and so you SUBmit and SERVE (subservient).

Serving others could also come from equals. You are not a servant or slave - but you serve another as equals.

~ Eric Putkonen