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<blockquote data-quote="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 168830" data-attributes="member: 189"><p><strong>Re: Whats your opinion on Rakhsa Bandhan</strong></p><p></p><p>Why did Guur nanak ji REJECT this ?? Simply because when He came on the SCENE..ALL those Hundreds of thousands of THREAD BOUND "PROTECTORS" had turned their faces away....Aitee Maar payyee KURLANNEH...thousands of these thread binding sisters etc were raped, pillaged, looted and SOLD as SLAVES..not for a year..not for a dacade..BUT FOR <strong>1000</strong> YEARS of Foreign Invader Rule.. These WOMEN of Bharat were sold for a few Paiseh Taka in the markets of Kabul kandhar Iran and as far as Iraq etc ?? The Thread tyers and the Thread Tyees BOTH FAILED miserably...and Guru nanak ji saw the UTTER FUTILITY of this Hollow Ritual...and decided that HIS SIKHS would have no part of this EMPTY ritual BUT would be EMPOWERED, made Capable, STRENGTHENED to depend on HER OWN TWO ARMS, bear the STEEL SWORD and FIGHT the enemy on the SPOT like mai Bhago instead of hanging around waiting for some THREAD TYER to come and rescue her..</p><p></p><p>Such empty rituals do look..beautiful..simple..fascinating..whats the big deal..why not..its just a thread..it shows love..blah blah blah...as someone asked..IF a Man becomes a BROTHER because of a THREAD..why cant the same Man become the HUSBAND because of a Karva Chauth fast ?? The Karva Chauth fast is also beautiful, it shows love, blah blah blah...Its because the THREAD actually carries NO RESPONSIBILITY ( and thats why the hundreds of thousands backed off when faced with a SWORD in the hands of the Muslim Invader and LEFT their so called Sisters to suffer their fate..for HUNDREDS of YEARS)...the KC fast on the other hand ha s been "qualified"..marriage..husband..etc..and so has an element of "responsibility" attached..BUT still LACKS badly because the responsibility is ALL 100% on the woman..she fasts, she prays, she wants long life for the husband...the husband has no need to fast..no need to pray..no need for long life wife because he can MARRY again while the WIDOW has NO SUCH RIGHT. So this is actually ENSLAVEMENT and encouraging INFERIORITY COMPLEX in women to be perpetuated via peer pressure..household pressure etc etc.. </p><p></p><p>Both these rituals are put forward as very Romantic...etc..BUT the very same people vehemently attack another ritual...VALENTINES DAY...as "foreign influence..bad for society..bad for our culture etc etc blah blah and go far as to VIOLENTLY STOP valentines Day celebrations, rioting against couples etc in parks and towns etc ?? Then the Romantic..Beautiful..Innocent..Love etc etc all GO OUT THE WINDOW !! WHY ?? How come VD is any less Romantic...lovely..faithful..assertion of love..fondness..etc etc THAN the Rakhi Thread tying..or KC fast ??</p><p></p><p>TO the SIKHS..the KC, the Thread, the Valentine Day are all EQUAL...and ALL USELESS EMPTY RITUALS. Hardliner Hindus also REJECT Christmas, Ramadan..Fathers day..MOTHERS DAY..Halloween..Thanksgiving etc etc....while to a SIKH we cna also ADD Diwlai, Holi, Ram naumi, Krishan Ashtmi, Dussehra, etc etc etc as EQUALLY empty and Rituals based on the Exact same premise- Guru Ji has Mandated SIKH FESTIVALS..SIKH CEREMONIES,,SIKH CELEBRATIONS..SIKH SONGS..SIKH DANCES..for SIKHS. GURMATT versus MANMATT. A SIKH does NOT interfere...doesnt stop anyone form his celebration ritual fast etc..its his RIGHT..but at the same time a SIKH is NOT obligated to observe Rakhree simply because he lives in majority HINDU area..or Ramdhaan simply because he lives in Saudi Arabia..or Christmas because he lives in Canada... A SIKH can SHARE in the Joys of rakhi IF his Hindu neighbours can share in his joy at vasakhi...He cna share in the Joy of Ramadhan if his Muslim neighbours can share in Guru nanak Gurpurab..He can Share in the joy of Christmas if his Christian neighbours cna share in Guru Gobind Singh Parkash ushtav..GIVE and TAKE is in the SPIRIT of SIKHI...but its git to be MUTUAL RESPECT.</p><p></p><p>HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN DAY to all HINDUS on SPN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 168830, member: 189"] [b]Re: Whats your opinion on Rakhsa Bandhan[/b] Why did Guur nanak ji REJECT this ?? Simply because when He came on the SCENE..ALL those Hundreds of thousands of THREAD BOUND "PROTECTORS" had turned their faces away....Aitee Maar payyee KURLANNEH...thousands of these thread binding sisters etc were raped, pillaged, looted and SOLD as SLAVES..not for a year..not for a dacade..BUT FOR [B]1000[/B] YEARS of Foreign Invader Rule.. These WOMEN of Bharat were sold for a few Paiseh Taka in the markets of Kabul kandhar Iran and as far as Iraq etc ?? The Thread tyers and the Thread Tyees BOTH FAILED miserably...and Guru nanak ji saw the UTTER FUTILITY of this Hollow Ritual...and decided that HIS SIKHS would have no part of this EMPTY ritual BUT would be EMPOWERED, made Capable, STRENGTHENED to depend on HER OWN TWO ARMS, bear the STEEL SWORD and FIGHT the enemy on the SPOT like mai Bhago instead of hanging around waiting for some THREAD TYER to come and rescue her.. Such empty rituals do look..beautiful..simple..fascinating..whats the big deal..why not..its just a thread..it shows love..blah blah blah...as someone asked..IF a Man becomes a BROTHER because of a THREAD..why cant the same Man become the HUSBAND because of a Karva Chauth fast ?? The Karva Chauth fast is also beautiful, it shows love, blah blah blah...Its because the THREAD actually carries NO RESPONSIBILITY ( and thats why the hundreds of thousands backed off when faced with a SWORD in the hands of the Muslim Invader and LEFT their so called Sisters to suffer their fate..for HUNDREDS of YEARS)...the KC fast on the other hand ha s been "qualified"..marriage..husband..etc..and so has an element of "responsibility" attached..BUT still LACKS badly because the responsibility is ALL 100% on the woman..she fasts, she prays, she wants long life for the husband...the husband has no need to fast..no need to pray..no need for long life wife because he can MARRY again while the WIDOW has NO SUCH RIGHT. So this is actually ENSLAVEMENT and encouraging INFERIORITY COMPLEX in women to be perpetuated via peer pressure..household pressure etc etc.. Both these rituals are put forward as very Romantic...etc..BUT the very same people vehemently attack another ritual...VALENTINES DAY...as "foreign influence..bad for society..bad for our culture etc etc blah blah and go far as to VIOLENTLY STOP valentines Day celebrations, rioting against couples etc in parks and towns etc ?? Then the Romantic..Beautiful..Innocent..Love etc etc all GO OUT THE WINDOW !! WHY ?? How come VD is any less Romantic...lovely..faithful..assertion of love..fondness..etc etc THAN the Rakhi Thread tying..or KC fast ?? TO the SIKHS..the KC, the Thread, the Valentine Day are all EQUAL...and ALL USELESS EMPTY RITUALS. Hardliner Hindus also REJECT Christmas, Ramadan..Fathers day..MOTHERS DAY..Halloween..Thanksgiving etc etc....while to a SIKH we cna also ADD Diwlai, Holi, Ram naumi, Krishan Ashtmi, Dussehra, etc etc etc as EQUALLY empty and Rituals based on the Exact same premise- Guru Ji has Mandated SIKH FESTIVALS..SIKH CEREMONIES,,SIKH CELEBRATIONS..SIKH SONGS..SIKH DANCES..for SIKHS. GURMATT versus MANMATT. A SIKH does NOT interfere...doesnt stop anyone form his celebration ritual fast etc..its his RIGHT..but at the same time a SIKH is NOT obligated to observe Rakhree simply because he lives in majority HINDU area..or Ramdhaan simply because he lives in Saudi Arabia..or Christmas because he lives in Canada... A SIKH can SHARE in the Joys of rakhi IF his Hindu neighbours can share in his joy at vasakhi...He cna share in the Joy of Ramadhan if his Muslim neighbours can share in Guru nanak Gurpurab..He can Share in the joy of Christmas if his Christian neighbours cna share in Guru Gobind Singh Parkash ushtav..GIVE and TAKE is in the SPIRIT of SIKHI...but its git to be MUTUAL RESPECT. HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN DAY to all HINDUS on SPN. [/QUOTE]
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