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<blockquote data-quote="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 135376" data-attributes="member: 138"><p>Harjot Singh ji,</p><p></p><p>Guru fateh.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your elaborate do's and don'ts in the Gurdwara which are quite valid. Your interesting question in your earlier post:<strong>"Big Question is where should we draw a line? How much is tolerable and who decides what is tolerable"? </strong>Itis worth exploring from all possible aspects.</p><p> </p><p>If we want our youth to participate and follow Sikhi, then we should turn Gurdwaras into community centers in the cities where there is a big Sikh population. Community centers needs more space which can be divided in the concept of Miri- Piri. The reality is whether we like to admit it or not that Gurdwaras are the social gathering places for most of us after a week of work to meet our friends and also show off our designers' suits etc etc. </p><p></p><p>Today,Sikhs in big cities and also in small towns of the US, Canada, UK and other countries are quite affluent and many of them have 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation kids whom we want to have the wonderful tools from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, our only Guru, so they can make their lives better and become outstanding while standing out.</p><p></p><p>So, in my opinion a Gurdwara should have more than just Darbar Sahib. It should have basketball courts, swimming pools, recreation halls, youth counselling, which offers psychological help and also school homework help. </p><p></p><p>A place for retired people where they can come in the morning, have langar, play board games and then can go home in the evening. It should also have free medical clinics where volunteer doctors can pitch in. It should also have bhangra and gidda contests with different Gurdwaras.</p><p></p><p>To be able to do all this, the Gurdwara needs funds. So, I am fine with it having a banquet hall in the premises which can be rented to the Sikhs and to all different kinds of people as long as they follow the protocols laid by each Gurdwara.</p><p></p><p>I do not know whether you are aware of it or not that many Gurdwaras started renting Sunday places and no one questioned if someone had had a booze party there the night before.</p><p></p><p>The Lankershim Gurdwara, in North Hollywood was a Freemasons' temple which we used to rent every Sunday and cover the chairs etc etc with white sheets at 4am. No one questioned how much booze did the members have during their meetings there. Eventually, it was bought by the Sangat. Vermont Gurdwara, in Los Angles which was built from the scratch started in a banquet hall many many years ago.</p><p></p><p>Sikhi is about Miri- Piri which are two parallel tracks on which the Gurmat train runs. We can not have Piri in a cocoon and ignore Miri. Without proper Miri way of life, Piri can not be cultivated.</p><p></p><p>We have a choice here. Either we can live in a self created balloon and shackle ourselves in there and call it a Sikhi or we can learn to be open minded with the help of the concept of Miri- Piri, hence burst out of the balloon.</p><p></p><p>I would also like you to respond to my other questions in my earlier post regarding Sri Guru Granth Sahib.</p><p></p><p>I do not find any problem with interracial Anand Karajs provided they are taught the meanings of lavans and they are open to discuss what they have learnt in the sadh sangat.</p><p></p><p>You and I know many who call themselves Sikhs but do not keep the baana. Some of them wear turbans as their Sunday's best. They are no different than the couple who is inter racial. Are you OK with Baanaless Sikhs to have Anand Karaj? If you are, then you should not have any problems with others either because we are sowing the seeds of Sikhi concept in their minds, we can not expect them to reap the fruits and share with us there and then.</p><p></p><p> How many of us who have baana and taken khandei di pahul are perfect Sikhs? Sikhi is not about perfection but about the purity of the heart and in order to do that we have to take off the muck from the top that gets collected during this journey of ours.</p><p></p><p>Sikhi is not about cans and can nots & dos and do nots which are external impositions but about wills and will nots which can only be instilled through internal manifestation. So, our objective is to create a path way which can instill this in the people. That is why Sikhi is a journey, a life long ultra marathon.</p><p></p><p>Interesting but bewildering question. Why would a Gurdwara hire a Bhai who drinks and has not taken khandei di pahul?</p><p></p><p>Gurdwara Sahib complex is a very subjective thing as mentioned above. There are no walls between a Sikh and his/her Sikhi.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea where you got this from that <strong>meat</strong> is a kuharit? Can you shed some light on this please?</p><p></p><p>Thanks & regards</p><p></p><p>Tejwant Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 135376, member: 138"] Harjot Singh ji, Guru fateh. Thanks for your elaborate do's and don'ts in the Gurdwara which are quite valid. Your interesting question in your earlier post:[B]"Big Question is where should we draw a line? How much is tolerable and who decides what is tolerable"? [/B]Itis worth exploring from all possible aspects. If we want our youth to participate and follow Sikhi, then we should turn Gurdwaras into community centers in the cities where there is a big Sikh population. Community centers needs more space which can be divided in the concept of Miri- Piri. The reality is whether we like to admit it or not that Gurdwaras are the social gathering places for most of us after a week of work to meet our friends and also show off our designers' suits etc etc. Today,Sikhs in big cities and also in small towns of the US, Canada, UK and other countries are quite affluent and many of them have 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation kids whom we want to have the wonderful tools from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, our only Guru, so they can make their lives better and become outstanding while standing out. So, in my opinion a Gurdwara should have more than just Darbar Sahib. It should have basketball courts, swimming pools, recreation halls, youth counselling, which offers psychological help and also school homework help. A place for retired people where they can come in the morning, have langar, play board games and then can go home in the evening. It should also have free medical clinics where volunteer doctors can pitch in. It should also have bhangra and gidda contests with different Gurdwaras. To be able to do all this, the Gurdwara needs funds. So, I am fine with it having a banquet hall in the premises which can be rented to the Sikhs and to all different kinds of people as long as they follow the protocols laid by each Gurdwara. I do not know whether you are aware of it or not that many Gurdwaras started renting Sunday places and no one questioned if someone had had a booze party there the night before. The Lankershim Gurdwara, in North Hollywood was a Freemasons' temple which we used to rent every Sunday and cover the chairs etc etc with white sheets at 4am. No one questioned how much booze did the members have during their meetings there. Eventually, it was bought by the Sangat. Vermont Gurdwara, in Los Angles which was built from the scratch started in a banquet hall many many years ago. Sikhi is about Miri- Piri which are two parallel tracks on which the Gurmat train runs. We can not have Piri in a cocoon and ignore Miri. Without proper Miri way of life, Piri can not be cultivated. We have a choice here. Either we can live in a self created balloon and shackle ourselves in there and call it a Sikhi or we can learn to be open minded with the help of the concept of Miri- Piri, hence burst out of the balloon. I would also like you to respond to my other questions in my earlier post regarding Sri Guru Granth Sahib. I do not find any problem with interracial Anand Karajs provided they are taught the meanings of lavans and they are open to discuss what they have learnt in the sadh sangat. You and I know many who call themselves Sikhs but do not keep the baana. Some of them wear turbans as their Sunday's best. They are no different than the couple who is inter racial. Are you OK with Baanaless Sikhs to have Anand Karaj? If you are, then you should not have any problems with others either because we are sowing the seeds of Sikhi concept in their minds, we can not expect them to reap the fruits and share with us there and then. How many of us who have baana and taken khandei di pahul are perfect Sikhs? Sikhi is not about perfection but about the purity of the heart and in order to do that we have to take off the muck from the top that gets collected during this journey of ours. Sikhi is not about cans and can nots & dos and do nots which are external impositions but about wills and will nots which can only be instilled through internal manifestation. So, our objective is to create a path way which can instill this in the people. That is why Sikhi is a journey, a life long ultra marathon. Interesting but bewildering question. Why would a Gurdwara hire a Bhai who drinks and has not taken khandei di pahul? Gurdwara Sahib complex is a very subjective thing as mentioned above. There are no walls between a Sikh and his/her Sikhi. I have no idea where you got this from that [B]meat[/B] is a kuharit? Can you shed some light on this please? Thanks & regards Tejwant Singh [/QUOTE]
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