NEVER LET ANY ONE TAKE YOU OUT OF THE TRACK= Sikhi, a bhagati of IKKANKAAR (G.Singh) - A nut shell History analysis. As Sikhism came on the stage, high class of Hindus didn’t welcome it. Same way hardliner Muslim didn’t. In a country where Muslims were ruling class and Brahmin class of Hindus were not in favor of this new faith, how did it grew into so powerful religion, it is a question? if answered correctly, it would give clear cut reasons of conflicts between hardliner Hindus and hardliner Sikhs. The message Guru ji preached was not against any religion at all but against the root of corruption occurred particularly in both Hindu and Muslim religions. In the beginning, founders of Sikhism enjoyed respect from the rulers. The hardliner Hindus remained spectators as they were spineless before the ruling class, Guru Nanak hints at this fact where he addresses the hypocrisy of religious class of Hindus who would blend their every thing to appease the ruling class( M-1 SGGS 471). Muslim hardliners started feeling threat from this new faith when they noticed a lot of Muslims going to Gurus. The worst point of confrontation came when hardliners succeeded in poisoning the King Jahangir who admitted in his own words that Guru Arjan Dev was a threat to Islam. Point to note here is that how hardliner Hindus played in that situation. They got open chance to support the ruling class by accepting a duty of murdering a prophet of peace. The conflict started never to end. Guru Hargobind Rai, being powerful militarily, never ever taught his followers to hate either the Hindus or the Muslims. He went further to unify the society by building a Mosque for his Muslim workers. Within the Guru House, the dispute for Gurgaddi added fuel to divide Sikhs. So there were people either sympathizer to Guru House or against it. The conflict between Sikhs and hardliner Muslims and hardliner Hindus was reached at its peak at the time of Guru Gobind Singh, the last living Guru of Sikhs. If analyzed carefully the History, Guru Gobind Singh spent more time to fight hardliner Hindu Hill-chiefs than with the Moguls. Simply, those Hindu chiefs were more fearful of Guru Gobind Singh’s militarily power than the Moguls, they kept not just harassing the Guru but also went on poisoning other Muslims about Guru’s power. Think about it, why did they side by Mogul army to evacuate Anandpur Sahib city? After about twenty years or so Guru Gobind Singh, hardliner Hindu, Lakhpat Rai said about Sikhism” This( Sikhism) was started by a Khatri( Guru Nanak) and I, a khatri” am going to finish it” Muslims wanted those kind of fanatics and they openly welcomed him because they had fear only from the Sikhs not the Hindus. At the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, these hardliners turned quietbut internally they remained active to end the rule. Betrayal of Dhyan Singh Dogra is example of their” fox like opportunism” Regardless of being Sikh rule a secular one, the hardliner Hindus kept the inner animosity well alive. Same kind of animosity is seen even today in hardliner Hindus against Sikhs. If they are only against hardliners Sikhs or Khalistanis, why they are attacking their religion as a whole?. Now remember, only hardliner Hindus played that role, otherwise, a lot of Hindu population accepted Sikhism as a part of their society with no malice at heart. Whatever is being done against other faiths in the name of Hinduism should be credited to only hard liners like Daya Nand and his followers. Why a population that has 80 % monopoly should fear a threat of any one? Why they should feel insecure with having so much power at their command? Actually, fear is being created; others are incited to react so that they can then show to others how right they are about Sikhs and Muslims. The Hindus who just want to live in harmony, feel sympathetic to Hindu hardliners as they see the reaction of the Sikhs and Muslims who react violently at a instigating bait.. Most of the Hindus felt bad about 1984 genocide but there were others who justified it by saying” Sikhs need to be taught a lesson”. That shows that the hardliner Hindus were successful in bottling up fear and hatred towards other faiths in their own brethren who are not like them at all. Sikhs and Muslims should react rationally if such baits are thrown by hard liner Hindus. Over time, Hindu hardliners used different methods to mitigate the influence of other faiths on the society. One of them is to misinterpret the scriptures and giving quote resembling with Sikhism by digging old scriptures of their own, and they never admit that same idea in the given quotes, have been kept buried with corrupt ideas over centuries in their own back yard. All people who want to live in peace do not advocate their religion as the most superior one. Let people judge which one is better and suits to them more than the others. If it happens, hardliners will lose their game which they want to carry on. It is not only politicians; it is the ones who have influence on the masses, to please those, politicians also play in their hands. Sikh hard liners are just helping these hate mongers through their over reactions towards incidents which can be handled with civility.
All Sikhs should regard members of all faiths their own bothers and sisters because that is what Gurbani advocates. Hardliners are given in to habit of inciting others to get emotional on religious issues, answer to that is to give back them reasonable rebuttal or refute with their own fantasies. Sikhs should know that their thinking is designed by the Guru to take arms only if the life is in danger; verbal abuse was intelligently ignored during Gurus times. Now let’s analyze some points that become a reason of academic and physical conflicts between people of different faiths.
Hindu Scriptures and Sikh Scriptures
Sikhs will see, from Vedas and other scriptures quotes are given to show that what Sikhs claim as their new faith actually was defined thousands years ago in Vedas or Vashnava. Gurbani fairly answers these claims in better way; so let’s have a look at these quotes:
"O men, that All-pervading Being alone is the Lord of the imperishable matter, the material cause of the world; and of the soul and is yet distinct from both. He is the Creator of the universe, the past, the present and the future." Yajur Veda 21:2
"He Who has created this multiform universe, and is the cause of its sustenance as well as dissolution, the Lord of the universe in whom the whole world exists, is sustained and then resolved into elementary condition, is the Supreme Spirit. Know Him, O man, to be your God and believe in no other as the Creator of the universe." Rig Veda 10: 126,8.
Read carefully” Lord of imperishable matter”, in Sikhism, there is nothing imperishable but HIM, so Sikhism contradicts on this. Also note down the word” rahim” in the following Guru Vaak, it is an example how The Lord is addressed with so many words. This word cannot be ignored when some take” Gopal” as Krishan.
ਸਭਦੁਨੀਆਵਣਜਾਵਣੀਮੁਕਾਮੁਏਕੁਰਹੀਮੁ॥੬॥ Sabẖḏunī āvaṇ jāvṇī mukām ėk rahīm. ||6||
Mukaam= permanent, imperishable All the world comes and goes-only the Merciful Lord is permanent. ||6|| ਮ1
All the matter seen and used to create all we see, it is neither permanent, nor imperishable as per quote from Yajur Veda 212. Science admits even every thing is inching towards the end.
To be continued...
All Sikhs should regard members of all faiths their own bothers and sisters because that is what Gurbani advocates. Hardliners are given in to habit of inciting others to get emotional on religious issues, answer to that is to give back them reasonable rebuttal or refute with their own fantasies. Sikhs should know that their thinking is designed by the Guru to take arms only if the life is in danger; verbal abuse was intelligently ignored during Gurus times. Now let’s analyze some points that become a reason of academic and physical conflicts between people of different faiths.
Hindu Scriptures and Sikh Scriptures
Sikhs will see, from Vedas and other scriptures quotes are given to show that what Sikhs claim as their new faith actually was defined thousands years ago in Vedas or Vashnava. Gurbani fairly answers these claims in better way; so let’s have a look at these quotes:
"O men, that All-pervading Being alone is the Lord of the imperishable matter, the material cause of the world; and of the soul and is yet distinct from both. He is the Creator of the universe, the past, the present and the future." Yajur Veda 21:2
"He Who has created this multiform universe, and is the cause of its sustenance as well as dissolution, the Lord of the universe in whom the whole world exists, is sustained and then resolved into elementary condition, is the Supreme Spirit. Know Him, O man, to be your God and believe in no other as the Creator of the universe." Rig Veda 10: 126,8.
Read carefully” Lord of imperishable matter”, in Sikhism, there is nothing imperishable but HIM, so Sikhism contradicts on this. Also note down the word” rahim” in the following Guru Vaak, it is an example how The Lord is addressed with so many words. This word cannot be ignored when some take” Gopal” as Krishan.
ਸਭਦੁਨੀਆਵਣਜਾਵਣੀਮੁਕਾਮੁਏਕੁਰਹੀਮੁ॥੬॥ Sabẖḏunī āvaṇ jāvṇī mukām ėk rahīm. ||6||
Mukaam= permanent, imperishable All the world comes and goes-only the Merciful Lord is permanent. ||6|| ਮ1
All the matter seen and used to create all we see, it is neither permanent, nor imperishable as per quote from Yajur Veda 212. Science admits even every thing is inching towards the end.
To be continued...