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Sher Khalsa Grand Master

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live like a true gursikh.. your actions will inspire others

1) keep full rehit

2) keep strict amrit-vela

3) see god in all

-why was Sant Jarnail Singh able to put so many ppl oon the path of Sikhi.... because he had the kamayeee to back up his word... anyone on the street can talk but no one will listen, but when someone who has kamayee behidn them says something it has an impact...

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Jaspaul Singh Grand Master

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1) do seva, MAAAAAD seva, doevents, help take part in them, dont just depend on others to arrange events ... after all, they are like us we just need to make that effort of arranging the same kind of event... guru kirpa naal anything can happen..

2) be a role model.. set examples for everyone to follow and let them see you as how a true sikh should be ..

3) first and foremost.. education of sikhi .. starts at home .. in your own family.. we tend to try to promote sikhi outside in gurdwaras by events .. this point shouldve been first since we can also do seva within our families. Let me ask you all something.. and think about it .. do we have someone in our family not into sikhi?! someone close ?! why ?!

Sadly.. i dont do much of what i wrote but i try .. but again .. i think about the poll that was started about the 5 evils and think yes .. that is the reason why i try .. i try .. and fail .. no.gif ..

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I dont really try to make people Sikhs, but I do try to inspire people to become better, and to love God, mostly when I am doing a speech for my class, or when me and some friends are on the subject, or even helping people who need help on the road. Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent a large part of his life helping people, inspiring them, show them the love of God. He showed no difference toward Hindus or Muslims, and didn't even try to convert them. Guru Nanak Dev Ji really amazes me, my eyes become watery every time I think of him. I wish I could have that one spec of light that Guru Nanak Dev Ji had, I wish I could be in his state of mind for just a second.

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Akaali Grand Master

Akaali

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Great topic!!

Another question comes to mind:

What specifically can we do to promote Sikhi outside of our Gurdwaras?

- Organize Gatka/Shastar Vidya demos around the city.

- Hold interfaith conferences (invite all the religions)

- Try to organize sports events in the Gurdwaras (Hockey, Basketball, etc.)

- Post the Sikhi related events in local Gurdwaras.

WHAT ELSE?

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Ambrosia

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nice thread!!!!

I really like that others are thinking about this topic... and good points... first we must be the role models ourselves, and inspire others through our own actions, and seva. :doh:

Also, dont be afraid to mingle/talk with people of other paths... you can bring awareness to what sikhism is, and maybe... they will be interested... :doh:

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i think sikhs need to start going out into the community and do seva in large groups, ie. go to the hospitals and spend the day with children there, get involved with your local police station and go with them when they speak about violence or drinking and driving to different schools.

(see drinking and driving and then u can just casually slip in that me being a sikh we not supposed to drink neway :doh: )

neee way .. dont just do events for ourselves, but the community as a whole, if we start doing this then the younger generation will want to join since they are so used to being in a multicultural environment and not just all "Sikhs" and "Punjabi's" (in canada neway)

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how does everyone know that roses smell amazing...

does the rose go and advertise about it's beauty? does it advertise it's fragrance?

no...it just follows god's hukam and acts accordingly...it remains beautiful even among a garden of weeds and (my favourite part) gives of it's intoxicating fragrance freely to all, without discrimination...it gives the inherent fragrance gifted to it by God to a poor person, a rich person, black, white, brown, yellow, a good person, or a bad person...everyone gets to enjoy the divine fragrance of the rose....everyone gets to walk away feeling "oh what fortune to be a rose, oh what a gift from the Divine"

similarly...if we look at the jeevans of True Gurmukhs...be it Bhai randhir singh ji, baba jarnail singh ji, sant attar singh ji, Bhai Jaswant singh ji (Bauji), prof puran singh ji, bhai vir singh ji...take your pick...

yes..they all did a lot of parchar...from doing katha to building hospitals, to building schools...to writing books of divine inspiration...

HOWEVER..

even without all that...these gems of guru ji...lived and breathed sikhi...their jeevans were soo immaculate...the guru nanak love shone in their faces, in their eyes...the divine presence surrounded them, permeated them, reflected off them, was absorbed by them...

i know that when i used to go meet mahapursh...he wouldn't have to say "do this do this...this is what sikhi is"...seeing his smile..looking in the eyes of a gurmukh, we would be inspired that sikhi is a living religion, a divine religion, a religion of Shabad....we would be in awe of such a jeevan...and then realize that such a jeevan was made possible through SIKHI..the SIKHI that was started by Akal purkh when he came to the world as Guru nanak... and 9 more times in body, before giving us the gift of His presence till the end of time in the form of Guru Granth sahib ji, our shabad guru...we realize all this upon meeting a gursikh of Guru ji...for only a man of god can radiate divine love, divine inspiration..

how can we spread sikhi?

well...for me the answer is..

to do sangat of Guru ji (reading bani, doing gurbani vichar), doing sangat of gurmukhs/mahapurshes/realized souls...whether it be physically doing sangat with them in presence of guru ji or reading their inspired writings or listening to their kathas, doing simran, seva, sangat with like minded individuals...

keeping our thoughts in chardi kala...monitoring our panj vikaars..doing ardas to guru ji constantly to protect us from them...

then... i am confident...once a strong jeevan is built up... parchar goes without saying...it happens automatically...a diamond sitting among a pile of rocks will always shine through..and be recognized ...likewise..a gursikh's aura will shine through and be recognized..and people will be drawn and ask how did he become that way? then parchar can happen...

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a rose only smells good if someone is there to smell it.....

how do u know that it smells good, if it didnt grow in ur garden?

a falling tree only makes noise if someone is there to hear it.....

how do u know it made noise if ur not there to hear it?

lol just joking, ur right veerji, that one should stay in chardikala always... but veerji, its always good to go out and teach others the little knowledge that we have.. and learn what they have to teach aswell no?

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