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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 53491" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Yes, we have read your criticisms of Sikh religion. Welcome back. I'm interested to engage you on your points of contention.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>Veer ji, a Sikh is a disciple of a Guru.</strong> <strong>You are not a Sikhi of another manifestation. You publically rejected Guruji and Sikhism and declared faith in Bahai religion. You are not even a Sikh.</strong> </p><p> </p><p>Can I honestly ask you, you say you followed Sikhi for over a year. You say you <strong>FOLLOWED</strong>... Who were you following? Was it Guruji's will as stated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj? Rehitnamas? Rehit Maryada?</p><p> </p><p><strong>Or are those things all man-made religion and rules to you and you follow your own interpretation and ideal of what Sikhi should be without ever once submitting yourself to established Sikh religion?</strong> Do you as a young man have any respect for Sikh elders and teachers? Or do you presume to teach them all?</p><p> </p><p><strong>What kind of manifestation of Sikhi is this? </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you as a Bahai, who renounced Sikh faith and Guru, going to invent a new kind of manifestation to teach people all about Sikhi based on your experiences for a year rebelling and criticizing against everything it teaches?</p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">And if they remain faithful Sikhs, they are stagnant, brainwashed, dying. And if they listen to you and your version of new and improved Lionchild Sikhi, they are growing and open-minded, not in a box, wiser than all who came before, just like Darcy Cardinal the Bahai who abandoned Sikhi? This is the enlightenment you offer to people, abandon Guru?</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">These "little rules" as you call them are a part of the religious practice, that is the Rehit Maryada of Sikhism. Sikhism is not just a Holy Book, like Christianity where you can debate Sola Scriptora and individual interpretation. Sikhism is an institution of spiritual authority (Panj Piare who are the sargun saroop of Guru Himself; the Akal Takht which is the sargun sarooop of Guruji Himself.) </span>Unlike Christianity in which the words were spoken by the Master, and hundreds years later written down, then translated and changed for two thousand years so that anybody could have an opinion and debate authority. </p><p> </p><p>Guruji wrote the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj in His own hand. Moreover, there are Hukamnamas written in Guruji's own hand to clarify things. And besides, there were brahmgyanis who assisted Guruji such as Bhai Gurdas and recorded His instructions, also as in the <strong>Rehitnamas</strong>. Anyone who studies Sikhism will see it is complete, and when individuals give individual interpretations, these can be checked against reliable first-hand sources... for errors.</p><p> </p><p>Now, are you going to say you know better than Guruji? Yet, deceptively retain the Sikh facade while not being a follower of anyone but yourself?</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><u>REHAT</u></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">gurU kw isK hovY, so AYsI rihq dI Kojxw krY, jyhVI rihq swihb KuSI AwvY</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span> k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>kh h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span> <span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span>s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> reh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>th dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> kh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>jan<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> kar<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>harr<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> reh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>th s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>b kh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>sh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> <span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>The Sikh of the Guru should study Rehat and discipline and they should adopt those principles that please the Guru.</strong> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee</p> <p style="text-align: left">----------------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><u>GURBANI</u></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">siqguru dwqw jIA kw sBsY dyie ADwru ] siqgur bcn kmwvxy scw eyhu vIcwru ] </span></p> <p style="text-align: left">sath<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>a k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> sabhas<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>e adhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>r || sath<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r bachan kam<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>van<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> sach<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span> v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>ch<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>r || </p> <p style="text-align: left">The True Guru is the Giver of the soul; He gives Support to all. <strong>Act according to the <u>Instructions of the True Guru</u>; this is the true philosophy.</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Page 52 Guru Arjan Dev Jee Raag Sri Raag</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">dwVHw muC isr kys bnweI ] hY ieh idRVH ijh pRBU rzweI ] myt rzweI ju sIs muMfwvY ] khu qy jg kYsy hir pwvY ]80]</span></p><p>dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>rrh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>shh s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>r k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>s ban<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> || h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>h dhr<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>rrh j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>h prabh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span> raz<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> || m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>tt raz<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> j s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>s m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>(n)dd<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> || kah<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span> th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> jag k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span>s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> har p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> ||80||</p><p>The hair moustache and beard are created within God's order. How can those who violate their natural form by cutting their hair ever be accepted by the Lord?</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh</p> <p style="text-align: left">--------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px">gur bcn isau qUtw jwie ] drgih qWkau imlY sjwie]15]</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left">g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r bachan s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>o th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span>tt<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e || dharageh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span> th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa(n)</strong></span>ko m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> saj<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>||15||</p> <p style="text-align: left">Those who turn away from their responsibility to accept the Guru's orders will receive punishment in God's Court.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee</p> <p style="text-align: left">---------------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">SsqRhIn ieh kbhUM n hoeI ] rihqvMq Kwls hY soeI ]</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">shasathreh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>n e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>h kabeh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span>(n) n h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> || reh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>thava(n)th kh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>las h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> ||</p> <p style="text-align: left">He who never abandons his weapon (Kirpaan). Recognise them as the disciplined and pure Khalsa.</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh</p> <p style="text-align: left">--------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">surmwidk iSMgwr nihN nihN pr qrunI sMig</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>ram<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>k sh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>(n)g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>r neh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>(n) neh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>(n) par thar<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> sa(n)g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left">Do not wear make-up or jewellery. Do not commit adultery.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Daya Singh Jee</p> <p style="text-align: left">------------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">vwihgurU guru mMqR su jwp kr iesnwn pVHY jpu jwpu ]]</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span> g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r ma(n)thr s j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>p kar e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>san<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n parrh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> jap j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>p ||||</p> <p style="text-align: left">Repeat the Mantra of the Guru 'Vaheguru'. Take your bath and then read your morning prayers.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Nand Laal Jee</p> <p style="text-align: left">-----------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><u>GURBANI</u></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">kir iesnwnu ismir pRBu Apnw mn qn Bey Arogw ]</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">kar e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>san<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>mar prabh apan<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> man than bhe<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> ar<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> ||</p> <p style="text-align: left">After taking your cleansing bath, remember your God in meditation, and your mind and body shall be free of disease.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Page 611 Guru Arjan Dev Jee Raag Sorat</p> <p style="text-align: left">---------------------------------------</p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">ig~lI su~kI k~C pwie ley ] k~C dy pauNcy dw isK ivswh nw kry</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">gl<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> kaashh p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e le<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> || kaashh dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> po<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>(n)ach<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>kh v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>h n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> kar<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left">Whether the washed Kasheraa is wet or dry it should be put on. When removing the Kasheraa only one leg should be removed and put into the new Kasheraa.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Taken from Sikhitothemax, <strong>101 REHATS OF A DISCIPLINED SIKH</strong> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.sikhitothemax.com/rehat.asp" target="_blank">SikhiToTheMAX - Enabling Gurmat Knowledge</a></p> <p style="text-align: left">----------------------------------</p><p></p><p> </p><p>Veerji, Guru Gobind Singh Ji had 2 kirpans he named them Miri (temporal) and Piri (spiritual). One has to do with spiritual realities. The other has to do with political realities. Sikhs are to wield both of these kirpans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>You are not a Sikh, yet you use confusing terms like "Sikhi of another manifestation" and "Sikhi of another faith." You do not read Gurbani. You do not accept the Rehitnamas or the Rehit Maryada as authoritative. Yet you continue to preach what's wrong in Sikh religion and your personal ideas of what will make it right, even though you don't even understand this faith?</p><p> </p><p>Veerji, doesn't that seem a little "off" to you? You spent a year "in Sikhi" and now you are qualified to correct everything about Sikhi? Yet Sikhi is about Guruji.</p><p> </p><p>May I ask, what is your relationship to Guruji? Do you believe in Guru?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 53491, member: 2125"] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Yes, we have read your criticisms of Sikh religion. Welcome back. I'm interested to engage you on your points of contention.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [B]Veer ji, a Sikh is a disciple of a Guru.[/B] [B]You are not a Sikhi of another manifestation. You publically rejected Guruji and Sikhism and declared faith in Bahai religion. You are not even a Sikh.[/B] Can I honestly ask you, you say you followed Sikhi for over a year. You say you [B]FOLLOWED[/B]... Who were you following? Was it Guruji's will as stated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj? Rehitnamas? Rehit Maryada? [B]Or are those things all man-made religion and rules to you and you follow your own interpretation and ideal of what Sikhi should be without ever once submitting yourself to established Sikh religion?[/B] Do you as a young man have any respect for Sikh elders and teachers? Or do you presume to teach them all? [B]What kind of manifestation of Sikhi is this? [/B] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] Are you as a Bahai, who renounced Sikh faith and Guru, going to invent a new kind of manifestation to teach people all about Sikhi based on your experiences for a year rebelling and criticizing against everything it teaches? [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]And if they remain faithful Sikhs, they are stagnant, brainwashed, dying. And if they listen to you and your version of new and improved Lionchild Sikhi, they are growing and open-minded, not in a box, wiser than all who came before, just like Darcy Cardinal the Bahai who abandoned Sikhi? This is the enlightenment you offer to people, abandon Guru?[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]These "little rules" as you call them are a part of the religious practice, that is the Rehit Maryada of Sikhism. Sikhism is not just a Holy Book, like Christianity where you can debate Sola Scriptora and individual interpretation. Sikhism is an institution of spiritual authority (Panj Piare who are the sargun saroop of Guru Himself; the Akal Takht which is the sargun sarooop of Guruji Himself.) [/COLOR]Unlike Christianity in which the words were spoken by the Master, and hundreds years later written down, then translated and changed for two thousand years so that anybody could have an opinion and debate authority. Guruji wrote the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj in His own hand. Moreover, there are Hukamnamas written in Guruji's own hand to clarify things. And besides, there were brahmgyanis who assisted Guruji such as Bhai Gurdas and recorded His instructions, also as in the [B]Rehitnamas[/B]. Anyone who studies Sikhism will see it is complete, and when individuals give individual interpretations, these can be checked against reliable first-hand sources... for errors. Now, are you going to say you know better than Guruji? Yet, deceptively retain the Sikh facade while not being a follower of anyone but yourself? [LEFT][U]REHAT[/U][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]gurU kw isK hovY, so AYsI rihq dI Kojxw krY, jyhVI rihq swihb KuSI AwvY[/FONT] g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR] k[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]kh h[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]v[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR]s[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] reh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]th dh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] kh[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]jan[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] kar[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] j[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]harr[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] reh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]th s[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]h[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]b kh[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]sh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]v[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] [B]The Sikh of the Guru should study Rehat and discipline and they should adopt those principles that please the Guru.[/B] [/LEFT] [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee ---------------------------------- [U]GURBANI[/U][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]siqguru dwqw jIA kw sBsY dyie ADwru ] siqgur bcn kmwvxy scw eyhu vIcwru ] [/FONT] sath[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r dh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]th[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] j[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]a k[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] sabhas[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] dh[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]e adhh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]r || sath[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r bachan kam[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]van[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] sach[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] e[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]h[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR] v[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]ch[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]r || The True Guru is the Giver of the soul; He gives Support to all. [B]Act according to the [U]Instructions of the True Guru[/U]; this is the true philosophy.[/B] Page 52 Guru Arjan Dev Jee Raag Sri Raag[/LEFT] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick]dwVHw muC isr kys bnweI ] hY ieh idRVH ijh pRBU rzweI ] myt rzweI ju sIs muMfwvY ] khu qy jg kYsy hir pwvY ]80][/FONT] dh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]rrh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] m[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]shh s[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]r k[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]s ban[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] || h[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]h dhr[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]rrh j[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]h prabh[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR] raz[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] || m[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]tt raz[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] j s[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]s m[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR](n)dd[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]v[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] || kah[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR] th[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] jag k[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR]s[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] har p[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]v[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] ||80|| The hair moustache and beard are created within God's order. How can those who violate their natural form by cutting their hair ever be accepted by the Lord? [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh -------------------------- [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=4][SIZE=2]gur bcn isau qUtw jwie ] drgih qWkau imlY sjwie]15][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT] g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r bachan s[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]o th[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR]tt[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] j[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e || dharageh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR] th[COLOR=#080088][B]aa(n)[/B][/COLOR]ko m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] saj[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]||15|| Those who turn away from their responsibility to accept the Guru's orders will receive punishment in God's Court.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee --------------------------------- [FONT=GurbaniWebThick]SsqRhIn ieh kbhUM n hoeI ] rihqvMq Kwls hY soeI ][/FONT] shasathreh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]n e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]h kabeh[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR](n) n h[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] || reh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]thava(n)th kh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]las h[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] || He who never abandons his weapon (Kirpaan). Recognise them as the disciplined and pure Khalsa.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh -------------------------- [FONT=GurbaniWebThick]surmwidk iSMgwr nihN nihN pr qrunI sMig[/FONT] s[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]ram[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]dh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]k sh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR](n)g[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]r neh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR](n) neh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR](n) par thar[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]n[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] sa(n)g[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR] Do not wear make-up or jewellery. Do not commit adultery.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Daya Singh Jee ------------------------------ [FONT=GurbaniWebThick]vwihgurU guru mMqR su jwp kr iesnwn pVHY jpu jwpu ]][/FONT] v[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]h[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR] g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r ma(n)thr s j[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]p kar e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]san[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n parrh[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] jap j[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]p |||| Repeat the Mantra of the Guru 'Vaheguru'. Take your bath and then read your morning prayers.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Nand Laal Jee ----------------------------- [U]GURBANI[/U][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]kir iesnwnu ismir pRBu Apnw mn qn Bey Arogw ][/FONT] kar e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]san[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n s[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]mar prabh apan[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] man than bhe[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] ar[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]g[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] || After taking your cleansing bath, remember your God in meditation, and your mind and body shall be free of disease.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Page 611 Guru Arjan Dev Jee Raag Sorat --------------------------------------- [FONT=GurbaniWebThick]ig~lI su~kI k~C pwie ley ] k~C dy pauNcy dw isK ivswh nw kry[/FONT] gl[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]k[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] kaashh p[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e le[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] || kaashh dh[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] po[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR](n)ach[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] dh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]kh v[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]s[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]h n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] kar[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] Whether the washed Kasheraa is wet or dry it should be put on. When removing the Kasheraa only one leg should be removed and put into the new Kasheraa.[/LEFT] [LEFT]Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee[/LEFT] [LEFT]Taken from Sikhitothemax, [B]101 REHATS OF A DISCIPLINED SIKH[/B] [/LEFT] [LEFT][URL="http://www.sikhitothemax.com/rehat.asp"]SikhiToTheMAX - Enabling Gurmat Knowledge[/URL] ----------------------------------[/LEFT] Veerji, Guru Gobind Singh Ji had 2 kirpans he named them Miri (temporal) and Piri (spiritual). One has to do with spiritual realities. The other has to do with political realities. Sikhs are to wield both of these kirpans. You are not a Sikh, yet you use confusing terms like "Sikhi of another manifestation" and "Sikhi of another faith." You do not read Gurbani. You do not accept the Rehitnamas or the Rehit Maryada as authoritative. Yet you continue to preach what's wrong in Sikh religion and your personal ideas of what will make it right, even though you don't even understand this faith? Veerji, doesn't that seem a little "off" to you? You spent a year "in Sikhi" and now you are qualified to correct everything about Sikhi? Yet Sikhi is about Guruji. May I ask, what is your relationship to Guruji? Do you believe in Guru? [/QUOTE]
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