amritdharis and Non Amritdharis

I understand what you say, and don't necessarily disagree. What I am pointing out is the "double-edged sword" of this rehat or any rehat -- too easy to become so much one of the chosen in your own mind that you then despise other people. Me against you, Us against Them. Which is not how Sikhism began.
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It is ur perception. all have the right to save the skin.

please delete, duplicate post.

the panthic rehat maryada on the SGPC website was not issued by SGPC. it was compiled by scholars on behalf of the SGPCk, but it was issued by Akal Takht. Akal Takht is the supreme temporal authority for sikhs.

the historical rehetnamas that preceeded the current panthic rehat were full of contradictions, depending on whether the author hated hindus or muslims more. if you read through them you can see vast differences based on the political climate at the time they were written.

the other legitimate modern rehat that i know of is of damdami taksal. while it contradicts the panthic rehet on the meat issue and the required number of nitnem banis, i would say the rest of it is completely inline. it's a bit more strict and much more detailed, and there is nothing wrong with that.

in my leaner's opinion, the panthic rehat is the baseline. anything above and beyond that is wonderful, if you can manage it.

you should read some of the historical rehatnamas, they're quite entertaining. they describe what colours of clothing to wear (contradicting each other, one says you should wear green, another says you must not), what time of night you are allowed to have sex, what direction you should face when reciting sohila (your pillow), etc. some say do not eat beef, some say do not eat halal, and some say do not eat meat. some say keski is kakkar, some say kes. some say you must wear two turbans. it's very educational.

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Good work, Jasleen

What does You Were Blocked mean? the link at the bottom works fine.

interesting, i'm not sure. i've noticed that links posted for that site often have the "you are blocked" tag. probably a bug on their side.

Afer making small search I could not locate the rehat maryada other than SGPc. You may kindly like to provide a link for the same so that the difference between the two may be analysed esp. in regard to the definition OF sikh that is relevant to the post.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar/18997-amritdharis-and-non-amritdharis.html
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=18997
Will search out for other rehats ,if available, in due course Of time
Thanks.

Sikh80 ji

The Rehat Maryada appears on the SGPC web site as a resource -- for people to make a quick check if they are looking for the rehat. The site has many good resources by the way. The rehat itself is as Jasleen says. I don't know if Akaal Takht has a web site.

exerpts from and information about historical rehetnamas (please click the below link even if it says blocked):

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damdami taksal rehet maryada:

Damdami Taksaal Online Website - Rehat Maryada

AKJ's rehet maryada is outlined here:

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