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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 75971" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p><strong>Re: Allegation of sexual abuse by S. Gurbax Singh Ji Kala Afghana Ji.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Thankyou for clarifying, as it was really surprising if you had said this. Perhaps the way you quoted in your original post left something unclear. this is why we immediately wanted to clarify that Guru's bani is NOT a Hinduized concept. As you can imagine, anyone would jump. And I did provide Gurbani to support that those concepts are in fact found In <em>Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji</em> so no person would misunderstand Sikh faith in the mischevious way KA has been attempting to misportray it.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">Because it was unclear, it needed to be clarified. this is a public forum after all, and great care should be taken with regards our Guruji's bani. Have you ever said paath with other people? And the moment you make a mistake, everyone in the room corrects you? And if you are learning paath, every 5 min someone is stopping you to correct your mistake? That's how Sikh's treat Gurbani. <strong>Whenever there is something mistated, it needs to be clarified.</strong> No need for hurt feelings. I'm very happy you didn't state this. Because I would be disappointed if you had. What is important is the clarity of Gurbani. Because if 3 people on this post weren't clear what was said, others could also take the message that concepts found in Gurbani are Hindu. And sadly, that kind of disrespect of Gurbani and game-playing intellectualism is what KA is all about, as you noted.</span></p><p> </p><p>Since we are talking about an issue very important to the Panth, which involves the value of Gurbani, the authority of Akal Takht Sahib Ji, the legitimacy of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji bani, and questioning the authority of Akal Takht to excommunicate KA, as well as the integrity of the Panthic Jatha's and news agencies reporting this coverage to the Panth... There is no room to misstate KA and send the message that Guru's bani is Hindu. And I thank you for that clarification.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">KA is a declared apostate and all his supporters are warned from the central Sikh religious authority NOT to support him or tolerate nindya of Gurbani. Therefore, no one can "weigh arguments" unless they challenge the authority of Guru Khalsa Panth in Panj Piare which has already declared it's decision.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">How can Sikhs under siege with GOI agents wrecking havoc with our religious teaching FAIL to be diligent when confronting controversy? Especially dealing with a <strong>declared tankiya</strong> like KA, we should watch very carefully what is being said which might hide KA's disrespect for Gurbani, for Akal Takht, for Panthic organizations, and for the Sikh sangat in those cleverly constructed arguments. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">These are <strong><em>delicate matters</em></strong> and due care is required. Most especially the Panth had uncovered this previous lawsuit regarding his behavior and character, which is relevant to evaluate the kind of person we are dealing with, when so many argue in his favor AGAINST Akal Takht and the Panth. Yet, Panthic news agencies were denigrated, their credibility challenged. Even 5 or more times the legal citation for KA's case was posted with various sources, including reputable law journals. And it took that much to silence the objection defending his outrageous misconduct in the clothing of a Khalsa and a priest. That hardly constitutes dispassionate and objective analysis.</span></p><p> </p><p>The bottom line for every Sikh <em>is not what you challenge or weigh and decide for yourself. That's manmat.</em><strong> But what is Gurmat? And Gurmat can never contradict GurShabad or Guru Panj Piare.</strong> The moment we undermine Gurmat Gursikhi, <em>we will create conditions where Granthis molest people in our temples</em> and we tolerate arguing for tolerance in order to defend the indefensible. Or do we think we are a better judge than Guru about Panthic matters?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 75971, member: 2125"] [b]Re: Allegation of sexual abuse by S. Gurbax Singh Ji Kala Afghana Ji.[/b] [COLOR=black]Thankyou for clarifying, as it was really surprising if you had said this. Perhaps the way you quoted in your original post left something unclear. this is why we immediately wanted to clarify that Guru's bani is NOT a Hinduized concept. As you can imagine, anyone would jump. And I did provide Gurbani to support that those concepts are in fact found In [I]Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji[/I] so no person would misunderstand Sikh faith in the mischevious way KA has been attempting to misportray it.[/COLOR] [COLOR=teal][/COLOR][COLOR=black]Because it was unclear, it needed to be clarified. this is a public forum after all, and great care should be taken with regards our Guruji's bani. Have you ever said paath with other people? And the moment you make a mistake, everyone in the room corrects you? And if you are learning paath, every 5 min someone is stopping you to correct your mistake? That's how Sikh's treat Gurbani. [B]Whenever there is something mistated, it needs to be clarified.[/B] No need for hurt feelings. I'm very happy you didn't state this. Because I would be disappointed if you had. What is important is the clarity of Gurbani. Because if 3 people on this post weren't clear what was said, others could also take the message that concepts found in Gurbani are Hindu. And sadly, that kind of disrespect of Gurbani and game-playing intellectualism is what KA is all about, as you noted.[/COLOR] Since we are talking about an issue very important to the Panth, which involves the value of Gurbani, the authority of Akal Takht Sahib Ji, the legitimacy of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji bani, and questioning the authority of Akal Takht to excommunicate KA, as well as the integrity of the Panthic Jatha's and news agencies reporting this coverage to the Panth... There is no room to misstate KA and send the message that Guru's bani is Hindu. And I thank you for that clarification. [COLOR=teal][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]KA is a declared apostate and all his supporters are warned from the central Sikh religious authority NOT to support him or tolerate nindya of Gurbani. Therefore, no one can "weigh arguments" unless they challenge the authority of Guru Khalsa Panth in Panj Piare which has already declared it's decision.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]How can Sikhs under siege with GOI agents wrecking havoc with our religious teaching FAIL to be diligent when confronting controversy? Especially dealing with a [B]declared tankiya[/B] like KA, we should watch very carefully what is being said which might hide KA's disrespect for Gurbani, for Akal Takht, for Panthic organizations, and for the Sikh sangat in those cleverly constructed arguments. [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]These are [B][I]delicate matters[/I][/B] and due care is required. Most especially the Panth had uncovered this previous lawsuit regarding his behavior and character, which is relevant to evaluate the kind of person we are dealing with, when so many argue in his favor AGAINST Akal Takht and the Panth. Yet, Panthic news agencies were denigrated, their credibility challenged. Even 5 or more times the legal citation for KA's case was posted with various sources, including reputable law journals. And it took that much to silence the objection defending his outrageous misconduct in the clothing of a Khalsa and a priest. That hardly constitutes dispassionate and objective analysis.[/COLOR] The bottom line for every Sikh [I]is not what you challenge or weigh and decide for yourself. That's manmat.[/I][B] But what is Gurmat? And Gurmat can never contradict GurShabad or Guru Panj Piare.[/B] The moment we undermine Gurmat Gursikhi, [I]we will create conditions where Granthis molest people in our temples[/I] and we tolerate arguing for tolerance in order to defend the indefensible. Or do we think we are a better judge than Guru about Panthic matters? [/QUOTE]
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