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Anybody know why we jap Vaheguru? The shabad only appears 13 times in Guru Granth Sahib Ji none of our Gurus mentioned it, shabad like Har appears over 9 thousand times, so does anybody know why we have taken to Vaheguru so much ?
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In our tradition, we consider men and women as equals. There were female warriors who fought in battles. Our women are not a passive bunch. However, does this make our women lose aspects of their femininity and make them more masculine?
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According to Christians we are born with sin. The reason they think this is because we according to them the human race are descended from Adam and Eve and they sinned and were casted out from the Garden of Eden. We cannot be saved except through Jesus Christ because he was born of a virgin birth. Only he can save us because he is God incarnated into human form and is his own son and since he was not descended from Adam and Eve, he is not affected by this original sin and therefore can save us. This is not how we consider sin. We are not born with sin but we are come have effects of karma from our own previous incarnations. We have divinity within us, a "jo…
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We are all on a journey travelling through this life, trying to get closer to Him. We are stuck on the treadmill of the gym and we are trying to get off the treadmill. The irony of course is that whether you are on the treadmill or not you are still in the gym.
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Sikh: I focus on the forest Hindu: so do I Hindu then proceeds to focus on a tree.
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Muslims have this expression, particularly amongst their dawah propagandists. They say one is an 'enemy of Allah ' If we are all the creation of Allah who is the supreme above all else how can we be enemies. Complete anthethis to Sikhi which expresses 'Ek Onkar ' and being 'Ek ' means you have no enemies and therefore Ek has nothing to fear or hate. Maharaj cannot be his own enemy and hate himself. It does not make sense. All that can be concluded is that is that Allah is a deity amongst many other other deities. All Muslims have done is to pick one and to get rid of the rest. It's the equivalent of a Hindu picking the devta like Indra and g…
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One of the things that fascinate me about how Banda Singh Bahadhur is how from being a reclusive ascetic and cutting himself from the rest of the world to joining Dashmesh Pita and engaging with the world. And by doing so, he erupted and made the Mughals shudder. I think that at some level I can understand the appeal of being a recluse where you just want to get away from the world and just engage in your own spiritual journey. But the world comes knocking at your door and you have no choice but to join the rest of the world. I think to a large degree many of us Sikhs want to be left alone and be like Madho Das but we have to live in this world and do what must…
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I came across this pangti when I was at the gurdwara listening to kirtan: ਜੋ ਸਿਰੁ ਸਾਂਈ ਨਾ ਨਿਵੈ ਸੋ ਸਿਰ ਦੀਜੈ ਡਾਰਿ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਪਿੰਜਰ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਰਹਾ ਨਹੀ ਸੋ ਪਿੰਜਰੁ ਲੈ ਜਾਰਿ॥ chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord O Nanak, take that body, in which there is no pain of separation from the Lord-take that body and burn it My Punjabi is very limited and I don’t know what the proper meaning of the pangti is, as I’m sure there is a deeper meaning behind the vague translation. thanks
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The Christians remember the poor and homeless during Xmas and then forget for the rest of the year. The Muslims remember the poor and homeless during Ramadan and then forget for the rest of the year. We Sikhs remember the poor and homeless all year round. The Muslims helps a non Muslim so he can convert them. A Christian helps a non Christian so he can convert them. We Sikhs help non Sikhs with no strings attached. Big difference
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I have come a few questions that get asked on Sikhi. Is Sikh faith an actual religion? Not sure what people mean when they ask this or what they are getting at. Did Guru Nanak Create Sikh religion? Or is Sikhi based on Guru Ji Philosophy.. Why does Sikhi have so much similarity with Hinduism? I've reincarnation, Karma? Where did Sikhs get the one God belief. Did they copy this from Islam. Some say Guru Nanak was influenced by Islam?? Btw these are just questions I've come across. I'm not saying these a valid questions.
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The Christian believes in the trinity. One God that splits into three. The Hindu say they believe in one god and then proceed to worship deities. The Jew and Muslim de-pantheinised their gods and picked one out of the multiple of deities that is one to he worshipped above all. The Buddhist does not really believe in God but have deities. The above may claim mono-theism but what is mono-theism. All the above are just deity worshippers in one way or another. We as Sikhs just have one-ness, it's Nirgun and Sargun, beyond time. The one-ness permeates everything and anything and is ever present. The Mool Mantar by itself dispells all the non…
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So I’m new to tying a pagg, and a lot of my relatives tie them (particularly the uk/Kenyan style or normal Wattan wali pagh). I am a school student in the uk but I don’t have enough time every morning to tie a perfect looking Dastar, and if my turban (which is my crown and pride) doesn’t look it’s best, then I cannot perform my day to day tasks (including school work) effectively and will not have confidence. They all starch their Turbans to save time, and they look very nice on the Uk/Kenyan style Paags. Please could someone tell me how to do this? I know some Sikhs are against the idea of starching turbans and label them as “topis” or “against rehat”, but please only re…
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Waheguru I really enjoyed their Kirtan/Katha.
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Yeah Dhadi and Kaweshria are known for joking around now and then.
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Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
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