Professor Sarbjit Singh Dhunda

Is he really the "rogue of India" as titled on other Internet sites? Or is he yet one more target of interests vested in promoting parkash of Dasam Granth?

Sarbjit Singh ji is a kathawachak inspired by Sikh Rehat Maryada, and is featured on Sikh TV.



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He is one of the best Kathawachaks who gives logical and professional interpretations of Gurbani according to Guru Philosophy and not coloured by vedas and pro-sanatanist views.
Guru nanak ji gave the world a Brand NEW GYAAN..the latest knowledge of Akal Purakh as given in Mool mantar and Japji sahib...and then continued in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
IF it was just a REHASH of vedas and Puraans..then whats the reason for Guru nanak ji to come and spend over 250 years....perfecting the KHALSA. ??
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The DG brigade (accompanied by the sant baba derwaadees) hate his guts becasue he talks about Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Akal Takhat maryada ONLY exclusively depending on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji only.....while they all love the puranas mahabhartas and ramayan mythologicla tall tales and sing two liner jingles called dhaarnas and waddeh mahapurash giving amrit to even dogs and animals to save their souls...and all such utter rubbish..
Dhunda Ji has served in Malaysia as well as a kathawachak...and he is one shining star..who broadcasts from Gurdawra Bangla sahib...

ALL 6 "comments" on that particluar U-Tube page repeat the same thing.."what no Rehat from 1708-1935 ?? Did the panth just go on wothout a rehat ?? after Guru Gobind Singh ji..blah blah blah...and that the SRM is not passed/its a kharrah (draft) etc etc..

1. Of course there are Rehits from 1708....BUT theyr were SO MANY, self conflicting and self contradictory, various rehatnamas by singhs, brahmins disguised as singhs etc etc...each had his own Rehat..UNTIL the 1935 SGPC initiated a serious LOOK at ALL existing rehats and coem up with a UNIFORM wella ccepted Common SRM. This Huge took over a DECADE of WORLWIDE Discussion/sujhaas/suggestions form World wide Gurdawras Singh Sabhas, eminet personalities jathebandis etc etc. IN that period fo time such an effort is indeed most COMMENDABLE...Today with the MESS we are in no such effort cna even get off the ground...becasue the opposing sides are so deeply entrenched they wont budge an inch from their OWN JATHEBANDI/DERA Stand. While the Panth accepted this 1935 SRM..the OPPOSING Sant DERAS and Taksaals NEVER ACCEPTED it and have spent the past 5 DECADES SABOTAGING the SRM with all their might. ALL Taksaals, deras, jathas have their OWN Maryadas...set in motion by their own SANT...Nanaksari maryada, rarrewallah maryada, Taksaal Maryada, AKJ maryada..Asutosh maryada, Sacha Sauda maryada, Noormehal Maryada, Radha Soami maryada...ALL are DIFFERENT from each other and from SRM of Akal takhat. TODAY its a TRAGEDY that those who sit on the Takhats themsleves beleive in and follow their OWN DERA Maryadas and NOT Akal takhat maryada. Hazoor sahib ahs its own maryada - slaughter of live goats and shastar tilak is part of that..Patna sahib has its own maryada.. THIS MIX is the reason why so many SIKHS matha tek at Msulim Pir Graves and also in mandirs and Gurdawras..to them its all the same...they wear gatras and Kirpans and have flowing beards and yet also carry Green Chadars at mazaars and present Parshaad at hanuman Mandirs for devi blessings..Havans and chalisas are done by Taksaal Maryada followers...Each plays his own Tabla...

Prof. Dhunda is one of the finest preachers who have a finger on the peoples' vein. He does not use many difficult words in his sermons and his rendition of Gurbani too is melodious. What a pity on those who don't enjoy his sermons...

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Sarbjit Singh is totally against Sikh Rahat Maryada:

Meditating on Nam (Divine Substance) and Scriptures
Article IV

1. A Sikh should wake up in the ambrosial hours (three hours before the dawn), take bath and, concentrating his/her thoughts on One Immortal Being, repeat the name Waheguru (Wondrous Destroyer of darkness).
2. He/she should recite the following scriptural compositions every day :
a. The Japu, the Jaapu and the Ten Sawayyas (Quartets) - beginning "Sarwag sudh"-- in the morning.

As per Sikh Rehat Maryada, it is a duty of every Sikh to recite sri Jaap Sahib. This means that Taksal, Sampradia and various Jathas who recite Jaap Sahib are closer to SRM than Sarbjit Singh.

I guess bhai Vir Singh ji, professor Sahib singh ji and countless other Gurmukhs who recited Jaap sahib and did translations of the great bani, are 'akhauti'. What a fool!

I have top say this Sarbjit Singh has commited a great mistake for questioning the authenticity of sri Jaap sahib.

What he can't be forgiven is for using the words 'akhauti' and 'koor parchar'.

Taksal, AKJ, Nihang and varoius other sampradaia have bought countless into Sikh and still are. Thousands of students are taught Gurbani by Taksal, thousands are being tuaght kirtan, ucharan etc by jatha's who fully believe in Jaap Sahib. Are the 'False' and doing 'False Prachar' as Sarbjit Singh is saying.

I bow my head to Gurmukhs from AKJ, Taksal, Nihang..... who have inspired countless to keep kesh, recite bani, kirtan etc. How can we just smear all these great jathebandis because they recite sri Jaap Sahib?
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So bhai Vir Singh ji and professor Sahib Singh ji (Guru Granth darpan) believed and recited Jaap sahib, so were they doing 'koor parchar' and are they 'akhauti'?

How many thousand today read professor Sahib Singh's works on Gurbani. Is he 'false' and doing 'false parchar'? Professor Sahib Singh is our SatkarYog.

Here is professor Sahib Singh ji's take on sri Jaap Sahib:

"‘Jaap’ Sahib is the ‘bani’ of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. From the rehatnamas [we find] Satguru Ji insisting that every Sikh should, at the very least, recite Japji and Jaap every morning. This bani is also read during the preparation of ‘Amrit’"
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read more on - http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Jaap_Sahib_Steek

So SRM and many prominent Gurmukhs preached on the importance, today many are still reading books by Vir Singh ji and Sahib Singh ji. They have bought countless towards Guru Sahib not to mention countless other Gurmukhs who believed and recited Jaap Sahib.

How can anyone dare say these great Gurmukhs were doing kuur parchar?!

As per SRM:

Ceremony of Baptism or Initiation

Article XXIV



j. The scriptural composition to be recited are : The Japuji, The Jaap, The Ten Sawayyas (commencing with Sarawag Sud), The Bainti Chaupai (From "hamri karo hath dai rachha" to "dusht dokh te leho te bachai"), Anand Sahib.

So those that are in agreement with Sarbjit Singh, how will you perform amrit sanchar without Jaap Sahib? If you follow SRM you it is mandatory to read this bani as part of your nitnem and it must be read durin amrit sanchar.

Unfortunate are those that do not recite sri Jaap sahib.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Sangat ji
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What is your understanding of how the Jaap Sahib became part of the SRM?

1. I have nothing to say the least against what OSingh ji veer has written. 110% in agreement with all his points.I was given the jail Chitthian of BSB Randhir Singh as a gift for my 5th birthday by my late dad and he also gifted me the knowledge of how to appreciate all the other 50 or so books by BSB.
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2. My appreciation of Prof Dhunda is based on his interpreattion and katha of Gurbani...which i find commendable. Points 1 and 2 are not mutually exclusive for me...agreement with 1 doesnt have to excluse 2...not in my book.
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3. Jaap sahib is part of SRM. period. Any and all have to accept that as long as it states so in SRM. Personal disagreement is personal level.
4 Its also a undeniable fact that the Rehatnamahs and all historicla records of vasakhi 1699 FAIL to note down the actual banis read...only Japji sahib is named in most...rest of the banis differ from one to the other....sad but true. The SRM committee in 1035 came to an agreement and selected these banis based on evidence available at THAT time...facts can CHANGE..evidence cna becoem available...and so its a Fallacy to argue that just becasue Bhai Vir Singh read this..its Gurbani...or that becasue so and so snat said this..its true...the ONLY UNDENIABLE TRUTH is GURBANI in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. all else is man made. The banis outside Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji read at PAHUL are simply for PAHUL and proscribed as Nitnem. period. This was what i was told by the panj and I will stick to that until the panj tell me otherwise.

Its funny how Taksal, Jatha and other samprdaia are always bashed, but they are following SRM by reciting sri Jaap Sahib.

Sarbjit Singh by rejecting sri Jaap Sahib is going against SRM.

I can accept that people have questions regarding Dasam Granth, more research is required. However calling those that promote sri Jaap Sahib as 'akhauti' and doing 'false parchar' is anti-panthic and anti-SRM. How many people has Sarbjit Singh insulted in above video? Countless Gursikhs have been reciting sri Jaap Sahib as part of their nitnem, Vidhvaan's such as bhai Kahn Singh Nabha ji, kirtanis such as bhai Jasbir Singh Khanne ji.........
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So many Gursikhs who have read this bani have inspired others to chakk amrit and japp naam.

Prominent Gursikhs were involved in SRM like bhai Vir Singh ji. They came to the decision that sri Jaap Sahib is bani of Guru Gobind Singh ji and is mandatory in Amrit Sanchar and Nitnem. So anybody that follows SRM cannot reject this bani or they are going against panthic maryada.

Anyway I'm not against debate, but such a debate should take place on a panthic level with good Sikh scholars. Producing such videos and name-calling will get us nowhere.
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I'm seriously shocked that people are questioning the authenticity of sri Jaap Sahib.

At the very least sri Choupai Sahib and sri Jaap Sahib should not be questioned at all.

Also we should be careful in the maguage we use when discussing Dasam Bani.

Rabb Rakhe

Here are 2 examples from none other than bhai Nand Lal Singh ji, beloved Sikh of sri Guru Gobind Singh ji:

ਜਪੁ ਜੀ ਜਾਪੁ ਪੜ੍ਹ੍ਹ੍ਹੇ ਚਿੱਤ ਲਾਇ

Read and concentrate on sri Jap ji sahib and sri Jaap sahib

ਕਰਿ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਪੜ੍ਹ੍ਹ੍ਹੇ ਜਪੁ ਜਾਪ

Do ishnan and read sri Jap ji sahib and sri Jaap sahib

Bhai Prahlad Singh:

ਬਿਨਾ ਜਪੁ ਜਾਪੁ ਜਪੇ, ਜੋ ਜੋਵਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ
They who eat without reciting Japji Sahib and Jaap Sahib (Nitnem)
ਸੋ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕਾ ਕਿਰਮ ਹੁਇ, ਜਨਮ ਗਵਾਵੈ ਬਾਦ
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Are no better then waste and are ruining their lives.


The anti-dasam granth group seem to find any fault with a manuscript then discard the whole document! This is wrong.

There are many other rehitname's which confirm sri Jaap sahib shpuld be recited. I agree some rehitname's might have been tampered with, but we should be able to use the touchstone of Gurbani to take the Gurmat Rehits out of the Manmat Rehits.
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Sri Jaap seems to be mentioned in most rehitname's as a nitnem bani.

The reason I mentioned bhai Vir singh is that he is widely respected in panth along with professor Sahib Singh. Also professor ji doesn't belong to any jatha, dera,taksal. So nobody can use the dera, taksal,baba card : )
Professor Sahib came to the conclusion sri Jaap Sahib is the rachna (creation) of Guru Gobind Singh.

Most significant of all committee of SRM came to conclusion sri Jaap sahib is rachna of Guru Gobind Singh.

Note - Sarbjit Singh called those that believe, preach sri Jaap sahib are 'akhauti' - false and do 'false/garbage parchar'. With this one statement he has insulted countless Gursikhs.

Rabb Rakhe