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<blockquote data-quote="vsgrewal48895" data-source="post: 99034" data-attributes="member: 8024"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Tony Ji,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I was going through the thread and saw that no one has answered your valid question. Reason being the answer you want is not there.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Let me try it as Sikh symbols stand for;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. Sikh History.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Identity.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3. Sikh Politics.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">4. Sikh Faith.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There will always be some tension between those committed to finding the truth about 5 K’s in a reasonably understanding way in the present and those with inherited understanding, who wants to preserve their blind religious way. This challenge has to be dealt with human maturity in a constructive and creative way with the younger generation in Diaspora, who will not blindly accept any thing presented to them.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਪੂਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵਸਿ ਰਹੇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭੇਖੁ ਭਵਨੀ ਹਠੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਗਹਿ ਰਹੇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mai avar gi&shy;ān na </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i&shy;ān pūjā har nām an</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ar vas rahė. B</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėk</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">avnī ha</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na jānā nānkā sac</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> geh rahė. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I have no other spiritual wisdom, meditation or worship; the Name of the Akal Purkh alone dwells deep within me. I know nothing about religious robes, pilgrimages or stubborn fanaticism; O Nanak, I hold tight to the Truth. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Nanak, Raag Bilawal, AGGS, Page, 844-1</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I am still arrogant, self-righteous, with no humility, even phony at times, but trying to make an honest attempt to become a better person and help my fellow men. I may be one person in the world, but whom I help; I may be the world for him/her. Sikh Faith instills humility in us to serve a greater cause than ourselves. It reminds us of our common humanity and our essentials of equality in it and sees us through life’s trials.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">~Author Unknown.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guess, what I will never be a saint, but what ever I am I believe in accepting to humbly live under the Will of God considering myself lowest of the low. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭ ਤੇ ਨੀਚੁ ਆਤਮ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨਉ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਇਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਧਾਰਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sab</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė nīc</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">am kar mān¬o man meh ih suk</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">āra¬o. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I judge myself to be the lowest of all; in this way, I instill peace within my mind. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Arjan Dev, Raag Devgandhari, AGGS, Page, 532-2</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਛੁ ਹਉ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਹਿ ਨ ਮੋਰਾ</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong> ਅਉਸਰ ਲਜਾ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਸਧਨਾ ਜਨੁ ਤੇਰਾ</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mai Naahi Kuch How Nahee Kich Aah Na Mora, Aousar Lajaa Raakh Layh Sadhna Jan Tora.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I am nothing, I have nothing, and nothing belongs to me. Now, protect my honor; Sadhana is Your humble servant.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">-----Bhagat Sadhana, Raag Bilawal, AGGS, Page, 858-17</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cordially,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Virinder</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vsgrewal48895, post: 99034, member: 8024"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Tony Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I was going through the thread and saw that no one has answered your valid question. Reason being the answer you want is not there.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Let me try it as Sikh symbols stand for;[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]1. Sikh History.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]2. Identity.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]3. Sikh Politics.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]4. Sikh Faith.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]There will always be some tension between those committed to finding the truth about 5 K’s in a reasonably understanding way in the present and those with inherited understanding, who wants to preserve their blind religious way. This challenge has to be dealt with human maturity in a constructive and creative way with the younger generation in Diaspora, who will not blindly accept any thing presented to them.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਪੂਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵਸਿ ਰਹੇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭੇਖੁ ਭਵਨੀ ਹਠੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਗਹਿ ਰਹੇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Mai avar gi­ān na [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]i­ān pūjā har nām an[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ar vas rahė. B[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėk[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]avnī ha[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] na jānā nānkā sac[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] geh rahė. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I have no other spiritual wisdom, meditation or worship; the Name of the Akal Purkh alone dwells deep within me. I know nothing about religious robes, pilgrimages or stubborn fanaticism; O Nanak, I hold tight to the Truth. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Nanak, Raag Bilawal, AGGS, Page, 844-1[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I am still arrogant, self-righteous, with no humility, even phony at times, but trying to make an honest attempt to become a better person and help my fellow men. I may be one person in the world, but whom I help; I may be the world for him/her. Sikh Faith instills humility in us to serve a greater cause than ourselves. It reminds us of our common humanity and our essentials of equality in it and sees us through life’s trials.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]~Author Unknown.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guess, what I will never be a saint, but what ever I am I believe in accepting to humbly live under the Will of God considering myself lowest of the low. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭ ਤੇ ਨੀਚੁ ਆਤਮ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨਉ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਇਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਧਾਰਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Sab[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė nīc[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]am kar mān¬o man meh ih suk[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]āra¬o. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I judge myself to be the lowest of all; in this way, I instill peace within my mind. [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Arjan Dev, Raag Devgandhari, AGGS, Page, 532-2[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Raavi][B]ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਛੁ ਹਉ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਹਿ ਨ ਮੋਰਾ[/B][/FONT][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][FONT=Raavi][B] ਅਉਸਰ ਲਜਾ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਸਧਨਾ ਜਨੁ ਤੇਰਾ[/B][/FONT][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT] [I][FONT=Times New Roman]Mai Naahi Kuch How Nahee Kich Aah Na Mora, Aousar Lajaa Raakh Layh Sadhna Jan Tora.[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I am nothing, I have nothing, and nothing belongs to me. Now, protect my honor; Sadhana is Your humble servant.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]-----Bhagat Sadhana, Raag Bilawal, AGGS, Page, 858-17[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Cordially,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Virinder[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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