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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 53691" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p><span style="color: black">The better question is where in the world is a Sikh <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> badgered, shamed, pressured into compromising on principles of Gurmat? Everywhere in the world is pressure to conform to the world, to cut hairs, to remove dastaar, to avoid nitnam, to remove panj kakkars, to have relations with person not your spouse. Everywhere maya is giving this pressure because that is the nature of temptation and the fake world.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">We weren't discussing pressure on a forum, we were discussing the pressuring, shaming and badgering of Sikh kids who had REFUSED for personal reasons NOT to go to Hindu mandir. </span></p><p> </p><p>As to the forum, yes, I believe blistering personal attack and invalidation with assassination of the charater of someone who posts is a pressure to silence and shame that voice from having any legitimate opinion. So yes, this kind of thing can also be done online, although the original comment had to do with real life situations where family and friends would pressure someone into doing something they feel is not right.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">True Sikhs are human beings who have a right not to be unduly influenced by the prejudices of others. Although in this maya world, Guruji is testing all of us and our resolve to commit to Gursikhi absolutely against the odds. What true Sikhs do, and what our kids do and are influenced by may be different things, realistically. It is our duty to promote principles of Gurmat, not expect kids will be able to resist every influence contrary to Gursikhi.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">You are altering essential facts. The discussion was about a casual invitation to visit Hindu mandir as equally as Sikh Gurudwara. I have already agreed to the position to attend Hindu mandir for important life events of a friend such as wedding and funeral would not be of the same character as interchangeably visiting Hindu mandir and Gurudwara, as this poster said his mother is a Hindu, his father is a Sikh, and his friend comes to Gurudwara all the time. And Hindu friend resented that no one accepted her equal invitation. I did advocate kindness to this girl and spoke against mistreating her or saying negative things about her faith. But that the kids should gently explain reasons why they felt uncomfortable to visit Hindu mandir. It is their right after all, NOT to go if they don't want to. And that was the point.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">It isn't a matter of what one wants to do. Gurmat Gursikhi has a principle of bibek where you are not supposed to. One thing, it's not just accepting food from an amritdhari, but this discipline is also about accepting food which has been made into langar by an amritdhari who is japping Naam while preparing the food. It's not a rejection of anyone, it's a purification process. If anything, how much easier to go to fast food restaurant and care less? It's a discipline, not a hatred of others. The key is you don't want to consume the vibration of negative tendancies and influences, like food from hand of a smoker, food from hand of an atheist, food from hand of someone living an immoral lifestyle. You don't want to pull yourself into the temptation of those kind of thoughts. This article may explain it better. And I agree, it's better for Khalsa to avoid negative influence of non-Khalsa friendships, especially the kids.</span> You can be friendly, but don't be overly familiar and start adopting those non-Khalsa values and influences.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://naam-jor.blogspot.com/2007/01/sarbloh-bibek.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: red">http://naam-jor.blogspot.com/2007/01/sarbloh-bibek.html</span></strong></a></p><p> </p><p>Apart from sarbloh bibek which is a hard discipline, consider these quotes from the SGPC Rehit Maryada, which is actually the most liberal. They all have to do with making a point that Khalsa should keep distinct Identity, not participate in Hindu rituals or customs or associate with elements antagonistic to the Panth like RSS, (political realities are acknowledged). Mind you these apply only to amritdhari Sikhs. But they do apply, and if someone has received amrit, they have to follow the Rehit Maryada of the Panj Piare they received amrit from. Taksali Rehit Maryada and AKJ Rehit Maryada are much stricter and include supportive Rehitnamay which are only briefly alluded to in SGPC Maryada. But even in SGPC version, it is clear that Khalsa are to separate themselves from common social practices. Khalsa live a life of discipline, not popularity. It's the opposite of arrogance. You can't eat the things everybody around you in school or work are eating. And it's very humbling sometimes to go without food instead of breaking the rehit. And more than that, it's one of the most deliberately misrepresented practices and a cause for social rejection and abuse by other Sikhs, many of whom eat meat and smoke and have no spiritual practice at all. No one gives you any special respect to keep this discipline. And it does have basis in Gurmat Gursikhi.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>~Bhul chuk maaf karni Ji</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 53691, member: 2125"] [COLOR=black]The better question is where in the world is a Sikh [B][I]NOT[/I][/B] badgered, shamed, pressured into compromising on principles of Gurmat? Everywhere in the world is pressure to conform to the world, to cut hairs, to remove dastaar, to avoid nitnam, to remove panj kakkars, to have relations with person not your spouse. Everywhere maya is giving this pressure because that is the nature of temptation and the fake world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We weren't discussing pressure on a forum, we were discussing the pressuring, shaming and badgering of Sikh kids who had REFUSED for personal reasons NOT to go to Hindu mandir. [/COLOR] As to the forum, yes, I believe blistering personal attack and invalidation with assassination of the charater of someone who posts is a pressure to silence and shame that voice from having any legitimate opinion. So yes, this kind of thing can also be done online, although the original comment had to do with real life situations where family and friends would pressure someone into doing something they feel is not right. [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]True Sikhs are human beings who have a right not to be unduly influenced by the prejudices of others. Although in this maya world, Guruji is testing all of us and our resolve to commit to Gursikhi absolutely against the odds. What true Sikhs do, and what our kids do and are influenced by may be different things, realistically. It is our duty to promote principles of Gurmat, not expect kids will be able to resist every influence contrary to Gursikhi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]You are altering essential facts. The discussion was about a casual invitation to visit Hindu mandir as equally as Sikh Gurudwara. I have already agreed to the position to attend Hindu mandir for important life events of a friend such as wedding and funeral would not be of the same character as interchangeably visiting Hindu mandir and Gurudwara, as this poster said his mother is a Hindu, his father is a Sikh, and his friend comes to Gurudwara all the time. And Hindu friend resented that no one accepted her equal invitation. I did advocate kindness to this girl and spoke against mistreating her or saying negative things about her faith. But that the kids should gently explain reasons why they felt uncomfortable to visit Hindu mandir. It is their right after all, NOT to go if they don't want to. And that was the point.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]It isn't a matter of what one wants to do. Gurmat Gursikhi has a principle of bibek where you are not supposed to. One thing, it's not just accepting food from an amritdhari, but this discipline is also about accepting food which has been made into langar by an amritdhari who is japping Naam while preparing the food. It's not a rejection of anyone, it's a purification process. If anything, how much easier to go to fast food restaurant and care less? It's a discipline, not a hatred of others. The key is you don't want to consume the vibration of negative tendancies and influences, like food from hand of a smoker, food from hand of an atheist, food from hand of someone living an immoral lifestyle. You don't want to pull yourself into the temptation of those kind of thoughts. This article may explain it better. And I agree, it's better for Khalsa to avoid negative influence of non-Khalsa friendships, especially the kids.[/COLOR] You can be friendly, but don't be overly familiar and start adopting those non-Khalsa values and influences. [URL="http://naam-jor.blogspot.com/2007/01/sarbloh-bibek.html"][B][COLOR=red]http://naam-jor.blogspot.com/2007/01/sarbloh-bibek.html[/COLOR][/B][/URL] Apart from sarbloh bibek which is a hard discipline, consider these quotes from the SGPC Rehit Maryada, which is actually the most liberal. They all have to do with making a point that Khalsa should keep distinct Identity, not participate in Hindu rituals or customs or associate with elements antagonistic to the Panth like RSS, (political realities are acknowledged). Mind you these apply only to amritdhari Sikhs. But they do apply, and if someone has received amrit, they have to follow the Rehit Maryada of the Panj Piare they received amrit from. Taksali Rehit Maryada and AKJ Rehit Maryada are much stricter and include supportive Rehitnamay which are only briefly alluded to in SGPC Maryada. But even in SGPC version, it is clear that Khalsa are to separate themselves from common social practices. Khalsa live a life of discipline, not popularity. It's the opposite of arrogance. You can't eat the things everybody around you in school or work are eating. And it's very humbling sometimes to go without food instead of breaking the rehit. And more than that, it's one of the most deliberately misrepresented practices and a cause for social rejection and abuse by other Sikhs, many of whom eat meat and smoke and have no spiritual practice at all. No one gives you any special respect to keep this discipline. And it does have basis in Gurmat Gursikhi. ~Bhul chuk maaf karni Ji [/QUOTE]
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