Recent content by Mary McCoy

I got no answer to my questions about drugs and Nihangs, but I came across this in a Yahoo! Group called Gurbani Learning Zone and thought to post it. If that is correct, it answers my first questions. But the last remains. What on earth is a 'fundamentalist Sikh'? And Arvind, I forgot...

Some more impertinent questions. I have been reading all about Hola Mohalla and I am especially interested in the Nihangs. I read that they use a lot of bhang, which is marijuana. That is definitely an intoxicant. Do they always eat it and not smoke it? :}--}: (Not angry, just smoking)...

We have been discussing this caste issue on another thread, Madness of Belief in Caste:Jaat-paat. I know of Sikhism only what little I have learned on the Net. As an outsider, I can tell you that the aspect of Sikhism that most rings true to me and is infinitely attractive is the belief in...

dalsing ji:) and badmash ji:) , Thanks to you both so much!!:up: I was about to write a scathing reply that if two Sikhs can't show at least civility, if not respect among yourselves, how can you hope to teach the world the beautiful things I am finding in Sikhism. :confused: (The...

Dear badmash ji, I am still confused and dismayed by the term 'dalit Sikh.' :confused: Although I am a novice in Indian studies, I know that 'dalit' is simply the currently politically correct term for 'untouchable.':down: Not poor or rural or Jat. So would you eat langar with a...

I am new to this forum and new to the study of Sikhism. I personally find this whole caste thing disgusting. As I understand it, social equality based on the belief that we are all children of one God is one of the fundamental foundations of Sikhism. Is my understanding of this correct? Today...

I am not a youth, far too old for that:( and Iam not Sikh, but I have been studying Sikhism on line for nearly a year. As I have been studying, a few questions have occurred to me that I can't seem to find answers to. :confused: My questions probably seem silly, and I know that they totally...

Hi, everybody! I am not Sikh, but I have been studying Sikhism on line for a while and find that much of it rings true to me. I have many questions that I hope to have answered here. I come from a Jehovah's Witnesses family, but I can no longer pretend to follow their beliefs and way of...