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| Re: Hair and General Sikh Philosophy Study
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'This is the same Guru whose did not include his bani in the (Guru Granth Sahib) (Guru Granth Sahib)Adi Granth (Guru Granth Sahib) even when he had the opportunity to do so. '
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/22759-hair-and-general-sikh-philosophy-study.html
What do you mean by this, please explain.
She means the so called "Dasam Granth" was not added to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and neither were any of the "rehitnamas".
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=22759
Aad ji can speak for herself. I would like to hear her take on what she wrote.
Yes I was referring to the Dasam Granth, which was not added to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj, and neither were the rehitnamas.
As for speaking for myself, my take on what I wrote: It is very difficult for me to believe that any of the Gurus were less than completely wise and compassionate about the suffering that enveloped those around them. Each one, each enlightened one, an embodiment of the same jyote, then would see God within each and every person. Each Guru would also understand how each individual was at his/her own place on the path to inner awareness of Waheguru. None of them, including Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji Maharaj, would cast anyone aside, even a Turk or Mughal, who had sincerely embraced the "dharma." Sometimes our Gurus even took pains to encounter, teach and spiritually embrace their enemy. We know this to be historically true of the 1rst Guru and 10th Guru. So why would anyone of them cast aside someone who trimmed his beard or his hair?
Sri Guru Gobind Singh declared that Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji was the last and everlasting Satguru. The same Gobind Singh Dev ji did not include his Bani in the Adi Granth. What does that tell you?
I don't want to get lost on a tangent about his perfect humility -- someone is going to say that a great warrior, political leader and poet could not be humble. His actions tell me he was humble. His understanding of the concept of a just war tells me he was dispassionate and put principle above appearances. His resolve in the face of sacrifice - first of the gruesome martyrdom of his father and then of his children and his mother - tell me that his face was always turned toward God. In other words, the Guru was always larger than the pettiness of life.
So now -- you did not answer my other questions Singh veerji. But here are two more. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Dev ji -- described above -- why do you think he "valued" keeping kesh (actually this rehat was formulated by someone else, a close associate) -- but why? Was it because God lives in every hair? Or, was it for a completely different reason?
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