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View Poll Results: Can non-sikh father or non-sikh mother teach their child Sikhi successfully? | |
yes
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no
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maybe
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don't know
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05-Sep-2009, 21:12 PM
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| |  | | | Re: Can A Non-Sikh Mother or Non-Sikh Father Grow A Sikh?
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Originally Posted by ekmusafir_ajnabi  Aisa naam niranjan hoye, je ko MANN jane Mann koi. It is the change of attitude, the acceptance that bears fruit. So one should with this in mind start a family that the child that is to be born is the Divine himself. So clear out the clutter from ones life and make preparations. Raise the child like Divine and the results will be there. All children are divine.
However some will begin to show signs of constipation on this suggestion. Not every one can be please.
Yes Indeed, there is a glimmer of hope.
ekmusafir_ajnabi | Just want to remind that Guru Nanak's mother and father were not Sikhs when they raised him, but they became Sikhs of the Guru because of him. 
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06-Sep-2009, 00:14 AM
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| | | | | Re: Can A Non-Sikh Mother or Non-Sikh Father Grow A Sikh?
Talking about Gurmat values, The Bill of Rights on which the USA was founded echoes nothing but Gurmat values. The founding Fathers had no idea that their hearts and minds bled Sikhi. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/general-discussion/20008-can-non-sikh-mother-non-sikh.html
Our visionary Gurus knew what it meant to create a universal message for all humanity which can only happen through pragmatism, not through any dogmas. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=20008
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06-Sep-2009, 14:13 PM
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| |  | | | Re: Can A Non-Sikh Mother or Non-Sikh Father Grow A Sikh?
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Originally Posted by namjap In the 1960's. many Punjabi Hindus of the Khatri Caste got at least one son raised as a Sikh. And Today, 3rd generation from these hybrids are dedicated sikhs. To my knowledge this practice amongst Hindus goes back since the early 1900s. | That is still followed. Not sure of the correct word but my mum tends to call them 'manotie' as in kids who are sikhs because of oaths(manot is the word in punjabi i guess). Usually an elder in khatri households goes and takes an oath at the gurudwara that if the first born is a Son then he will be raised as a Sikh.
In my town roughy 20-30% of Khatris are guru sikhs and the rest of Khatris give Gurudwaras an equal status to Hinduism. |
06-Sep-2009, 16:44 PM
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| |  | | | Re: Can A Non-Sikh Mother or Non-Sikh Father Grow A Sikh?
Can a person stop being a Sikh? From reading the above posts it seems it forms part of many peoples’ spirit or internal life before they even knew it was called Sikhism. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=20008 My point is that a child raised by one or more Sikh parents will be raised within the spirit of the Sikh faith and so will never consider that they started, so why would they stop or go astray? Amrit should be an individual decision when the individual is equipped to make it. Before that time the parents love and gentle guidance will be the flow of water and the company of the Gurdwara and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji will be the spiritual food. It is nature's will for all to blossom. | | The following member appreciates Ambers Ji for the above message. | |
06-Sep-2009, 19:27 PM
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The tradition of raising one khatri son as a Sikh dates back to Guru Hargobind Dev ji. | 
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