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<blockquote data-quote="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 107577" data-attributes="member: 138"><p><span style="color: purple">Satyaban ji</span>,</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Guru Fateh.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Thanks for the response. It gave me the impression that you did not get what I am trying to convey. It could be due to many reasons. Let's us try to see what I said and what you thought I meant.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Blue= My initial post.</span></p><p>Black= Satyaban's response.</p><p><span style="color: purple">Purple= My response</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"Monotheism, Pantheism, Polytheism, Atheism and all other kinds of <u><em>isms</em></u> one may be able to add to the above list are definitions/descriptions of belief systems which people use to believe in a deity, personified being God, except Atheism whose belief system is not to believe in such a deity."</span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">I have no idea what you are talking about.You can define your belief system anyway you like. I have no objection to that. "Systems' are created by the groups,cults,sects and religions. One has the privilege and the right to accept them or discard them if they do not jive with one's thought process.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"To compensate for this black hole, all these belief systems create mechanical rituals which have multifold advantages."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Once again your questioning is confusing and a bit suspect because it has distorted what I said. I said MECHANICAL rituals. Of course there are many meaningful rituals in life. By temple, I think you mean Gurdwara. I have no idea whether you know the concept behind Harmandir Sahib, known as the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Allow me to elaborate it a bit for you.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">This is the only Gurdwara- a Place of Solace ( because Sikhs do not worship), in which one has to climb down the stairs contrary to all other religious places where one has to climb up. It is a sign of humility. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Secondly, this is the only place where anyone from any hue,faith or creed can come and find peace within. There are many Hindu temples, Muslim Mosques and also Chruches and Synogogues where this is not possible. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Thirdly and the most important thing about Harmandir Sahib is that it has four doors to invite all humanity.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Unlike in the Hindu Temples, nothing is worshipped in the Gurdwara. Only Gurbani from SGGS is sung for the praise of the ONE.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">One more important thing which is only unique to Sikhi is the concept of Langar and Pangat which proves that equality of all humanity is not only preached with mere words but also practiced with deeds.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Hindus tried and copied the model of Harmandir Sahib and built a Hindu Temple exactly in the same form in Amritsar.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Please read the defintion of doctrine and dogma and express yourself in a comparative fashion so we can discuss that in our next post.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"1. It makes people do something together which in result creates unity of the group performing the rituals.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">2. By performing the same ritual, it gives them the sense of belongingness."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Satyaban, once again you are trying to find faults with parochial thinking where there are none. I never said there is anything wrong with it. I am not criticising anything, just expressing things the way I see them. Express yourself with examples once again so we can talk about your observations or objections in our next post. One liners have more echoes in them than substance. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"6. Last but not the least, no thought process is needed for all the above which shows that self discovery or self betterment, hence self improvement take backseat although are used as great facades to lasso others.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Once again, your comment to my above partial post is confusing to say the least. Please elaborate it with examples.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"So, one can see that all the above schools of thought do not really help in developing any thought process. To the contrary because mechanical rituals are not meant for that."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">I have no idea what you can not see till you elaborate yourself with concrete examples. Sorry about that.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">"Sikhi is not a belief system because it is based on pragmatism not on dogmas. As it is a pragmatic approach to life, it is based on objective reality."</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: purple">The answer to your question is in the following verse from Jap ji by Guru Nanak. One quick example of Objective reality is that it has no Hell or Heaven which are based on subjective truth.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">"Guru Nanak shows us this pragmatic objective reality long before any other astronomer, scientist could ever do even with the help of instruments.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">Guru Nanak says in Japji: Patalaan pataal lakh, agassan agaas.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">There are innumerous planets and many more milky ways."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: purple">Once again, if you know something different to add to what I have already said, then please share it with us, Sikhi is all about sharing. I can only quote what Guru Nanak said and mention what happened to Galileo around the same time.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">"Some of you may ask why Sikhi is not a belief sytem? The reason is that there is no Deity- personified GOD in Sikhi.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">Ik Ong Kaar is not a deity, hence Ik Ong Kaar is NOT a belief but Ik Ong kaar <strong><em><u>IS</u></em></strong>.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">It is hard to meet the Source of the Universe and beyond, our Divine Master. Ik Ong Kaar's form is immeasurable, inaccessible and unfathomable. </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">Ik Ong Kaar is above all formless and indescribable, so sublime as to be totally beyond human powers of recognition, description, or conception." </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Pardon my ignorance, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Please elaborate yourself with concrete examples.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Once again you have jumped to some conclusion, basis of which is not located anywhere in my post</span>.</p><p><span style="color: purple">Good for them. But the fact is that Shiva is based on mythology like many other belief systems are. I have no problem with the belief systems which are based on mythical and imaginary things and Hinduism is not the only one in this catagory.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: purple">Tejwant Singh</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 107577, member: 138"] [COLOR=purple]Satyaban ji[/COLOR], [COLOR=purple]Guru Fateh.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Thanks for the response. It gave me the impression that you did not get what I am trying to convey. It could be due to many reasons. Let's us try to see what I said and what you thought I meant.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Blue= My initial post.[/COLOR] Black= Satyaban's response. [COLOR=purple]Purple= My response[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"Monotheism, Pantheism, Polytheism, Atheism and all other kinds of [U][I]isms[/I][/U] one may be able to add to the above list are definitions/descriptions of belief systems which people use to believe in a deity, personified being God, except Atheism whose belief system is not to believe in such a deity."[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]I have no idea what you are talking about.You can define your belief system anyway you like. I have no objection to that. "Systems' are created by the groups,cults,sects and religions. One has the privilege and the right to accept them or discard them if they do not jive with one's thought process.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"To compensate for this black hole, all these belief systems create mechanical rituals which have multifold advantages."[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Once again your questioning is confusing and a bit suspect because it has distorted what I said. I said MECHANICAL rituals. Of course there are many meaningful rituals in life. By temple, I think you mean Gurdwara. I have no idea whether you know the concept behind Harmandir Sahib, known as the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Allow me to elaborate it a bit for you.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]This is the only Gurdwara- a Place of Solace ( because Sikhs do not worship), in which one has to climb down the stairs contrary to all other religious places where one has to climb up. It is a sign of humility. [/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Secondly, this is the only place where anyone from any hue,faith or creed can come and find peace within. There are many Hindu temples, Muslim Mosques and also Chruches and Synogogues where this is not possible. [/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Thirdly and the most important thing about Harmandir Sahib is that it has four doors to invite all humanity.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Unlike in the Hindu Temples, nothing is worshipped in the Gurdwara. Only Gurbani from SGGS is sung for the praise of the ONE.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]One more important thing which is only unique to Sikhi is the concept of Langar and Pangat which proves that equality of all humanity is not only preached with mere words but also practiced with deeds.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Hindus tried and copied the model of Harmandir Sahib and built a Hindu Temple exactly in the same form in Amritsar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Please read the defintion of doctrine and dogma and express yourself in a comparative fashion so we can discuss that in our next post.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"1. It makes people do something together which in result creates unity of the group performing the rituals.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2. By performing the same ritual, it gives them the sense of belongingness."[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Satyaban, once again you are trying to find faults with parochial thinking where there are none. I never said there is anything wrong with it. I am not criticising anything, just expressing things the way I see them. Express yourself with examples once again so we can talk about your observations or objections in our next post. One liners have more echoes in them than substance. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"6. Last but not the least, no thought process is needed for all the above which shows that self discovery or self betterment, hence self improvement take backseat although are used as great facades to lasso others.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Once again, your comment to my above partial post is confusing to say the least. Please elaborate it with examples.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"So, one can see that all the above schools of thought do not really help in developing any thought process. To the contrary because mechanical rituals are not meant for that."[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]I have no idea what you can not see till you elaborate yourself with concrete examples. Sorry about that.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"Sikhi is not a belief system because it is based on pragmatism not on dogmas. As it is a pragmatic approach to life, it is based on objective reality."[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]The answer to your question is in the following verse from Jap ji by Guru Nanak. One quick example of Objective reality is that it has no Hell or Heaven which are based on subjective truth.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=blue]"Guru Nanak shows us this pragmatic objective reality long before any other astronomer, scientist could ever do even with the help of instruments.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Guru Nanak says in Japji: Patalaan pataal lakh, agassan agaas.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]There are innumerous planets and many more milky ways."[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Once again, if you know something different to add to what I have already said, then please share it with us, Sikhi is all about sharing. I can only quote what Guru Nanak said and mention what happened to Galileo around the same time.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=blue]"Some of you may ask why Sikhi is not a belief sytem? The reason is that there is no Deity- personified GOD in Sikhi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Ik Ong Kaar is not a deity, hence Ik Ong Kaar is NOT a belief but Ik Ong kaar [B][I][U]IS[/U][/I][/B].[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]It is hard to meet the Source of the Universe and beyond, our Divine Master. Ik Ong Kaar's form is immeasurable, inaccessible and unfathomable. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Ik Ong Kaar is above all formless and indescribable, so sublime as to be totally beyond human powers of recognition, description, or conception." [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Pardon my ignorance, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Please elaborate yourself with concrete examples.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Once again you have jumped to some conclusion, basis of which is not located anywhere in my post[/COLOR]. [COLOR=purple]Good for them. But the fact is that Shiva is based on mythology like many other belief systems are. I have no problem with the belief systems which are based on mythical and imaginary things and Hinduism is not the only one in this catagory.[/COLOR] [COLOR=purple]Tejwant Singh[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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