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<blockquote data-quote="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 103261" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Guru Piayario Jios,</p><p>Gurfateh.</p><p></p><p>Tejwant Ji has aptly explained it all.</p><p>WE SIKHS have ABDICATED ALL RESPONSIBILITY....we are TRAITORS to GURMATT. Strong words !! YES...and of necessity.</p><p></p><p>1. KIRTAN. Guru Ji asked US..the SIKHS...the SANGAT to do KIRTAN - OURSELVES.</p><p>Things came to a head right in front of Guru Arjun ji Sahib....when the two Muslim Rababis Satta and Balwand Ji..became full of HANKAAR ( that its OUR KIRTAN SKILLS that DRAW the SANGAT TO GURU JI...without OUR KIRTAN..the GURU WILL LOSE all his Sangat !!) So on a pretext (long story)..they went on STRIKE !! First strike in Sikh history. Sikhs went to the Ragis and begged them to return...Eminent Sikhs like Baba budha Ji, Bhai Gurdass Ji went...no avail..the RAGIS stuck to their STUBBORN STAND..NO. Guru Ji also WENT in person...the Hankarees not only INSULTED GURU ARJUN JI..they also INSULTED GURU NANAK JI SAHIB. That was the Last Straw...Guru Ji said..I can take any insult..BUT an insult to GURU NANAK JI is somethign i cannot accept. From then on GURU JI took the Instruments...and instructed the Sangat to do JOTTIAN Kirtan...all together.</p><p>The Satta Balwand duo then realised their FOLLY....and began to look for a "negotiater"...BUT Guru Ji had banned all such "advocates"...the order was that anyone pleading on their behalf would be punished with face blackening and made to sit on a donkey..at last the Two Ragis managed to find a SIKH..so devout that HE self Blackened his own Face, and sitting on a Donkey arrived in the Guru darbaar and begged Guru Ji to Forgive the two....and he told Guru Ji..I have alreday accepted the punishment for pleading on their behalf...Guru Ji laughed...and allowed the two back...thats when they Sang the Satta balwand VAAR in Ramklali Raag..PRAISING the Same GURU Nnaak Ji and the other Gurus they had mistakenly insulted. THIS VAAR is SUPERFLOUSLY PRAISING GURU SAHIBS...comparing them to previous incarnations of Vishnu, Hindu devtas etc etc....BUT it is accepted as GURBANI becasue the DEEPER MEANINGS point towards AKAL PURAKH.</p><p>Till the late 1960's SANGATS still snag Kiratn in Jottians..in MALAYSIA TOO WE HAD A GARGAJJ JATHA using Chimtas and Dholkis etc to Sing kirtan loudly and the snagat woudl join in so enthuisatically...</p><p>ALL this STOPPED with the advent of the 3 MAN Ragi jatha..2 Vajahs and one Tabla man...PERFORMING KIRTAN on Stage while everyone just LISTENED. On the SIDE LINE..these 3 Man Groups also began to do Sehaj paaths..Akhand Paaths, Ardasses in Private Homes...etc to earn OVERTIME PAY....and soemtimes they would recruit naother two memebers..and Become PANJ PIYARAS...to Eat saradhs...Food served to "PANJ SINGHS"..in BRAHMIN FASHION...to fulfill wishes/send food to departed souls//etc..AS time went on..these 3 Man jathas EXPANDED like Mushrooms after a shower....then the FIGHTING for PRIME TIME also began...as more jathas than time....at times we used to have as amny as five jathas at one go...( LOcal TOUTS also sprang up...to Manage these Jathas..for a FEE of course...these touts arranged the jathas, got them tickets, places to perform..gurdawara stages..transported them from one Gurdwara to another in super quick fashion..so they could serve as amny as three Gurdawars in a short span of time...and SHARE/or take their CUT of teh SHABAD BHET..and thus Compettion began..which Jatha will goive a bigger cut..earn bigger income....)Then the 3 Man jathas began to DISAPPEAR...underground...in the WEST...KABOOTARBAZEE...Gurdwara Parbhandaks began to brign in their own..friends..relatives...as Ragi jatha..and then made them disappear as illegals...thii still going ON !! Have heard from many such personal horror stories..exploitation..greed....ANY WONDER THEN that this has DETERIORATED so much...KIRTAN is for GAIN ONLY...no parchaar..no love for Gurbani...so STANDARDS DROP !! very Visible..drop in standards..every one is a "Hazooree ragi"...ever hear of the POPE..or the vatican Bishops...arriving at a LOCAL CHURCH to "serve as Priest" ?? well OUR Hazooree ragis..even Tkahat jathedars..arrive/send applications to serve as GRANTHIS...in Local Gurdawaras...</p><p></p><p>2. So we then advance to Shabad Katha...since Kiratn is just for earning money...and not many of the ragis/Hazooree ragis etc actually KNOW much Gurbani - being trained in DERAS...5% of their Shabad Kirtan/katha is ONE Panktee of a Gurbani Shabad...and 95% of..WADDEH BABAJI KEHNDEH HUNDEH SEE ( Here Waddeh baba Ji is their own DERA CHIEF..and thus by Comparison..the Baba Ji who wrote the GURBANI automatically becomes CHHOTTEH Babaji..but who cares ??)...kehndeh hundeh see..used to SAY..and SAY..and SAY..blah blah blah...Waddeh baba ji da ek kuttah hu8ndah see..usdah na see moti....moti used to matha tek to waddeh abba ji..daily...blah blah blah..and then oen day Waddeh babab Ji said...bring moti...blah blah blah...interspersed with Boloh ji Waheguru..Satnam Waheguru...then once more the Gurbani panktee..and back to waddeh babajis TALL TALES...ALL these jathas are from the DERAS..nanaksar..other sant deras..and newer Taksaals like Mta Kaullan Ji Taksaal etc..BUT the "Waddeh babaji are all from nanaksar/related deras...and their kirtan tours are to promote their DERA BABA ONLY..not GURBANI. THUS they NEVER DO AARTHS..never explain GURBANI..IF they do...then its TWISTED meanings..Miracle stories..mantars and jantars..to cure such and such disease etc etc...and BACK to Baba ji of their DERA.</p><p></p><p>Mostly ALL Gurdwaras invite such 3 man jathas..and that what we get in terms of parchaar...no wonder the Sikhs are going DOWNHILL....Sangats are entertained..Golucks overflow...Parbhandaks are happy..</p><p>GURBANI can safely stay under the Shining expensive Rumallahs....all wrapped up...with Chaur sahib bwing whisked above....</p><p></p><p>TRUTH is we have NO Shabad...NO KIRTAN...NO KATHA....of SUBSTANCE anymore..and we are solely RESPONSIBLE for this MESS. Its all entertainment....stories...miracles miracle cures..hocus pocus..or TWO LINERS that are sung with GUSTO by the babas...dhaarnas...jingle bells all the way.....while GURBANI is supposedly too difficult..snagat nu smajh nahin aundee ji.....sangats cant understand Gurbani..its too difficult..our two liner Jingle Bells are so easy..catchy..too....even the women can sing along...AA Giya Baba Vaid Rogian daa..or AA Giya Vanjara chhorrian leke...after all GURBANI is so DEEP..so SUBLIME..so "Arshi"..we are people of the World..low..earthy types...farmers..farm labour...</p><p>WE MUST TAKE ACTION FAST or we lose it all...if we havent lost it already...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 103261, member: 189"] Guru Piayario Jios, Gurfateh. Tejwant Ji has aptly explained it all. WE SIKHS have ABDICATED ALL RESPONSIBILITY....we are TRAITORS to GURMATT. Strong words !! YES...and of necessity. 1. KIRTAN. Guru Ji asked US..the SIKHS...the SANGAT to do KIRTAN - OURSELVES. Things came to a head right in front of Guru Arjun ji Sahib....when the two Muslim Rababis Satta and Balwand Ji..became full of HANKAAR ( that its OUR KIRTAN SKILLS that DRAW the SANGAT TO GURU JI...without OUR KIRTAN..the GURU WILL LOSE all his Sangat !!) So on a pretext (long story)..they went on STRIKE !! First strike in Sikh history. Sikhs went to the Ragis and begged them to return...Eminent Sikhs like Baba budha Ji, Bhai Gurdass Ji went...no avail..the RAGIS stuck to their STUBBORN STAND..NO. Guru Ji also WENT in person...the Hankarees not only INSULTED GURU ARJUN JI..they also INSULTED GURU NANAK JI SAHIB. That was the Last Straw...Guru Ji said..I can take any insult..BUT an insult to GURU NANAK JI is somethign i cannot accept. From then on GURU JI took the Instruments...and instructed the Sangat to do JOTTIAN Kirtan...all together. The Satta Balwand duo then realised their FOLLY....and began to look for a "negotiater"...BUT Guru Ji had banned all such "advocates"...the order was that anyone pleading on their behalf would be punished with face blackening and made to sit on a donkey..at last the Two Ragis managed to find a SIKH..so devout that HE self Blackened his own Face, and sitting on a Donkey arrived in the Guru darbaar and begged Guru Ji to Forgive the two....and he told Guru Ji..I have alreday accepted the punishment for pleading on their behalf...Guru Ji laughed...and allowed the two back...thats when they Sang the Satta balwand VAAR in Ramklali Raag..PRAISING the Same GURU Nnaak Ji and the other Gurus they had mistakenly insulted. THIS VAAR is SUPERFLOUSLY PRAISING GURU SAHIBS...comparing them to previous incarnations of Vishnu, Hindu devtas etc etc....BUT it is accepted as GURBANI becasue the DEEPER MEANINGS point towards AKAL PURAKH. Till the late 1960's SANGATS still snag Kiratn in Jottians..in MALAYSIA TOO WE HAD A GARGAJJ JATHA using Chimtas and Dholkis etc to Sing kirtan loudly and the snagat woudl join in so enthuisatically... ALL this STOPPED with the advent of the 3 MAN Ragi jatha..2 Vajahs and one Tabla man...PERFORMING KIRTAN on Stage while everyone just LISTENED. On the SIDE LINE..these 3 Man Groups also began to do Sehaj paaths..Akhand Paaths, Ardasses in Private Homes...etc to earn OVERTIME PAY....and soemtimes they would recruit naother two memebers..and Become PANJ PIYARAS...to Eat saradhs...Food served to "PANJ SINGHS"..in BRAHMIN FASHION...to fulfill wishes/send food to departed souls//etc..AS time went on..these 3 Man jathas EXPANDED like Mushrooms after a shower....then the FIGHTING for PRIME TIME also began...as more jathas than time....at times we used to have as amny as five jathas at one go...( LOcal TOUTS also sprang up...to Manage these Jathas..for a FEE of course...these touts arranged the jathas, got them tickets, places to perform..gurdawara stages..transported them from one Gurdwara to another in super quick fashion..so they could serve as amny as three Gurdawars in a short span of time...and SHARE/or take their CUT of teh SHABAD BHET..and thus Compettion began..which Jatha will goive a bigger cut..earn bigger income....)Then the 3 Man jathas began to DISAPPEAR...underground...in the WEST...KABOOTARBAZEE...Gurdwara Parbhandaks began to brign in their own..friends..relatives...as Ragi jatha..and then made them disappear as illegals...thii still going ON !! Have heard from many such personal horror stories..exploitation..greed....ANY WONDER THEN that this has DETERIORATED so much...KIRTAN is for GAIN ONLY...no parchaar..no love for Gurbani...so STANDARDS DROP !! very Visible..drop in standards..every one is a "Hazooree ragi"...ever hear of the POPE..or the vatican Bishops...arriving at a LOCAL CHURCH to "serve as Priest" ?? well OUR Hazooree ragis..even Tkahat jathedars..arrive/send applications to serve as GRANTHIS...in Local Gurdawaras... 2. So we then advance to Shabad Katha...since Kiratn is just for earning money...and not many of the ragis/Hazooree ragis etc actually KNOW much Gurbani - being trained in DERAS...5% of their Shabad Kirtan/katha is ONE Panktee of a Gurbani Shabad...and 95% of..WADDEH BABAJI KEHNDEH HUNDEH SEE ( Here Waddeh baba Ji is their own DERA CHIEF..and thus by Comparison..the Baba Ji who wrote the GURBANI automatically becomes CHHOTTEH Babaji..but who cares ??)...kehndeh hundeh see..used to SAY..and SAY..and SAY..blah blah blah...Waddeh baba ji da ek kuttah hu8ndah see..usdah na see moti....moti used to matha tek to waddeh abba ji..daily...blah blah blah..and then oen day Waddeh babab Ji said...bring moti...blah blah blah...interspersed with Boloh ji Waheguru..Satnam Waheguru...then once more the Gurbani panktee..and back to waddeh babajis TALL TALES...ALL these jathas are from the DERAS..nanaksar..other sant deras..and newer Taksaals like Mta Kaullan Ji Taksaal etc..BUT the "Waddeh babaji are all from nanaksar/related deras...and their kirtan tours are to promote their DERA BABA ONLY..not GURBANI. THUS they NEVER DO AARTHS..never explain GURBANI..IF they do...then its TWISTED meanings..Miracle stories..mantars and jantars..to cure such and such disease etc etc...and BACK to Baba ji of their DERA. Mostly ALL Gurdwaras invite such 3 man jathas..and that what we get in terms of parchaar...no wonder the Sikhs are going DOWNHILL....Sangats are entertained..Golucks overflow...Parbhandaks are happy.. GURBANI can safely stay under the Shining expensive Rumallahs....all wrapped up...with Chaur sahib bwing whisked above.... TRUTH is we have NO Shabad...NO KIRTAN...NO KATHA....of SUBSTANCE anymore..and we are solely RESPONSIBLE for this MESS. Its all entertainment....stories...miracles miracle cures..hocus pocus..or TWO LINERS that are sung with GUSTO by the babas...dhaarnas...jingle bells all the way.....while GURBANI is supposedly too difficult..snagat nu smajh nahin aundee ji.....sangats cant understand Gurbani..its too difficult..our two liner Jingle Bells are so easy..catchy..too....even the women can sing along...AA Giya Baba Vaid Rogian daa..or AA Giya Vanjara chhorrian leke...after all GURBANI is so DEEP..so SUBLIME..so "Arshi"..we are people of the World..low..earthy types...farmers..farm labour... WE MUST TAKE ACTION FAST or we lose it all...if we havent lost it already...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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