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Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

Analagies aside, the act of taking amrit is more importantly making a promise to your Guru. That's why there is a maryada that you must follow. By taking Amrit, you are going to your Guru and saying that "Your teachings are the best, so I promise to lead the life in the way that you have set for me, with your and Waheguroo's blessings"

If you can't take the step to make that kind of promise to your Guru, you won't be able to make it all the way spiritually.

Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

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agreed. but i refuse to accept the argument that doing any meditation for spiritual benefit has a zero value because you're not amritdhari.

that's like saying we should not enocourage kids and young ones to do simran and seva and paath when they're young because it won't provide any spiritual benefit to them, if they're not amritdhari, and based on what khalsa4ever said, very few children can make the conscious decision about when the time is right in terms of saying

"Your teachings are the best, so I promise to lead the life in the way that you have set for me, with your and Waheguroo's blessings"

what about converts who come into sikhi. they'r enot amritdhari the day they decide to become sikhs, yet the arguments would sugest that they gain absolutely nothing by doing paath and seva while they're still learning!

so how can you make an argument like that ?

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i don't think i agree with the above analogy.

how can anyone justify saying that seva and rehit has a 0 value?

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they arent justifying it or trying to prove it equals 0, they are trying to get a point across, you cannot give any value to seva, rehit or amrit accurately because we do not know it. But the example given is just to get an understanding across to the reader. I thought that was a wikid example.

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an example is a good example when it accurately represents the situation. read the post i wrote after it for my opinion and an explanation of why i dont' agree

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I 2nd that.

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thank you for replyin ... how is the best way to prepare for amrit ?? cuz i mean i do kirtan and evrythin ... and i want to take amrit buh i juz cant get up in the mornin to do path ... i dont even feel like doin it in the evnin ... i need help

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I think taking Amrit is like saying to the Guru, I dedicate my life to you. Any decision I make in life will be revolved around you. I think this is a line from the Guru Granth Sahib where it says "If you want to play this game of love, come to me with your head in the palm of your hand". In order to reach salvation we must completely dedicate our life to the Guru. From personal experience I don't think their are any ifs or buts about it but to completely dedicate your life to the Guru in order to reach Waheguru. If we have dedicated our life to the Guru, taking amrit won't appear to us as a burden. In fact it will be as if this was the exact "contract" that you have been looking to sign. If we are not dedicated enough to live such a life, we will see Amrit as a burdan and ask silly questions about it, such as this.

If you put the two and two together, Amrit and your dedication to the Guru, you can say that infact they ARE tied together.

In my opinion the state of mind that is required to accept Amrit as your final "choice" will lead to salvation. But a state of mind that has not for whatever reasons, is in doubt about the Guru and his love. Which is also the state of THIS mind.

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa Waheguru je ke fate

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agreed. but i refuse to accept the argument that doing any meditation for spiritual benefit has a zero value because you're not amritdhari.

that's like saying we should not enocourage kids and young ones to do simran and seva and paath when they're young because it won't provide any spiritual benefit to them, if they're not amritdhari, and based on what khalsa4ever said, very few children can make the conscious decision about when the time is right in terms of saying

"Your teachings are the best, so I promise to lead the life in the way that you have set for me, with your and Waheguroo's blessings"

what about converts who come into sikhi. they'r enot amritdhari the day they decide to become sikhs, yet the arguments would sugest that they gain absolutely nothing by doing paath and seva while they're still learning!

so how can you make an argument like that ?

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Sorry my bad, I didn't *MEAN* to say rehit and seva worth Zero.. it was meant to say something else wacko.gif ARGH im so stupid!

thanks for pointing it out :wub:

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