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I was reading a blog off a well known Sikh brother and came across a discussion going on of the use of a name (Waheguru Kaur) which one poster found offensive and disrespectful to God.

So is having a name of God as your first name against Sikhism? And if so why?

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Guru Gobind Singh Ji's name ,GOBIND actually means God

i dunno if its right to have Waheguru as a name but think about all the people who have to call that person n at the same time they are japping naam

jus some food for thought, any word from Gurbani is pure dnt forget Satnaam is of great importance in Sikhi, its the second word in Gurbani but many people have the name Satnaam or any other names from Gurbani

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I agree, that its no problem. God's name is Truth... you know... SAT NAAM - whatever is truth, is God.

Waheguru is a way of expressing God, but it is only 1 name out of an infinit amount of names God has... in effect... when you read bani there is a line "I know no other than God" --- there is also written "Nameless... desireless...."

So whats the worry... lol if this girl has that name, wouldnt it be God's Hukam for it to be so? lol

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yeh i kinda agree wit japmans.... i dunno.. i know this guy from high school who's name was 'hargobinder singh'... but.. he was a junky... alcoholic.. druggy.. criminal... all that stuff... and i was thinkin... if ur gonna have a name like that, at least live up to it rite..??

i guess tha's why i'm a lil iffy.. if she actually is livin up to her name then i guess there's no problem.. but we can't tell the future rite.. so i still wouldn't feel too right bout it... grin.gif

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All names are God's names... all bodies are god's bodies. all actions are god's actions. All hukams are God's hukams. All minds are god's minds. All languages are god's languages. All thoughts are god's thoughts. All realities are god's realities. All doings are god's doing.

"I know no other than the One"

If we called everyone Waheguru, if we remembered that every plant, every flower, every animal and tree, every person big or small, every every everything...

now, that would be amazing

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