Does the panth need a Jathedar? That we trust?

[Nama Singh]

forget this man! Everyone jap...

DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE

DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE

DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE

DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE

DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE

.... who is the eternal... ONLY... past, present and future... True 100% Mahapursh and Jathdhar of the Sikh faith.

And whether others come and go remember.. there will always be One. And should there be other "jathedhars" they will only emerge from Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee.

Does the panth need a Jathedhar. Yep and we alredy have one.

Bhul chuk maaf karna

[Mahavir]

the reason many want a "leader" is so they can shove all the Panth's problems on his shoulders, and also have a good time blaming him for rising patitpuna...

in essence we want a scapegoat.

no one is going to come and solve our problems the way we are expecting it to happen. the problems are not because we lack leadership. it's because we have forgotten what amritvela meant, what nitnem meant, what reading 25, 50, 100 Japji sahibs per day meant.

naam japo ( and I mean do this in insane proportions to the extent where it becomes 24/7 automatic).

and the irony is, if Sikhs started doing this, then we'd have a leader....darn that's crazy irony!!

[jagjit_waheguru]

waheguru ji kekhalsa,waheguru ji ke fateh

Pyare jio, this is my personal opinion. Nobody actually does seva, Seva is taken from you by Guru Maharaj form time to time, as he sees fit. We kid ourselves if we think we do everything, or everything is in our control. But often we think this, and definately our Gurdwara pardans, and leaders think this.

Everyone today looks up to leaders. Baba Jarnial singh has been mentioned. Others may say Bhai sahib Randhir Singh, Sant Attar Singh Mastuane, Bhagat Puran Singh, Baba kharak singh. Each led Sikhs in Chardi kala, and had amazing jeevans. If today we had any of them, the Panth would be a far better place.

Lets look at them more closely. Baba Jarnail Singh was a completely unknown Singh. When the Jathedari was given to him, most of Taksal was shocked. Many thought Bhai Amrik Singh, son of Baba Kartar Singh would get it. Baba Jarnail was just thought of as a quiet, illiterate Singh who works in the fields. Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh was just a law student studing for his exams. Bhagat Puran singh just looked after poor people, and wrote articles. Equally you can look at the others aswell.

The point is, each one was a Great Sikh, but very different, and all had humble beginnings. What was their common denominator? It was seva and bhagti. That is would moulded their minds, and made them Great. So rather than emulating them, by trying to copying their mannerisms, or dress, or attitude, etc. lets just learn from all that we need to do as much bhagti as possible and do ardas, that one day Guru Maharaj makes us worthy of Panth di seva aswell.

Do not search for them, or hope they will return. Instead do bhagti as they did. Do Bhagti as Dhru Prahlad did, and maybe one day some of us will even surpass them. Bhai Rama singh stated, Seva and Simran are like wings of a bird, without either it will go nowhere. But together it will soar.

I do believe our generation will see Great Bhagats, Saint-Soldiers. Ones who will not only shake the Panth, but the whole world. It is just a matter of doing abyass of Bani.

waheguru ji kekhalsa,waheguru ji ke fateh