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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="kaur-1" data-source="post: 45513" data-attributes="member: 3025"><p>Cont: </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> Illustrated: Hinduization of Sikh Faith & History </strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> Sunday 10th of July 2005 </strong></span></span></p><p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong> Balpreet Singh - Guest Columnist </strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">(KP)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A 25-Point of Attack</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The RSS has 25 points with which it hopes to attack the Sikh faith and lead to its eventual assimilation. All 25 points are very easily refuted but lack of education and knowledge coupled with the RSS’s organized attack make this a serious danger.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">These points are already being incorporated into school text books and taught as real history. This skewed history is already taught in many areas.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">1) Sikhs are an inseparable part of Hindu society.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">2) If Hinduism is a tree, Sikhism is a fruit on that tree.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">3) Gurbani is like the Ganga, it emerges from the Gangotri of the Vedas</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">4) The Khalsa was crated to protect Hinduism and Hindustan</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">5) Japji Sahib is a summary of the Gita</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">6) The Failure of the 1857 "War of Independence" [in reality an unorganized uprising by Poorbiya soldiers who 8 years earlier helped the British conquer Punjab] was defeated only by the Sikhs</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">7) Banda Singh Bahadur was really Veer Banda Bairagi</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">8) The Sikh Gurus worshipped the cow</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">9) Condemning Bhai Kanh Singh Nabha and Bhai Veer Singh</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">10) Use examples from Trumpp and other anti-Sikh western scholars</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">11) The Sikh Gurus used Vedic ceremonies</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">12) Guru Gobind Singh worshipped the Goddess Durga</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">13) Guru Sahib was from the family or Ram and his devotee</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">14) Sikhs are from Lav-Kush</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">15) Baba Ram Singh was the legitimate Guru of the Sikhs</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">16) Create posters which challenge Sikh principles but appear to be pro-Sikh </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">17) Insist on using the Bikrami calendar and share Hindu festivals</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">18) Call Bhai Hakeekat Singh, Hakeekat Rai and illustrate him as a clean-</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">shaven Hindu</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">19) Claim [with no historical basis] that Guru Gobind Singh sent his army to liberate Ram Janam Bhumi in Ayodhya from the Mughals</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">20) To create the Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh seeked blessing from the gods and goddesses and used Hindu mantras. The Kakaars were also </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">blessings from the gods.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">21) Equate ÅÆ with "OM"</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">22) Call Bhai Mati Das "Guru Mati Das Sharma"</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">23) To do parkash of Sree Guru Granth Sahib in Mandirs and put pictures of </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Hindu Gods in Sikh Gurdwaras</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">24) Project Guru Gobind Singh as having taken a different ideology from Guru Nanak and to make him into a Patriotic Hero of India</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Gobind Singh with Rana Partap and other Hindu "Heros"</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">25) Make all of Sikh history take a Hindu tint.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Small Steps to Oblivion</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The RSS recognizes that Hinduism is many hundreds of years old and it can slowly assimilate the Sikhs with time. By establishing links between Vishnu/Raam and the Gurus, they hope that Sikhs will see these Hindu gods as their own. With time, perhaps pictures of Raam and Vishnu will find their way into Gurdwaras. The RSS has commissioned paintings and posters that mix Hinduism and Sikhism and present Sikh figures receiving blessings from Hindu gods. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Idol worship, which is taboo in Sikhism is also being slowly introduced. Idols of Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak can now be purchased from many stores. Some Nanaksar Thaats have also installed these idols. If idols of Sikh Gurus are acceptable, then perhaps with time Hindu idols can be accepted. Gurdwara Manikaran is a good example of what the RSS would like to see more common.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">By putting Guru Granth Sahib in Hindu mandirs, simple Sikh villagers will begin to go to pay obeisance regularly. With Sikhs attending Hindu Mandirs, they will also offer worship to the Hindu gods and goddesses there. Sikh marriages may also begin to take place in Mandirs. Eventually, Hinduism in Punjab will be a mish/mash of Sikhism and Hinduism and the Sikhs will lose their distinct identity. Given a few generations, Guru Nanak will be an Avtar of Vishnu just like the Buddha has become and the Sikhs will be eliminated.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Today, Hindu Mandirs and idols again surround Sree Darbaar Sahib in Amritsar. In total, <strong>nine</strong> mandirs surround the Darbar Sahib complex, with some even in the galleria. When will these small mandirs be turned into massive buildings? When they are, what will the Sikhs have to say? </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The Sikhs today are facing dark days. The Sikh Liberation Movement has been destroyed along with Sikh self-confidence. Hindu Fundamentalist organizations are making deep inroads into the community and still there is no reaction. We will be remembered as the first generation of Sikhs to have accepted defeat and subjugation from an adversary. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Will we wake up when it is too late?</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Note: </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The essay is published with the permission of Bhai Balpreet Singh Ji.</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> The editors can be reached at </span></span><a href="mailto:editors@panthic.org"><span style="color: #000000">editors@panthic.org</span></a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaur-1, post: 45513, member: 3025"] Cont: [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B] Illustrated: Hinduization of Sikh Faith & History [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B] Sunday 10th of July 2005 [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][COLOR=#000080][FONT=arial][B] Balpreet Singh - Guest Columnist [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2](KP) [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]A 25-Point of Attack[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The RSS has 25 points with which it hopes to attack the Sikh faith and lead to its eventual assimilation. All 25 points are very easily refuted but lack of education and knowledge coupled with the RSS’s organized attack make this a serious danger.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]These points are already being incorporated into school text books and taught as real history. This skewed history is already taught in many areas.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]1) Sikhs are an inseparable part of Hindu society.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]2) If Hinduism is a tree, Sikhism is a fruit on that tree.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]3) Gurbani is like the Ganga, it emerges from the Gangotri of the Vedas[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]4) The Khalsa was crated to protect Hinduism and Hindustan[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]5) Japji Sahib is a summary of the Gita[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]6) The Failure of the 1857 "War of Independence" [in reality an unorganized uprising by Poorbiya soldiers who 8 years earlier helped the British conquer Punjab] was defeated only by the Sikhs[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]7) Banda Singh Bahadur was really Veer Banda Bairagi[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]8) The Sikh Gurus worshipped the cow[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated10.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]9) Condemning Bhai Kanh Singh Nabha and Bhai Veer Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]10) Use examples from Trumpp and other anti-Sikh western scholars[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]11) The Sikh Gurus used Vedic ceremonies[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]12) Guru Gobind Singh worshipped the Goddess Durga[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]13) Guru Sahib was from the family or Ram and his devotee[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]14) Sikhs are from Lav-Kush[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]15) Baba Ram Singh was the legitimate Guru of the Sikhs[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]16) Create posters which challenge Sikh principles but appear to be pro-Sikh [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]17) Insist on using the Bikrami calendar and share Hindu festivals[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]18) Call Bhai Hakeekat Singh, Hakeekat Rai and illustrate him as a clean-[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]shaven Hindu[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]19) Claim [with no historical basis] that Guru Gobind Singh sent his army to liberate Ram Janam Bhumi in Ayodhya from the Mughals[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]20) To create the Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh seeked blessing from the gods and goddesses and used Hindu mantras. The Kakaars were also [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]blessings from the gods.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]21) Equate ÅÆ with "OM"[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]22) Call Bhai Mati Das "Guru Mati Das Sharma"[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]23) To do parkash of Sree Guru Granth Sahib in Mandirs and put pictures of [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Hindu Gods in Sikh Gurdwaras[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]24) Project Guru Gobind Singh as having taken a different ideology from Guru Nanak and to make him into a Patriotic Hero of India[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated11.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Guru Gobind Singh with Rana Partap and other Hindu "Heros"[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]25) Make all of Sikh history take a Hindu tint.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Small Steps to Oblivion[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The RSS recognizes that Hinduism is many hundreds of years old and it can slowly assimilate the Sikhs with time. By establishing links between Vishnu/Raam and the Gurus, they hope that Sikhs will see these Hindu gods as their own. With time, perhaps pictures of Raam and Vishnu will find their way into Gurdwaras. The RSS has commissioned paintings and posters that mix Hinduism and Sikhism and present Sikh figures receiving blessings from Hindu gods. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated12.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Idol worship, which is taboo in Sikhism is also being slowly introduced. Idols of Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak can now be purchased from many stores. Some Nanaksar Thaats have also installed these idols. If idols of Sikh Gurus are acceptable, then perhaps with time Hindu idols can be accepted. Gurdwara Manikaran is a good example of what the RSS would like to see more common.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]By putting Guru Granth Sahib in Hindu mandirs, simple Sikh villagers will begin to go to pay obeisance regularly. With Sikhs attending Hindu Mandirs, they will also offer worship to the Hindu gods and goddesses there. Sikh marriages may also begin to take place in Mandirs. Eventually, Hinduism in Punjab will be a mish/mash of Sikhism and Hinduism and the Sikhs will lose their distinct identity. Given a few generations, Guru Nanak will be an Avtar of Vishnu just like the Buddha has become and the Sikhs will be eliminated.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated13.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Today, Hindu Mandirs and idols again surround Sree Darbaar Sahib in Amritsar. In total, [B]nine[/B] mandirs surround the Darbar Sahib complex, with some even in the galleria. When will these small mandirs be turned into massive buildings? When they are, what will the Sikhs have to say? [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The Sikhs today are facing dark days. The Sikh Liberation Movement has been destroyed along with Sikh self-confidence. Hindu Fundamentalist organizations are making deep inroads into the community and still there is no reaction. We will be remembered as the first generation of Sikhs to have accepted defeat and subjugation from an adversary. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Will we wake up when it is too late?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_129/2005-07-10_illustrated14.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Note: [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The essay is published with the permission of Bhai Balpreet Singh Ji.[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] The editors can be reached at [/SIZE][/FONT][EMAIL="editors@panthic.org"][COLOR=#000000]editors@panthic.org[/COLOR][/EMAIL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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