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<blockquote data-quote="Ambarsaria" data-source="post: 139109" data-attributes="member: 14194"><p>My respectful and learned friends, I humbly submit that we need to rise to a level higher than what we are complaining about or finding faults in. My comments below are simply in this context and not personal. The comments would be the same no matter if these were written by my late father or my younger brother.<p style="margin-left: 20px">“Alcohol sprays are sprayed ON the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji/close proximity of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji..and the fresh Flowers are also kept in close proximity to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. If the purpose of all this was to benefit the Sangat..<strong><u>the sprayers would be installed along the walls/or ceiling of darbar Halls and fresh flowers also would be placed at various places among the sangat</u></strong>. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Trust me when I sat in Harmandir Sahib from childhood to teen years in the windows overlooking the parkash below and every section of the main surrounding area on the ground floor, the fans and openness more than amply distributed fresh flower fragrances all throughout. Specific locations and architectures may dictate what you are suggesting and it should be considered while I personally would find your ideas highly impractical for most situations. Halls are not always full and sevadars are few to provide maintenance and ongoing upkeep of what you are suggesting.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">When <strong><u>we</u></strong> bring plastic flowers and present to the Guru or around it, we are simply belittling the Guru. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Trust me if people had where withal to bring fresh flowers they would. People think of fragrance as one part and not the only part. They believe in making the place look appealing with how they know best. Perhaps people who bring plastic flowers also have plastic flowers in their homes as decoration.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">At the moment <strong><u>we</u></strong> are (<em>Please don’t generalize. I am not one of the <strong><u>we</u></strong>. There are more Guru Granth Sahib ji’s in people’s homes compared to all Gurudwaras combined. The following four statements do not hold truth for the majority</em>:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>1) Perfuming it</p><p> 2) Putting clothes on it (sheets)</p><p> 3) Putting it to sleep</p><p> 4) Giving it its own car<p style="margin-left: 20px">I don't think <strong><u>people</u></strong> (<em>Please don’t generalize. I am not one of those people. I believe this statement is utterly non-sensical. If are any facts (say a majority of people who did it said so) to prove this then I would like to know. I know when I carried it on my head during the path for my father’s death, I did not see that as the purpose of putting on my head. If you want to carry it any distance walking, carrying it on your head is the most comfortable position given the weight.) </em>understand that by merely carry around our Guru on our heads we will actually become better Sikhs! </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">With regard to our Guru, <strong><u>we</u></strong> (<em>Please don’t generalize. I am not one of those people.) </em>would rather dress it up and perfume it, rather than read, study and understand it!! <em>In an encouraging sign, in our Gurudwara here, the trend is that many more people come to listen to Katha done by very good people. I wish it will continue to grow everywhere and that it will become as if not more popular than just shabad kirtan or waheguru-waheguru jaap.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>When I make comments or try to constructively critique, I try to put myself in other people's heart and souls and their thinking mindset as much as I can. It helps me personally to take a constructive attitude as much as humanly possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sat Sri Akal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambarsaria, post: 139109, member: 14194"] My respectful and learned friends, I humbly submit that we need to rise to a level higher than what we are complaining about or finding faults in. My comments below are simply in this context and not personal. The comments would be the same no matter if these were written by my late father or my younger brother.[INDENT]“Alcohol sprays are sprayed ON the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji/close proximity of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji..and the fresh Flowers are also kept in close proximity to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. If the purpose of all this was to benefit the Sangat..[B][U]the sprayers would be installed along the walls/or ceiling of darbar Halls and fresh flowers also would be placed at various places among the sangat[/U][/B]. [I]Trust me when I sat in Harmandir Sahib from childhood to teen years in the windows overlooking the parkash below and every section of the main surrounding area on the ground floor, the fans and openness more than amply distributed fresh flower fragrances all throughout. Specific locations and architectures may dictate what you are suggesting and it should be considered while I personally would find your ideas highly impractical for most situations. Halls are not always full and sevadars are few to provide maintenance and ongoing upkeep of what you are suggesting.[/I] [/INDENT][INDENT]When [B][U]we[/U][/B] bring plastic flowers and present to the Guru or around it, we are simply belittling the Guru. [I]Trust me if people had where withal to bring fresh flowers they would. People think of fragrance as one part and not the only part. They believe in making the place look appealing with how they know best. Perhaps people who bring plastic flowers also have plastic flowers in their homes as decoration.[/I] [/INDENT][INDENT]At the moment [B][U]we[/U][/B] are ([I]Please don’t generalize. I am not one of the [B][U]we[/U][/B]. There are more Guru Granth Sahib ji’s in people’s homes compared to all Gurudwaras combined. The following four statements do not hold truth for the majority[/I]: [/INDENT]1) Perfuming it 2) Putting clothes on it (sheets) 3) Putting it to sleep 4) Giving it its own car[INDENT]I don't think [B][U]people[/U][/B] ([I]Please don’t generalize. I am not one of those people. I believe this statement is utterly non-sensical. If are any facts (say a majority of people who did it said so) to prove this then I would like to know. I know when I carried it on my head during the path for my father’s death, I did not see that as the purpose of putting on my head. If you want to carry it any distance walking, carrying it on your head is the most comfortable position given the weight.) [/I]understand that by merely carry around our Guru on our heads we will actually become better Sikhs! [/INDENT][INDENT]With regard to our Guru, [B][U]we[/U][/B] ([I]Please don’t generalize. I am not one of those people.) [/I]would rather dress it up and perfume it, rather than read, study and understand it!! [I]In an encouraging sign, in our Gurudwara here, the trend is that many more people come to listen to Katha done by very good people. I wish it will continue to grow everywhere and that it will become as if not more popular than just shabad kirtan or waheguru-waheguru jaap.[/I] [/INDENT]When I make comments or try to constructively critique, I try to put myself in other people's heart and souls and their thinking mindset as much as I can. It helps me personally to take a constructive attitude as much as humanly possible. Sat Sri Akal. [/QUOTE]
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