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T.O. airline to deliver Sikh holy books

Texts will be treated like 'living guru' on 24-hour flight

Joseph Brean

National Post

Friday, February 20, 2004

Surjit Babra's SkyLink Aviation will transport the Sri Guru Granth Sahib scrolls from India in early April.

CREDIT: Glenn Lowson, National Post

TORONTO - Fresh off flying some of the world's most dangerous skies, a Canadian aviation firm is bound next for the relative calm of India's Punjab, where it will carry out the first-ever mass shipment of Sikh holy books from the Golden Temple at Amritsar.

Landing 24 hours later after a direct flight to Toronto, 148 copies of Sikh scripture will be shuttled under police escort to a temple in Brampton, Ont., each book with its own seat on several buses, as a helicopter follows overhead dropping flower petals along the route.

Sikh tradition holds that the scriptures, called Sri Guru Granth Sahib, should be accorded all the respect and dignity of a "living guru," or teacher, said Ranjit Singh Lopoke, a director of the Guru Nanak temple in Brampton.

The books are printed only on the grounds of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhism.

This tradition raises frustrating logistical problems, especially now, when many Canadian Sikhs need to replace their well-worn copies. Most copies of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, including those in Canadian temples, have been exported from Amritsar either on the laps of devout Sikhs, or impro

perly stowed away in luggage, a disrespectful treatment for a religious teacher.

"That's why we booked the whole plane," said Harbant Singh Jagirdar, an organizer with Sacha Sauda, a religious group in Brampton, which has a large Sikh population. Sikhism broke away from Hinduism in the 16th century to embrace a monotheism borrowed partly from Islam.

On April 3, just in time for the Sikh new year of Vasaki on the 13th, the donated books will be taken from the Golden Temple to the Amritsar airport "with great pomp and show," Mr. Jagirdar said.

There, the books will be loaded on to a Russian-built TU154 passenger jet, operated by SkyLink Aviation of Toronto, each of its 154 seats covered in white linen.

For Skylink, such finery will mark a departure from the rugged norm. With a fleet that boasts some of the largest planes and helicopters ever built, the company made its name flying refugees from Rwanda to Ontario's CFB Trenton, spraying for bugs in Saudi Arabia, dropping food into Iraq and Afghanistan, and flying UN missions in Kosovo and the western Sahara.

In a business where few but powerful competitors compete for multi-million-dollar contracts, SkyLink has often flirted with controversy.

For the historic flight from Amritsar, five Toronto-area men will take on the role of Panj Piaia, or the "five beloved" who escort the books to ensure there is no smoking, drinking or eating on the flight, and that all heads are respectfully covered.

In this new age of air travel, their kirpans -- curved ceremonial daggers -- will be stored in a velvet-lined box in the cockpit.

The Sikh authority in Amritsar has also donated instruments for the flight: a harmonium and drums used in Sikh prayers.

On arrival at Toronto's airport, the books will be guarded from the sun by parasols as they are loaded on to buses for the last leg of their travel to Sacha Sauda's office in Brampton, where they are to rest before distribution to temples and individual Sikhs

. There, staff are busy preparing wooden beds for the books with mattresses and white linen, Mr. Jagirdar said.

SkyLink Aviation is footing a sizeable portion of the $225,000 cost of the operation, but Surjit Babra, the company president and a Sikh, asked that the specific amount of the contribution not be published, in keeping with the religion's tradition of humility.

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Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Thats Sharda! Really good Seva done by the Panth. It's nice to see that there are SIkhs out there who have so much love for their Guru, that they are willing to do WHATEVER it takes to give utmost respect. I read this article today in the National Post, and it really made me happy...except one thing. (sorry, this has to be brought up)

I was totally happy reading the article (and i am still am), but at one point this happiness turned to saddness, when i read the following paragraph....

<<< "That's why we booked the whole plane," said Harbant Singh Jagirdar, an organizer with Sacha Sauda, a religious group in Brampton, which has a large Sikh population. Sikhism broke away from Hinduism in the 16th century to embrace a monotheism borrowed partly from Islam.>>>

Sikhism never 'borrowed' anything, or broke away from anything. It was simply the Truth revealed. Period. For example, suppose there was an antique painting, and a famous author commented that it was 'very beautiful'. Now suppose, a couple of hundered years later, i was born, and i saw that painting, and said it was 'very beautiful'. Does this mean that i borrowed this idea from the author who called it beautiful first? No. The Truth is the Truth, and Sikhi is the Truth, not borrowed, not 'broken off' of another religion, just revealed to the world through God Himself.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

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Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Thats Sharda! Really good Seva done by the Panth. It's nice to see that there are SIkhs out there who have so much love for their Guru, that they are willing to do WHATEVER it takes to give utmost respect. I read this article today in the National Post, and it really made me happy...except one thing. (sorry, this has to be brought up)

I was totally happy reading the article (and i am still am), but at one point this happiness turned to saddness, when i read the following paragraph....

<<< "That's why we booked the whole plane," said Harbant Singh Jagirdar, an organizer with Sacha Sauda, a religious group in Brampton, which has a large Sikh population. Sikhism broke away from Hinduism in the 16th century to embrace a monotheism borrowed partly from Islam.>>>

Sikhism never 'borrowed' anything, or broke away from anything. It was simply the Truth revealed. Period. For example, suppose there was an antique painting, and a famous author commented that it was 'very beautiful'. Now suppose, a couple of hundered years later, i was born, and i saw that painting, and said it was 'very beautiful'. Does this mean that i borrowed this idea from the author who called it beautiful first? No. The Truth is the Truth, and Sikhi is the Truth, not borrowed, not 'broken off' of another religion, j

ust revealed to the world through God Himself.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Waheguru ji!

Hunji Surrey ji i totally understand what your saying. I have no idea why they wrote that. It is really wrong. But overall what they did here by bringing sri guru granth sahib ji in a very beautiful way is totally awesome!

bul chuk maph!

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AWESOME SEWA!!!!!!

I contacted NATIONAL POST, for the mistakes, and I encourage everyone to send an e-mail, with just a few words describing the mistake. You can copy paste mine below, but that won't get anywhere, since its the same thing. And NATIONAL POST is a very big source of news, etc. So everyone should write a sentence or two on their behalf. Bhul chuk maaf!

Hello,

I recently read the news article "T.O. airline to deliver Sikh holy books, and I found several mistakes for which the author should have done a more thorough research. Since the facts are commonly known to the general population. I will briefly point out the mistakes, and I hope the editor takes a step to ammend these changes in the news article, and inform the author for the mistakes.

T.O. airline to deliver Sikh holy books

Texts will be treated like 'living guru' on 24-hour flight

Joseph Brean

National Post

Friday, February 20, 2004

"Sikhism broke away from Hinduism in the 16th century to embrace a monotheism borrowed partly from Islam." - National Post

This is completely false, firstly Sikhism is a different, distinct, and independant religion. There are countless essays, and material on the distinctiveness of the religion, this statement is merely the author's opinion, not based upon any sources of fact. (http://www.sikhnet.com/s/SikhIntro) Whereas, many scholars have proved Sikhism to be a different religion, nothing "borrowed" from any existing religion. Please look further in this matter, as it misleads the reader very much, and creates resentment towards the article.

"There, the books will be

loaded on to a Russian-built TU154 passenger jet", "the books will be guarded..." - National Post

The author refers to SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB as mere books, which is also false, this is a basic fundamental which should've been researched before posting. Its in the form of a book, but not referred to as a mere book, it has been given the seat of authority as the GURU of sikhs (spiritual teacher), then how can one refer to Sri Guru Granth Sahib as a mere book.

Please take this plea to look further into this matter. As being one of the first people to read this article, it made me feel distressed, and question the validity of any news, articles, etc. from NATIONAL POST.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Daljeet Singh

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:):@ :D

Well done!!!...that is wat all the sikhs around the world should do!...we have to learn to respect guru maharaj ji as our living guru....n dun ever disrespect it...like how certain issues come up...bringing guru maharaj ji to the hall for wedding,..etc..etc....which is really sad...

all of us should educate the young generation abt guru maharaj ji n how to respect it!...

WELL DONE ONCE AGAIN!! ^_^

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