Sikhs Must Uphold The Teachings Of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

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Respect for Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Campaign

3rd November 2006

Sikhs must uphold the teachings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Prakash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

Sikhs around the world are commemorating the manifestation in human form of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh Religion.

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji came into Kaljug (Age of Darkness) to preach the divine message of the Shabad (Sikh Religious Hymn revered as the word of Waheguru):

Saach sabadh bin mukath n koe.

Without the True Word of the Shabad, no one finds liberation.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, ang 938, Ramkali, First Guru)

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the greatest blessing for Sikhs. Under the guidance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sikhs become one with Waheguru (omnipresent God) and obtain spiritual liberation.

In the Shabad, Sri Sidh Gosht Sahib (a religious discussion between Hindu Yogis and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji), Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji is asked to explain who is his Guru? Guruji replies:

Shabad guru surt dhun chela.

My Guru is the shabad and enshrining this into my heart through meditation I have become the disciple.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sri Sidh Gosht Sahib, ang 938, Ramkali, First Guru)

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji reveres Gurbani as the word of Waheguru and asked Sikhs to do the same. As Sikhs of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji we must worship Gurbani as our Great Guru instructs:

Jaisee mai aavai khasam kee banee taisrhaa karee gi-aan vay laalo.

As the Word of the Forgiving Lord comes to me, so do I express it, O Lalo.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, ang 722,Tilang, First Guru)

Surath sabadh bhav saagar thareeai naanak naam vakhaanae.

With one's consciousness focused on the Word of the Shabad, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. O Nanak, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, ang 938, Ramkali, First Guru)

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji protects their Sikhs from Kaljug. However, some so-called Sikhs decide to repay this boon by abusing and manipulating the saroop (embodiment) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji by organising an Anand Karaj (Sikh Religious Wedding) in premises completely against the GurMaryada (Sikh Religious Code of Conduct) set by our Gurus.

If we proclaim to be Sikhs of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji then respect for Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji must be our prime objective. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji declares to the Sikhs:

“All Sikhs are ordered to accept the Granth as their Guru. Consider the Guru Granth as representing the Guru's body”

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji formed the holy congregation at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib with emphasis on religious instructions and strict discipline. Divine measures (Kirtan) were sung in the morning as well as in the evening. Regular religious instructions were imparted by Guruji. In Guru Ka Langar (communal free kitchen) all people, the Brahman or the Sudra, the king or the commoner, the Muslim or the Hindu, had to sit in the same row and eat the same food.

No where around Kartarpur Sahib was there any wedding reception or party hall where alcohol, meat and tobacco could be consumed or served. Those Gurdwara Committees in the UK who feel it is acceptable to run such establishments alongside or within Gurdwaras or from Gurdwara funds are in direct conflict with Sikh Rehit Maryada. This is not the GurMaryada Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji teaches.

May Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji bless the worldwide Sikh Community in working together to uphold Sikh Rehit Maryada and respect for Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

GurFateh!!

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