Sikhi View On Rakhri And Kirpan

[Only five]

[JSinghnz]

Very nicely explained. Hope we all get a message from this and stop following this

hollow practice of rakhri tying. Our Gurus showed us the path of freedom from empty

rituals and having the courage to take on injustice. Kara and Kirpan are the gifts of

Guru Gobind Singh ji to us to cherish and lead a life of Saint Soldiers.

[VanHelsingh]

I can't get over the fact that I was lead to believe that Bibi Nanaki tied a rakhri around Baba Nanak's wrist in their younger days. I learnt this from a Gurughar as a child...!

[Singh559]

Well said. Will show this to a select few relatives.

Recently, whenever this "holiday" comes across I always try to explain it's not a Sikh practice to relatives.

[mohinder pal]

Cut the Wrist of your Brother and Say |Thats the Sikhi View of Rakhri|

[JSinghnz]

Cut the Wrist of your Brother and Say |Thats the Sikhi View of Rakhri|

Back with your nonsensical views. I think you are quite used to cutting your wrist.

[Only five]

Cut the Wrist of your Brother and Say |Thats the Sikhi View of Rakhri|

I'd rather drape them with kara, like my Gursikh brothers did and speak the words of my Gursikh sisters in the past, who drapped their own wrist with kara. Dhan Dhan Dhan Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji Maharaj.

[gurdssingh]

Sorry for being a numpty but in the younger years of baba ji did not Bibi Nanaki tie a rakhri on Baba Ji as they were both young and Baba Ji's parents partaked in the ritual.

Just like the janaeu Guru Ji was old enough to say I don't want it but there is no incident with regards to the rakri is there?

[Only five]

The rakhri is a sign that a women can't protect herself. Satguru Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Maharaj lifted the women up from being subordinate to the man. Shastar are given to the Singhs and Kaurs. Satguru Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Maharaj is Sri Vaheguru ji Maharaj from day one. Satguru was at the young age of 9 when he rejected the sacred thread of the higher caste of the Hindus. Satguru Sri Guru Har Krishan Sahib ji Maharaj became Guru at the age of 5. There is no age limit to when Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj blessed Satguru Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Maharaj with his Saroop. Gurbani tells us Satguru was blessed from day one.

[mohinder pal]

Rakhri didnot started from Brother and sister. It was started when the CHela used to tie a knot to Guru or Murshid's Wrist as a ritual to ensure His guru/murshid protects him from all the odds of life and guide him to correct path.