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<blockquote data-quote="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 125076" data-attributes="member: 138"><p><strong>Re: Bloo.dy Fight Erupts at Brampton Sikh Temple</strong></p><p></p><p><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:<img src=" http:="" www.sikhphilosophy.net="" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:<img src=" http:="" www.sikhphilosophy.net="" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />unctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />ontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> Aman ji,</p><p></p><p>Guru Fateh.</p><p></p><p>It is the duty of a Sikh to learn, unlearn and relearn daily, thanks to our Guide and Guru, SGGS.</p><p></p><p>This is the beauty of being a Sikh. We walk naked from the within. Our Baana is its proof.</p><p></p><p>Before I comment on our present dire situation, I would like to clarify one thing that is that I only talked about the Mosques which are not located in the Muslim countries in my post. The butchering among the Muslims happens daily in the Muslim countries or where the majority is Muslim. It does not happen especially in the Western world where millions of Muslims live. This is a very important point to notice. </p><p> </p><p>Now, coming back to our situation, in my opinion it is much worse than the Muslims. The Muslims although claiming to belong to a monotheistic religion created divisions between themselves because they could not agree upon <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"The Successor of the Messenger of Alláh and his first Caliph</span>", after the death of Prophet Mohammed in 632.</p><p></p><p>So, in other words they are divided and the hatred between them has been brewing ever since for a person, a man, not for the God they serve or seek and they shamelessly kill each other daily. It shows their tribal mentality.</p><p></p><p>But ours is supposed to be the modern path, a pragmatic way of life with reasoning and common sense only if we follow SGGS, our only Guru.</p><p> </p><p>Our divisions are much greater but not as deep. We are all treading in shallow waters. What I mean by this is that as there is no priesthood in Sikhi which is a very visionary and bold thinking by our Gurus, each of us becomes a Priest, a Pastor, an Imam etc. etc. We all carry the burden of being truthful and caretakers of Sikhi as individuals. </p><p></p><p>But the other side of the coin is, people have taken advantage of this great opportunity and created their own sects. AKJ, Nanaksar, Gobind Sadan, Naam Dhari, Nirankari, Radasoami, just to name a few and many more cropping up like mushrooms daily. </p><p></p><p>They are all charlatans and use their Baanas and SGGS as the calling cards to attract the lazy ones which are in millions who are too lethargic to read, study, understand and practice Gurbani. Parroting Gurbani and going to the yearly pilgrimages have become the mode de jour, a feel good, chest thumping me-ism way of living. We have become the birds of a feather but with an ugly plumage.</p><p> </p><p>One of the charlatans’ video is posted by Gyani ji: Sant baba Hari Singh Randhawa Harian welan waala who attracts the lazy ones with his kachi baani and utter nonsense. </p><p></p><p>As the saying goes that “we should take the longer scenic route”, and that is what our Gurus told us to do by giving each of us the responsibility to be the Nishaan Sahib bearers of Sikhi, but unfortunately we always look for the short cuts rather than following our Gurus’ instructions. Today, one can pay by Paypal and have an Akand path done at Harmader Sahib. </p><p> </p><p>We have not left our Hindu mentality that our Gurus tried so hard for us to give up. This is the reason we have Gurdwaras from all kinds of Hindu castes imaginable.</p><p> </p><p>We wear our baanas as Hindu wear janieus. Unfortunately the five Kakaars have become dogmatic and sadly lost the luster of pragmatism that they were originally created for by our Dasam Pita. The recent incidents are the proofs of that.</p><p> </p><p>Talking about the inner and outer rehat is very interesting and important. This is the foundation of the concept of Miri- Piri, the phrase coined by our 6<sup>th</sup> Guru, Guru Hargobind but the first brick of this laid by Guru Nanak.</p><p></p><p>If one wants to stand out, one has to strive to become outstanding at the same time. The outer can not be a façade made of papier-mâché, like the hotels built in <st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:city> with the names like Paris, Venetian, Caesar’s Palace and many more. Like these sand castles built on the desert sands of <st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Nevada</st1:state>, if our outer rehat is not the ends to the means from our inner selves, then we are as fake as the edifices mentioned above. The inner rehat is like a musical instrument, when played, its music manifests/echoes in the outer one. It is like the perfect Jazz piece- Bossa Nova.</p><p> </p><p>The inner music shows our outer dance steps. If one is out of step, it becomes self evidentiary with time. So, the inner and outer rehat must be like Ying and Yang.</p><p> </p><p>But not all is lost. These incidents have given us the opportunity to look within.</p><p></p><p> We read everyday in Rehraas: “Dukh daaro, Sukh rogh bheiyah”. Many Sikh scholars translate this “suffering as medicine (dukh daru) and pleasure as disease (sukh rog), since pleasure seduces one's mind away from Ik Ong Kaar.</p><p> </p><p>In my opinion Guru Nanak is talking about the failures in life and the results of which is suffering. So, falling down is very important because then only we can learn how to get up, dust off and carry on which breeds the spirit of Chardi Kala- the spirit of, “ never become a quitter no matter how many times one fails and suffers the pain of the failures".</p><p> </p><p>”The knee scrapes” that life brings us are very important and some of them leave scars to remind us the importance of failures which help us fine tune the inner rehat with the outer one. So, the healing ointment- the lesson from these failures come through the sufferings they bring.</p><p> </p><p>As someone said:” Inner nakedness can not be clothed from the outside no matter how beautiful the vestments one wears may appear”.</p><p> </p><p>This is the true message to all of us by Guru Nanak.</p><p> </p><p>Regards.</p><p> Tejwant Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 125076, member: 138"] [b]Re: Bloo.dy Fight Erupts at Brampton Sikh Temple[/b] <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:<img src=" http:="" www.sikhphilosophy.net="" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:<img src=" http:="" www.sikhphilosophy.net="" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="2" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> Aman ji, Guru Fateh. It is the duty of a Sikh to learn, unlearn and relearn daily, thanks to our Guide and Guru, SGGS. This is the beauty of being a Sikh. We walk naked from the within. Our Baana is its proof. Before I comment on our present dire situation, I would like to clarify one thing that is that I only talked about the Mosques which are not located in the Muslim countries in my post. The butchering among the Muslims happens daily in the Muslim countries or where the majority is Muslim. It does not happen especially in the Western world where millions of Muslims live. This is a very important point to notice. Now, coming back to our situation, in my opinion it is much worse than the Muslims. The Muslims although claiming to belong to a monotheistic religion created divisions between themselves because they could not agree upon [FONT=Verdana]"The Successor of the Messenger of Alláh and his first Caliph[/FONT]", after the death of Prophet Mohammed in 632. So, in other words they are divided and the hatred between them has been brewing ever since for a person, a man, not for the God they serve or seek and they shamelessly kill each other daily. It shows their tribal mentality. But ours is supposed to be the modern path, a pragmatic way of life with reasoning and common sense only if we follow SGGS, our only Guru. Our divisions are much greater but not as deep. We are all treading in shallow waters. What I mean by this is that as there is no priesthood in Sikhi which is a very visionary and bold thinking by our Gurus, each of us becomes a Priest, a Pastor, an Imam etc. etc. We all carry the burden of being truthful and caretakers of Sikhi as individuals. But the other side of the coin is, people have taken advantage of this great opportunity and created their own sects. AKJ, Nanaksar, Gobind Sadan, Naam Dhari, Nirankari, Radasoami, just to name a few and many more cropping up like mushrooms daily. They are all charlatans and use their Baanas and SGGS as the calling cards to attract the lazy ones which are in millions who are too lethargic to read, study, understand and practice Gurbani. Parroting Gurbani and going to the yearly pilgrimages have become the mode de jour, a feel good, chest thumping me-ism way of living. We have become the birds of a feather but with an ugly plumage. One of the charlatans’ video is posted by Gyani ji: Sant baba Hari Singh Randhawa Harian welan waala who attracts the lazy ones with his kachi baani and utter nonsense. As the saying goes that “we should take the longer scenic route”, and that is what our Gurus told us to do by giving each of us the responsibility to be the Nishaan Sahib bearers of Sikhi, but unfortunately we always look for the short cuts rather than following our Gurus’ instructions. Today, one can pay by Paypal and have an Akand path done at Harmader Sahib. We have not left our Hindu mentality that our Gurus tried so hard for us to give up. This is the reason we have Gurdwaras from all kinds of Hindu castes imaginable. We wear our baanas as Hindu wear janieus. Unfortunately the five Kakaars have become dogmatic and sadly lost the luster of pragmatism that they were originally created for by our Dasam Pita. The recent incidents are the proofs of that. Talking about the inner and outer rehat is very interesting and important. This is the foundation of the concept of Miri- Piri, the phrase coined by our 6<sup>th</sup> Guru, Guru Hargobind but the first brick of this laid by Guru Nanak. If one wants to stand out, one has to strive to become outstanding at the same time. The outer can not be a façade made of papier-mâché, like the hotels built in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:city> with the names like Paris, Venetian, Caesar’s Palace and many more. Like these sand castles built on the desert sands of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Nevada</st1:state>, if our outer rehat is not the ends to the means from our inner selves, then we are as fake as the edifices mentioned above. The inner rehat is like a musical instrument, when played, its music manifests/echoes in the outer one. It is like the perfect Jazz piece- Bossa Nova. The inner music shows our outer dance steps. If one is out of step, it becomes self evidentiary with time. So, the inner and outer rehat must be like Ying and Yang. But not all is lost. These incidents have given us the opportunity to look within. We read everyday in Rehraas: “Dukh daaro, Sukh rogh bheiyah”. Many Sikh scholars translate this “suffering as medicine (dukh daru) and pleasure as disease (sukh rog), since pleasure seduces one's mind away from Ik Ong Kaar. In my opinion Guru Nanak is talking about the failures in life and the results of which is suffering. So, falling down is very important because then only we can learn how to get up, dust off and carry on which breeds the spirit of Chardi Kala- the spirit of, “ never become a quitter no matter how many times one fails and suffers the pain of the failures". ”The knee scrapes” that life brings us are very important and some of them leave scars to remind us the importance of failures which help us fine tune the inner rehat with the outer one. So, the healing ointment- the lesson from these failures come through the sufferings they bring. As someone said:” Inner nakedness can not be clothed from the outside no matter how beautiful the vestments one wears may appear”. This is the true message to all of us by Guru Nanak. Regards. Tejwant Singh [/QUOTE]
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