BhForce

The way it is explained in katha if you've listened to it is that 1) they could perform miracles, but that doesn't mean they did (in every circumstance). They may have performed certain miracles in order to make a certain point. 2) Some miracles just occurred by themselves, as nature respects its creator (Guru Sahib is God). Mostly, Guru Sahib was trying to teach us how to act in very difficult circumstances (such as being thrown out of Anandpur Sahib into the forest).

Quite possibly. Each man will have to make the choice himself. An older man with a lowly job and few assets will be at a dead end. But your basic point stands. I think the reason he lived there was to prove the basic goodness of humanity, sort of like the "Young couple trying to prove human kindness killed by ISIS" (google that). Now he's become a professor of Islam trying to show how great Islam is. What a loser.

Your observation is true. But so is mine. So would an observation that we will die off as a panth if we become like the West. Because the West is dying off.

Likely. It seems they have no concept of spirituality.

Girl's father is granthi at Nankana Sahib? It seems that this whole thing must have been pre-planned to humiliate the Sikhs. As in, even the children of your religious leaders at your Guru's birthplace are choosing Islam. Also, she should be given asylum, but we all know that real refugees don't get asylum, only fake ones. The UK refused asylum to Asia Bibi for "fear of unrest" (i.e., fear of Muslim mobs).

OK, alright, thank you for the trouble. Sounds very interesting. Basically, it shows the problems of Pakistan and Islam. Also, if we hadn't lost our kingdom, there'd be no Pakistan, no Zia, no Islamic bomb.

Fascinating. Of course, traditionally, there are no "break-ups". You don't date. You get married once, and that's it. I think what you are talking about is referred to as "monkey branching" (you get a medium status male, and then when you've shown you can get that level, you attemp to get a higher status male). Of course, traditionally, you (or your family) do attempt to get the highest status male possible (for whatever is important to you: looks, land, money, influence, whatever). But you don't play 2 or more males off of each other telling them "I don't know what I want" or other such nonsense that Western women tend to say. They tend to want to keep their options open, just in case something goes wrong. In the Western scene, men don't trust women, as they shouldn't, because women are constantly looking for their next situation.

Well they'll have to, otherwise we'll die as a panth. (And I'm not saying going the way of Westerners is any better. They don't have MIL problems because they don't live with them. But they have other problems. They don't get married. If they do, they marry late. If they do, they only have 1 child. That, of course, means demographic oblivion and getting wiped out by the Muslims who have 4 kids at the very least.)

Good point, and I acknowledge that. But, you should also consider that the older you get, your stamina decreases. Not just the ability to get an e----ction, but also in general. Doing work around the house without getting winded. Or even strong enough to pick her up and carry her. If you can't do that, she'll think you're a weakling. Or strong enough to protect her. (Remember SikhProf who got beat up walking around in Harlem with his wife? She must think he's a wimp now. I'd give a link, but it takes 2 weeks to approve posts with links.) So it's a kind of a balance. Enough status to be desired by a woman, but also not too wrinkly/weak that she gets daydreams about the gardener boy.

Just ask Taksal which may be near you. If there isn't (you're in Mumbai, right?) just go to Hazur Sahib. There's a taksal there run by the Hazur Sahib Singhs.

"Guru Gobind Singh Ji Penning Letter to Raja of Nahan requesting Opium" I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. The painting is just a generic painting which is supposed to be of Guru Gobind Singh ji sitting. There's no paper and no quill. There is no letter, in the manner that we have recensions of Guru Granth Sahib ji and Dasam Granth Sahib and hukumnamas by Guru Sahib. Do you have the letter? The lines quoted are not lines writted by Guru Sahib. They are rhyming lines from a granth written by somebody else describing what he says Guru Sahib must have said, not the actual words. All of that said, I will admit that before the advent of modern medicine and drug techniques, opium was used as a pain reliever. Morphine is the main alkaloid of opium, and is now administered in precise doses to alleviate pain. If it was used in such a manner in the Khalsa fauj, there is no problem. That is totally different, however, from your pathetic attempt to portray opium as a wonder drug that everyone should take! It reeks of what American doctors used to say in prescribing tobacco. And cocaine in Coca-Cola.

Wow, really touchy about history books, aren't we? These are nothing more than compendiums of historical incidents. Epic compendiums, but in some cases, they may be wrong. It's not allowed for a Sikh to disagree with or disregard Gurbani. It is fully allowed for a Sikh to disregard episodes from these history books according to his buddhi. Do you acknowledge that? Get a clue. I think you must worship opium more than the Naam and Gurbani that we are told to worship. You should have led with this. Instead, you chose to just post "Guru Gobind Singh ji requested opium from the Raja of Nahan" without any kind of context.

Really, bro? You want us to spend an hour and a half watching a random movie just on your say-so, and you couldn't be bothered to spend even a minute and a half writing why we should care? What the movie's about, why it's important, and what emotional impact it would have?

Totally. And it's a partnership along with your parents (or in-laws), too. So if you're still in college and get married, you'll have children, which would be a problem, except since we're in a joint family, you as a woman can just let your in-laws take care of the kids while you complete your degree.

Maybe. Also maybe, the kar seva babas get money when they have to raise crores of Rupees from the sangat to buy marble. But if they just leave old Gurdwaras as-is, they don't get any money.

First of all, get in touch with sangat. Talk with older, devout SIkh women your mother's age. Tell them your predicament, and ask them to talk to your parents. Also ask them to find you a match at your same level of Sikhi.

Seriously? Do the kar seva people have any sense whatsoever? Just demolish every old nishani, and put up a gleaming marble Gudwara on top of the ruins. Depressing.

Some people do pronounce the small matras. It's not a debate that I want to get into right now, but people have different opinions on that. Taksal, for the most part, does pronounce these matras. It does (usually) mean singular. Just look at the places that there is an aunkad and where there isn't. That doesn't mean you're not supposed to pronounce it or not. That's a separate matter.

Yeah, exactly what I was going to say. The shaheedi of the younger Sahibzaadas is special because they were just small children.

This is shocking. And also completely unacceptable. It's a violation of trust. I'm so glad that this poor brother was able to get away and get help.

I'm sorry, but this is a bad idea. If you want to show students what certain Sikh articles of faith look like, just show pictures of them. An alternative might be to ask a Sikh organization to send a speaker with items to show, if they want to.

Definitely. At the most, get your bachelor's degree. And get married. If, for whatever reason, you want to get a postgrad degree, get it after being married. Plenty of people do. Not being able to find a partner is no excuse. Start a few years before graduation.

Definitely. Some of our brothers would probably say "Look, look, Bhai Gurdas ji mentioned the Vedas. Therefore, the Sikhs are supposed to accept the Vedas!" Actually, Bhai Gurdas ji mentioned the six Hindu systems of philosophy to differentiate Gurmat from them. They are nuanced differences, to be sure, because Bhai Gurdas ji was a sophisticated thinker, but they are differences, nonetheless.

Why are we such softies? "For his generosity, the players asked him to join them for the meal." So, I guess the Sikh taxi driver joined the Pakistanis for a meal of halal. Great.

Someone who is reading your post who hasn't read Bachittar Natak would think that maybe Guru Sahib mentioned Mohammend in a nice way. He is mentioned as a failure. I don't know what exactly you mean by "disrespect", but Guru ji clearly says that they don't follow anything from it. Do you do Chapaui? "Ram raheem puran quran, anek kahein mat ek na manyo." "Ram, Raheem, the Purans, the Quran; they say alot, but I don't accept anything from them." So? Arabic and Persian existed before Islam. Guru Sahib is allowed to use any langauge they want. Muslims don't own these languages. Did you also happen to read the lines where Gurbani refutes various aspects of the the Vedas and the Koran? To say that those books might have some true statements is different from saying that they are fully true and that we need to follow them.