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<blockquote data-quote="therebirthofkhalsa" data-source="post: 100697" data-attributes="member: 2410"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">WAHEGURUJI KA KHALSA - WAHEGURUJI KI FATEH</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Dear Sikh, Beloved Khalsaji</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What makes you and me a Sikh? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Each one of us will have a personal answer or opinion to that question.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I want to relate to you on the base that if your True Guru is my True Guru then we are god brothers, and I believe that as such, I have a responsibility to care for you, to inspire you and remind you of what you have forgotten. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I care about your spiritual life, I care about our Sat Guru and I don’t like or appreciate when others attempt to disrespect His presence and the Sat Sangat. When liars and cheaters misguide and try to confuse the Sikhs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">So here is a reminder about how Sikhi came to be, the way Waheguru out of HIS endless mercy, perfected our true path using 10 human beings to be the embodiment of light and truth, the perfect guide and inspiration for all who called themselves a Sikh. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Each Guru teached us well, many values and personal situations where they displayed virtues and morals, showing us and teaching us with pure example which is the best way to learn, words are easy to say but to do, that is where it is. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> 10 human forms so we will be able to understand how to live and to relate on the same level about the light of truth that they came to bless us with. Now that schooling is over, we get the chance to graduate under the shield of Khalsa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> Guruji decided that we had enough teaching and now Guruji will sit back and watch us, for us to show how much we learn, how well we do and how much we care and appreciate.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Authority? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Anyone that lives life as a true Khalsa does, has been blessed given the authority, created, started and completed by Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa, the day when He initiated the Panch Pyare and received authority from them.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Just as you receive that authority when blessed by sweet Amrit.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What else is there to understand? What is there to be told to you?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> Just have faith and surrender to Guruji, it shall be revealed; you will be inspired and when you do so, please share with the ones who care to learn, remember and realize.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">We got each other, the ones who care and love in the name of Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the ones that must live to inspire and remind each other, and we each know if we are being for real.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Here I will remind you of how wonderful and inspiring our Sat Guru is,</span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539)</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Early one morning accompanied by Mardana, Guru Nanak went to the river Bain for his bath. After plunging into the river, Guru Nanak did not surface and it was reported that he must have drowned. The villagers searched everywhere, but there was no trace of him. Guru Nanak was in Holy Communion with God. The Lord God revealed himself to Guru Nanak and enlightened him. In praise of the Lord, Guru Nanak uttered; </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now." (Japji)</span> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Angad Dev (1504-1552)</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When the time finally came and they met, Guru Angad got up from his seat on his arrival to embrace Amar Das as he was his relative and also much older than the Guru. Amar Das instead fell to the Guru's feet out of respect and humility, forgetting his age and family status. On this day of their meeting, Guru Angad was eating meat and being a Vaishnav Hindu, Amar Das felt uncomfortable. Guru Angad told Amar Das that the meats one should avoid are envy, greed, ego, slander and usurpation of others rights. He told Amar Das that there is life in everything, whatever is eaten while remembering God is like nectar itself. Amar Das thus became a devoted disciple of Guru Angad. </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Amar Das (1479-1574)</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Guru spent his time personally attending to the cure and nursing of the sick and the aged. Guru Amar Das made it obligatory that those seeking his audience must first eat in the langar. Guru Amar Das not only preached the equality of people irrespective of their caste but he also tried to foster the idea of women's equality. He tried to liberate women from the practices of purdah (wearing a veil) as well as preaching strongly against the practice of sati (Hindu wife burning on her husband’s funeral pyre). </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Ram Das (1534-1581)</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Ram Das urged his Sikhs that one could fulfill one's life not merely by quiet meditation but in actively participating in the joys and sorrows of others. This is how one could also rid oneself of the prime malady - Ego, and end their spiritual loneliness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When the aged ascetic son of Guru Nanak Baba Sri Chand came to visit Guru Ram Das he asked him why he kept such a long beard? Guru Ram Das replied; "To wipe the dust off the feet of holy men like yourself" and then proceeded to perform this supreme act of humility. Sri Chand held his hand and embraced Guru Ram Das saying; "It's enough. This is the kind of character by which you have deprived me of my ancestral heritage. Now, what more is left with me that I could offer you for your piety and goodness of heart?"</span> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Arjan Dev (1563-1606)</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The monumental task was finally completed. This first edition of the Guru Granth Sahib known at that time as Pothi Sahib was installed on a high pedestal within the Harmandir Sahib in August 1604. Guru Arjan Dev seated himself at a lower level and instructed all Sikhs to bow before it, not as an idol, but as the book of divine inspiration which instructed living men in the ways of God and dedicated secular life.</span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"My True Guru is my Savior and Protector. Showering us with His Mercy and Grace, God extended His Hand, and saved Hargobind, who is now safe and secure. The fever is gone - God Himself eradicated it, and preserved the honor of His servant. I have obtained all blessings from the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru." (Guru Arjan Dev, Sorath, pg. 620)</span></em> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"The poison had absolutely no harmful effect. But the wicked Brahmin died in pain. || 1 || The Supreme Lord God Himself has saved His humble servant. The sinner died through the Power of the Guru." (Guru Arjan Dev, Bhairon, pg. 1137)</span></em> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Hargobind (1595-1644)</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">During the Guruship ceremony Guru Hargobind respectfully declined to wear the Seli (woolen cord worn on the head) which had been passed down on each successive Guru since Guru Nanak. Instead the Guru asked for a sword. Baba Buddha, never having handled a sword before, placed it on the wrong side of the Guru. Guru Hargobind noticing this, asked for another sword saying "I'll wear two swords, a sword of shakti (power) and a sword of bhakti (meditation)." Henceforth the Guru would always carry two swords to symbolize his dual role of holding secular power (Miri) and spiritual authority (Piri).</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Hargobind knew that the Sikh's would no longer take their freedom for granted, he undertook to steel his Sikhs against tyranny and oppression. The Guru now gave instructions to the Masands and to all the other Sikhs that they should make offerings in the future of horses and weapons rather than just money.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">God first created light, All men are born out of it. The whole world came out of a single spark; Who is good and who is bad? The Creator is in the creation, and the creation in the Creator, He is everywhere. The clay is the same, the potter fashions various models. There is nothing wrong with the clay or the potter. God the true resides in all, Whatever happens is His doing. He who surrenders to Him gets to know Him. He is His slave. God is invisible, He cannot be seen. The Guru has granted me this sweet gift. Says Kabir, my doubts are dispelled. I have seen the Pure with my own eyes." (Parbhati)</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Har Rai (1630-1661)</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With such a ruthless person on the throne in Delhi, relations with the Sikhs would never be the same during Aurangzeb's long reign. Once settled into the throne, Aurangzeb turned his attention to the new faith, Sikhism. It was reported to the emperor that Guru Har Rai has had blessed Dara Shikoh and assisted his escape. Aurangzeb ordered the Guru to appear in the royal court of Delhi. Guru Har Rai did not go himself but instead sent his son Ram Rai to meet the emperor. Before leaving, Ram Rai was instructed by his father to not engage in any miracles and to not allow the teaching of the Sikhs to be compromised in any way. When Ram Rai presented himself before the royal court he was able to impress Aurangzeb with his intellect and charm that Sikhism did not present any threat to the Mughals. Aurangzeb took exeption to a verse in the Guru Granth Sahib;</span> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“God alone knows who burns in hell (the Hindu or the Muslim), for (like the Hindus whom fire consumes here), the earth of the Muslim graves also suffers being fired by the potter who fashions bricks and vessels out of its clay.” (Guru Nanak, Asa Var)</span></em> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ram Rai explained to Aurangzeb that the words of Guru Nanak had been incorrectly written by the scribe, and that the word was not “Muslim” but “Baiman” (meaning faithless). By intentionally changing the words of Guru Nanak, Ram Rai was able to gain the emperors friendship. When it was reported back to Guru Har Rai what his son had done, he was deeply hurt. The Guru exclaimed, “Ram Rai was a genuine claimant for my throne. But the Guruship is like the milk of a tigress which can only be contained in a cup of gold. Now, Ram Rai shall never see my face again.” Ram Rai never saw his father again but maintained his friendship with Aurangzeb.</span> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Harkrishan (1656-1664)</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Harkrishan along with his mother and a group of devotees set out for the long journey to Delhi. On their journey the Guru was met by large crowds of devotees. At Panjolhara an jealous Brahmin taunted the Guru, “Your Guru is called Hari Krishna, a mere child of eight years! Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu, uttered the Gita which is the repository of all the eternal truths, If your Guru also calls himself Krishna, let him expound the truths of Gita to us”. Hearing this a poor watercarrier called Chhajju stood up and proclaimed that anyone could expound on the Gita if he were so blessed by the Guru. Guru Harkrishan touched Chhajju with his walking stick and Chhajju immediately began explaining the philosophy of the Gita. The Brahmin was so humbled by the spectacle that he fell to the Gurus feet and asked forgiveness for his arrogance.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621-1675)</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Accompanied by his wife and mother Guru Tegh Bahadur traveled across the country. The Guru traveled throughout Punjab, wherever he would stop the Guru would get wells dug for the people and community kitchens set up. Wherever the Guru stopped he would preach about honest work and charity. The Guru would also give away all the offerings that he would receive from devotees. At Priyag,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Guru Tegh Bahadur was requested by custodians of the various temples that he visited to perform rituals and ceremonies for himself and his ancestors, but the Guru refused saying, “He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbors ill-will against another need perform on other rituals. His soul ever stays in health. And, as for the ancestors, they gather the reward of what they themselves have sown and no one can bless or curse them after they are gone.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Guru refused to perform any miracles saying, “this is the work of charlatans and mountebanks to hoodwink the people. Men of God submit ever to the Will of God.” Guru Tegh Bahadur refused to embrace Islam, saying “For me, there is only one religion - of God - and whosoever belongs to it, be he a Hindu or a Muslim, him I own and he owns me. I neither convert others by force, nor submit to force, to change my faith.” Aurangzeb was enraged and ordered Guru Tegh Bahadur to be forced to convert to Islam through torture or be killed.</span></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708)</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>‘I establish thee as my son, that you spread My Path. Go and instruct men in Righteousness and the Moral Law, and make people desist from evil.'</em></span> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>I stood up, with joined palms, and bowing my head to Lord God, I said: Thy Path I shall spread only if Thou be at my back.</em></span> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">For this was I born into the world, I utter only how and what God uttered to me, for I am the enemy of no one. He who calls me God will surely burn in the fire of hell. </span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">For I am only the servant of God: doubt not the veracity of this statement. I am but the slave of the Supreme Being come to witness His Play. </span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I tell the world only what my God said to me, for I will not be silenced through fear of the mere mortals. I utter as is the Instruction of my God, for I consider no one greater than Him. </span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I am pleased not with any religious garb, so I shall sow the seeds of the Unaccountable One. Nay, I worship not stones, nor am I attracted by denominational coats. </span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I utter only the name of the Infinite and so attain unto the Supreme Being. I wear not matted hair, nor ear-rings, nor have regard for any such ritual, and do only what God bids me do. I repeat only the Name of One God who fulfills us, at all places.</span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> No, I utter not another's name, nor establish another God. I dwell upon the Name of the Infinite One and so realise the essence of the Supreme Light. I give thought to none else, nor utter another's name. </span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>O God, with Thy one Name I am imbued. I have no other pride. Yea, I utter only Thy Name and eradicate my endless sins. </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>(Guru Gobind Singh, Vachitra Natak)</em></span> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Taken from the site </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhs.org/10gurus.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">http://www.sikhs.org/10gurus.htm</span></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">There was and still are jealous envious minded ones out there, that look and act like Sikh/Khalsa, we are sometimes too nice or naïve or just don’t realize what we are losing.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Wake up Sikh!!! Be brave True Khalsaji!!!!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What else is there to interpret or understand? Or maybe we just need excuses for not doing what we know is right.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What is to fear if you believe when you say</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">WAHEGURUJI KA KHALSA - WAHEGURUJI KI FATEH!!!!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">PS If you care to share about the Glories of Sat Guru you can please join the group</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_LOVE_MY_SAT_GURU/</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="therebirthofkhalsa, post: 100697, member: 2410"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]WAHEGURUJI KA KHALSA - WAHEGURUJI KI FATEH[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Dear Sikh, Beloved Khalsaji[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]What makes you and me a Sikh? [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Each one of us will have a personal answer or opinion to that question.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I want to relate to you on the base that if your True Guru is my True Guru then we are god brothers, and I believe that as such, I have a responsibility to care for you, to inspire you and remind you of what you have forgotten. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I care about your spiritual life, I care about our Sat Guru and I don’t like or appreciate when others attempt to disrespect His presence and the Sat Sangat. When liars and cheaters misguide and try to confuse the Sikhs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]So here is a reminder about how Sikhi came to be, the way Waheguru out of HIS endless mercy, perfected our true path using 10 human beings to be the embodiment of light and truth, the perfect guide and inspiration for all who called themselves a Sikh. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Each Guru teached us well, many values and personal situations where they displayed virtues and morals, showing us and teaching us with pure example which is the best way to learn, words are easy to say but to do, that is where it is. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] 10 human forms so we will be able to understand how to live and to relate on the same level about the light of truth that they came to bless us with. Now that schooling is over, we get the chance to graduate under the shield of Khalsa.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] Guruji decided that we had enough teaching and now Guruji will sit back and watch us, for us to show how much we learn, how well we do and how much we care and appreciate.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Authority? [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Anyone that lives life as a true Khalsa does, has been blessed given the authority, created, started and completed by Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa, the day when He initiated the Panch Pyare and received authority from them.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Just as you receive that authority when blessed by sweet Amrit.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]What else is there to understand? What is there to be told to you?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] Just have faith and surrender to Guruji, it shall be revealed; you will be inspired and when you do so, please share with the ones who care to learn, remember and realize.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]We got each other, the ones who care and love in the name of Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the ones that must live to inspire and remind each other, and we each know if we are being for real.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri]Here I will remind you of how wonderful and inspiring our Sat Guru is,[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=3]Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]Early one morning accompanied by Mardana, Guru Nanak went to the river Bain for his bath. After plunging into the river, Guru Nanak did not surface and it was reported that he must have drowned. The villagers searched everywhere, but there was no trace of him. Guru Nanak was in Holy Communion with God. The Lord God revealed himself to Guru Nanak and enlightened him. In praise of the Lord, Guru Nanak uttered; [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]"There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now." (Japji)[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=3]Guru Angad Dev (1504-1552)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]When the time finally came and they met, Guru Angad got up from his seat on his arrival to embrace Amar Das as he was his relative and also much older than the Guru. Amar Das instead fell to the Guru's feet out of respect and humility, forgetting his age and family status. On this day of their meeting, Guru Angad was eating meat and being a Vaishnav Hindu, Amar Das felt uncomfortable. Guru Angad told Amar Das that the meats one should avoid are envy, greed, ego, slander and usurpation of others rights. He told Amar Das that there is life in everything, whatever is eaten while remembering God is like nectar itself. Amar Das thus became a devoted disciple of Guru Angad. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial] Guru Amar Das (1479-1574)[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The Guru spent his time personally attending to the cure and nursing of the sick and the aged. Guru Amar Das made it obligatory that those seeking his audience must first eat in the langar. Guru Amar Das not only preached the equality of people irrespective of their caste but he also tried to foster the idea of women's equality. He tried to liberate women from the practices of purdah (wearing a veil) as well as preaching strongly against the practice of sati (Hindu wife burning on her husband’s funeral pyre). [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial] Guru Ram Das (1534-1581)[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Guru Ram Das urged his Sikhs that one could fulfill one's life not merely by quiet meditation but in actively participating in the joys and sorrows of others. This is how one could also rid oneself of the prime malady - Ego, and end their spiritual loneliness.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]When the aged ascetic son of Guru Nanak Baba Sri Chand came to visit Guru Ram Das he asked him why he kept such a long beard? Guru Ram Das replied; "To wipe the dust off the feet of holy men like yourself" and then proceeded to perform this supreme act of humility. Sri Chand held his hand and embraced Guru Ram Das saying; "It's enough. This is the kind of character by which you have deprived me of my ancestral heritage. Now, what more is left with me that I could offer you for your piety and goodness of heart?"[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial] Guru Arjan Dev (1563-1606)[/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]The monumental task was finally completed. This first edition of the Guru Granth Sahib known at that time as Pothi Sahib was installed on a high pedestal within the Harmandir Sahib in August 1604. Guru Arjan Dev seated himself at a lower level and instructed all Sikhs to bow before it, not as an idol, but as the book of divine inspiration which instructed living men in the ways of God and dedicated secular life.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [I][FONT=Arial]"My True Guru is my Savior and Protector. Showering us with His Mercy and Grace, God extended His Hand, and saved Hargobind, who is now safe and secure. The fever is gone - God Himself eradicated it, and preserved the honor of His servant. I have obtained all blessings from the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru." (Guru Arjan Dev, Sorath, pg. 620)[/FONT][/I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Arial]"The poison had absolutely no harmful effect. But the wicked Brahmin died in pain. || 1 || The Supreme Lord God Himself has saved His humble servant. The sinner died through the Power of the Guru." (Guru Arjan Dev, Bhairon, pg. 1137)[/FONT][/I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=3]Guru Hargobind (1595-1644)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]During the Guruship ceremony Guru Hargobind respectfully declined to wear the Seli (woolen cord worn on the head) which had been passed down on each successive Guru since Guru Nanak. Instead the Guru asked for a sword. Baba Buddha, never having handled a sword before, placed it on the wrong side of the Guru. Guru Hargobind noticing this, asked for another sword saying "I'll wear two swords, a sword of shakti (power) and a sword of bhakti (meditation)." Henceforth the Guru would always carry two swords to symbolize his dual role of holding secular power (Miri) and spiritual authority (Piri).[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial]Guru Hargobind knew that the Sikh's would no longer take their freedom for granted, he undertook to steel his Sikhs against tyranny and oppression. The Guru now gave instructions to the Masands and to all the other Sikhs that they should make offerings in the future of horses and weapons rather than just money.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]God first created light, All men are born out of it. The whole world came out of a single spark; Who is good and who is bad? The Creator is in the creation, and the creation in the Creator, He is everywhere. The clay is the same, the potter fashions various models. There is nothing wrong with the clay or the potter. God the true resides in all, Whatever happens is His doing. He who surrenders to Him gets to know Him. He is His slave. God is invisible, He cannot be seen. The Guru has granted me this sweet gift. Says Kabir, my doubts are dispelled. I have seen the Pure with my own eyes." (Parbhati)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial] Guru Har Rai (1630-1661)[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]With such a ruthless person on the throne in Delhi, relations with the Sikhs would never be the same during Aurangzeb's long reign. Once settled into the throne, Aurangzeb turned his attention to the new faith, Sikhism. It was reported to the emperor that Guru Har Rai has had blessed Dara Shikoh and assisted his escape. Aurangzeb ordered the Guru to appear in the royal court of Delhi. Guru Har Rai did not go himself but instead sent his son Ram Rai to meet the emperor. Before leaving, Ram Rai was instructed by his father to not engage in any miracles and to not allow the teaching of the Sikhs to be compromised in any way. When Ram Rai presented himself before the royal court he was able to impress Aurangzeb with his intellect and charm that Sikhism did not present any threat to the Mughals. Aurangzeb took exeption to a verse in the Guru Granth Sahib;[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Arial]“God alone knows who burns in hell (the Hindu or the Muslim), for (like the Hindus whom fire consumes here), the earth of the Muslim graves also suffers being fired by the potter who fashions bricks and vessels out of its clay.” (Guru Nanak, Asa Var)[/FONT][/I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial]Ram Rai explained to Aurangzeb that the words of Guru Nanak had been incorrectly written by the scribe, and that the word was not “Muslim” but “Baiman” (meaning faithless). By intentionally changing the words of Guru Nanak, Ram Rai was able to gain the emperors friendship. When it was reported back to Guru Har Rai what his son had done, he was deeply hurt. The Guru exclaimed, “Ram Rai was a genuine claimant for my throne. But the Guruship is like the milk of a tigress which can only be contained in a cup of gold. Now, Ram Rai shall never see my face again.” Ram Rai never saw his father again but maintained his friendship with Aurangzeb.[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=3]Guru Harkrishan (1656-1664)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]Guru Harkrishan along with his mother and a group of devotees set out for the long journey to Delhi. On their journey the Guru was met by large crowds of devotees. At Panjolhara an jealous Brahmin taunted the Guru, “Your Guru is called Hari Krishna, a mere child of eight years! Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu, uttered the Gita which is the repository of all the eternal truths, If your Guru also calls himself Krishna, let him expound the truths of Gita to us”. Hearing this a poor watercarrier called Chhajju stood up and proclaimed that anyone could expound on the Gita if he were so blessed by the Guru. Guru Harkrishan touched Chhajju with his walking stick and Chhajju immediately began explaining the philosophy of the Gita. The Brahmin was so humbled by the spectacle that he fell to the Gurus feet and asked forgiveness for his arrogance.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=3]Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621-1675)[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial]Accompanied by his wife and mother Guru Tegh Bahadur traveled across the country. The Guru traveled throughout Punjab, wherever he would stop the Guru would get wells dug for the people and community kitchens set up. Wherever the Guru stopped he would preach about honest work and charity. The Guru would also give away all the offerings that he would receive from devotees. At Priyag,[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Guru Tegh Bahadur was requested by custodians of the various temples that he visited to perform rituals and ceremonies for himself and his ancestors, but the Guru refused saying, “He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbors ill-will against another need perform on other rituals. His soul ever stays in health. And, as for the ancestors, they gather the reward of what they themselves have sown and no one can bless or curse them after they are gone.”[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The Guru refused to perform any miracles saying, “this is the work of charlatans and mountebanks to hoodwink the people. Men of God submit ever to the Will of God.” Guru Tegh Bahadur refused to embrace Islam, saying “For me, there is only one religion - of God - and whosoever belongs to it, be he a Hindu or a Muslim, him I own and he owns me. I neither convert others by force, nor submit to force, to change my faith.” Aurangzeb was enraged and ordered Guru Tegh Bahadur to be forced to convert to Islam through torture or be killed.[/FONT] [CENTER][B][FONT=Arial] Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708)[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][I]‘I establish thee as my son, that you spread My Path. Go and instruct men in Righteousness and the Moral Law, and make people desist from evil.'[/I][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Times New Roman][I]I stood up, with joined palms, and bowing my head to Lord God, I said: Thy Path I shall spread only if Thou be at my back.[/I][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri]For this was I born into the world, I utter only how and what God uttered to me, for I am the enemy of no one. He who calls me God will surely burn in the fire of hell. [/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri]For I am only the servant of God: doubt not the veracity of this statement. I am but the slave of the Supreme Being come to witness His Play. [/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri]I tell the world only what my God said to me, for I will not be silenced through fear of the mere mortals. I utter as is the Instruction of my God, for I consider no one greater than Him. [/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri]I am pleased not with any religious garb, so I shall sow the seeds of the Unaccountable One. Nay, I worship not stones, nor am I attracted by denominational coats. [/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri]I utter only the name of the Infinite and so attain unto the Supreme Being. I wear not matted hair, nor ear-rings, nor have regard for any such ritual, and do only what God bids me do. I repeat only the Name of One God who fulfills us, at all places.[/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Calibri] No, I utter not another's name, nor establish another God. I dwell upon the Name of the Infinite One and so realise the essence of the Supreme Light. I give thought to none else, nor utter another's name. [/FONT][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Times New Roman][I]O God, with Thy one Name I am imbued. I have no other pride. Yea, I utter only Thy Name and eradicate my endless sins. [/I][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][I](Guru Gobind Singh, Vachitra Natak)[/I][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/FONT] [/CENTER] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Taken from the site [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhs.org/10gurus.htm"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]http://www.sikhs.org/10gurus.htm[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]There was and still are jealous envious minded ones out there, that look and act like Sikh/Khalsa, we are sometimes too nice or naïve or just don’t realize what we are losing.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Wake up Sikh!!! Be brave True Khalsaji!!!!![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]What else is there to interpret or understand? Or maybe we just need excuses for not doing what we know is right.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]What is to fear if you believe when you say[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]WAHEGURUJI KA KHALSA - WAHEGURUJI KI FATEH!!!![/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]PS If you care to share about the Glories of Sat Guru you can please join the group[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_LOVE_MY_SAT_GURU/[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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