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[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

All that we love deeply ... becomes a part of us. - Helen Keller

GURU GOBIND SINGH JI’S PRINCIPLES

EACH GOVERNED BY FIVE SETS OF FIVE CORE CONCEPTS

The five sets are:

Five beliefs, five distinguishing features,

Five vows, five deliverances and five rules of

conduct.

1) The five beliefs:

The KHALSA were enjoined to have a five folded belief in:

1) Akal Purakh

2) GURU (spirituality of the master)

3) Granth (Guru Granth Sahib is the master)

4) Greeting: Waheguru ji ka Khalsa Waheguru ji ki Fateh.

5) Guru Nanak Dev ji’s Jap ji Sahib as expounding the core spiritual concept (is not to imply exclusivity among scripture)

2) Five distinguishing features: 5’KS

Keshgi (turban), Kangha (wooden comb), Kirpan (sword), Kara (carbon iron bracelet) and Kachera (knee-length loose brief).

3) The five vows:

The KHALSA ARE: required not to do five cardinal sins:

a) An Amritdhari a.k.a. baptized Sikh, shouldn’t cut, shave or pluck hair from any part of his or her body.

B) A baptized Sikh shouldn’t, smoke, drink and take drugs.

c) A Sikh is not to eat meat; that is eggs, fish, underwater creatures, birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. Meat is meat obtained through killing of a creature whether born or not. What method was used to kill, whether fast or slow, whether following religious ritual or not is immaterial as the creature feels fear, suffering, pain and anguish in the process of being killed.

d) Sikh should not wear his or her turban/kes

hgi as a cap (topi). It must be retied daily. A cap cannot replace a turban. A cap, for example, a baseball cap is not to be worn in place of a turban. Only in safety situations where a hardhat is required to protect the wearer can it be worn on a job related condition. This is a transient, conditional situation and not a Sikh’s rehet. When that situation no longer exists he or she must follow Guru’s rehet.

e) A Sikh shouldn’t worship, tombs, graves, idols, relics of cremation (i.e. urns with ashes of the departed) and cherish superstitions.

The five Deliverances:

Guru Gobind Singh ji addressed the following five deliverances to His disciples:

1) DHARAM NASH: or freedom from the socially imposed bonds of religious obligatory practices and customs.

2) KARAM NASH: past karmic accounts are wiped clean.

3) JANAM NASH: giving up the family influences and caste effects. The Guru explained that all four main Hindu castes (and sub castes), all artificial social strata had been eliminated and that all human beings became blended into one family unit, the KHALSA. All were blended on a democratic basis. All were considered equal. None was higher or lower.

4) SHARAM NASH: The disappearance of discrimination based on hereditary and professional distinctions. Whether soldier, tradesman, unskilled or skilled laborer, and businessperson for example all were given equal respect and status.

5) BHARAM NASH: The discarding of the practice of empty rituals prescribed by Brahmanism or dogmatic religious code.

KADHARE HARKAR GUR GOBIND SINGH

BEAKASHA’N RA YAAR GUR GOBIND SINGH

(135- Bhai Nand lal ji, page 285 Amrit Keertan pothi

The five rules of conduct will be released in next two weeks. Please forward this card to your friends and net groups. Thanks for Guru ki seva.

Be proud, who you are. You are a Sikh of Guru Gobind Singh ji. There are plenty of distracting mediums out there that are there to confuse and distract you from your spiritual path. Be o

bservant, awake and sharp! Stand tall with your GURU.

With love and regards......

Sincerely

Jagdish Singh CA.................

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