Sikh Research Institute

[Guest gurjeet]

Sikh Research Institute has created a monopoly and this organization is continuously disgracing and misrepresenting the Sikh religion as a whole. It is time for this to stop. They charge hefty fees on everything from Sojhi books to attending their programs. This is not seva. This is a profit making business run by some crooks. These are self proclaimed Gursikhs who are simply out to make money off of the Sikh religion. Those who run the program are mean spirited, power hungry, and absolute hypocrites.

These people are attempting to change the Sikh religion through so called "authentic intellectual research." They have spread pro-meat ideology and because of this, many Gurmat camps, sikh conferences, and other sikhi related events are gladly serving meat at their programs. They even encourage Gurdwaras to serve meat in langar. This is just one example of how they are changing the religion as a matter of convenience. In addition, they have made changes to the ardass and preach all sorts of absurd philosophies never heard of before. WHAT A DISGRACE!! Their practices and intentions must be cross examined and carefully scruitinized. So far, they are making fool out of so many people.

[Guest research]

Isn't there some uncorrupt top sikh organisation we could go to about this?

[Guest research]

Meat in a gurdwarra- that's the most absurd thing Ive ever heard in my life! No shoes in gurdwara, no alchol in gurdwara, no naughty business in gurdwarra but meat allowed!

[Guest --learner--]

Sikh Research Institute has created a monopoly and this organization is continuously disgracing and misrepresenting the Sikh religion as a whole. It is time for this to stop. They charge hefty fees on everything from Sojhi books to attending their programs. This is not seva. This is a profit making business run by some crooks. These are self proclaimed Gursikhs who are simply out to make money off of the Sikh religion. Those who run the program are mean spirited, power hungry, and absolute hypocrites.

These people are attempting to change the Sikh religion through so called "authentic intellectual research." They have spread pro-meat ideology and because of this, many Gurmat camps, sikh conferences, and other sikhi related events are gladly serving meat at their programs. They even encourage Gurdwaras to serve meat in langar. This is just one example of how they are changing the religion as a matter of convenience. In addition, they have made changes to the ardass and preach all sorts of absurd philosophies never heard of before. WHAT A DISGRACE!! Their practices and intentions must be cross examined and carefully scruitinized. So far, they are making fool out of so many people.

Guru fateh!

I really get hearted after reading these.

It will be great help if u can tell much more about the institute such as exactly where it is situated,any website address of that institute etc.

I will try what i can do if u give me the details & thanks for posting these.

Plz u also try smth to stop these..........

bul chuk mafa!

[Guest bsingh]

First, Sikh Research Institute is a registered 501© NON-PROFIT educational organization. So any claims about it being a profit making business is false. Because Sikh Research Institute is a non-profit organization, its dealings and finances are all public information.

Second, I've attended a few Sikh Research Institute's programs in the past and the last thing that was always said is: "Please take whatever has been presented today as our limited understanding. Go back and do your own research. Develop your relationship with the Guru" So any claims about being "self-proclaimed Gursikhs" is false.

Third, Sikh Research Institute has pioneered Sikh Education for North America with projects that range from creating a standards based K-8 curriculum to creating different leadership programs for Sikh youth. They help establish and fund Sikh Scholarships at Harvard University, Panjab Digital Library (the only digital archive Sikhs have to preserve our history), the movie Widow Colony on 1984 programs, Rural Education projects in Panjab, etc. If these accomplishments are a "disgrace", then we should have more organizations that are "disgraced" by you for doing such great Seva.

If people have questions why not go to the source: www.sikhri.org or 2008 annual report: http://www.sikhri.org/downloads/AR2008.pdf

Please do some research before posting. Thanks.