Top 10 Reasons Sikh Children Become Apostate

[Mehtab Singh]

http://www.sikh24.com/2013/10/top-10-reasons-sikh-children-become-apostate/

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[sukhi077]

I think All this depends on our parents how much they educate us about our sikhi..if parents are money minded and " mohii " of worldly pleasure then there will be destruction of sikhi no doubt..because We usually see as sikh people become rich they start leaving sikh principles ..and I guess first chapter of sikhi is taught by sikh mother.but sadly if mother is addicted to fashionable life of modern blind world today ..We are not gonna get real sikhs in future.

[N30S1NGH]

Good reasons, another significant reason why sikhs children leaving sikhi is because they are presented sikhi as abhramic version of god/fear mongering than sargun-nirgun all prevading/loving/center vahiguroo and there is soo much secrecy/red tape/hesitation/phobias behind meditation and spirituality in sikhi that we lost puratan tradition of questions/answers (as pointed out in sri akaal ustat to beginner seekers)*, puratan gurmat meditation and chanting of gurbani mantras (see-indic/buddhist ways just to get an idea) ...gurmat meditation with puratan way of chanting naturally creates resonance of mantra in synced rhythm which creates energy/shanti/peace) which everyone can relate to it but we lost that tradition in mainstream gurdwaras and for that very reason average sikh joe blow cannot feel peace of mind/relate sikhi in deep internally level in mainstream gurdwaras when its presented.

*Learning gurbani, adhyatam and actually more question and answers to clear doubts..interestingly if you notice lot of puratan literature such as bhavrasamrit/adhyatam parkash, suraj parkash granth and even off course in gurbani gyan parbodh, akaal ustat among others have lot of questions and answers given in some poetic form and in some straight question/answers form.

[sat]

Another reason is being forced to take amrit and maintain a sikh way of life too young, its better to raise the child with sikh values and educate your children , starting with punjabi read write etc, (my kids are currently doing this), teach them history and eventually they will want to become sikhs, i grew up in a moderate go to the Gurdwara once in a while, cut kesh etc, punjabi family in the west.

Read some books about sikh history and today i have been blessed with amrit (only male in my family for generations).

The other problem is western culture not only in the west but in india too.

Kids do find it hard to balance this and know what is right and wrong, that is our duty to explain to them.

I know a 40 year old man who has been raised in an amritdhari family from birth , Maharaj saroop at home for years and he has gone patit, his wife, kids, parents are very upset and sad today, once again another typical story he got into the wrong crowd and ended up making major mistakes.

i think in his mind he may have had this idea about i wonder what it would be like, without a pagh, eat what you like, drinking parties etc etc.

You can not be born a sikh or forced to be a sikh, it has to be from within, but education about sikhi will help one to fall in love with sikhi and that is the starting point for children, our history is very powerful and rich how can anyone who inspires to be a sikh not be moved when he or she hears or reads about it.

[scali]

Hasidsic Jews came to US after Holocoust. Looked around the existing synagouges were huge but empty. Their strategy was to invest in children, they started building their schools rather than big synagouges. They still live in a thight knit communties in New york boroughs. Wake up Sikhs , how many of us have to die in Ghullaghars and kids bullied in schools untill we get any sense. It seems dealing with Sikh people in Gurudwaras and in public that their stuipitidy and selfishness just magnifies as they get older.

[chatanga]

i like the idea of that, "investment in children" but it is not an idea that sits well with panjabi mentality at the moment.

[UKLondonSikh]

You can not be born a sikh or forced to be a sikh, it has to be from within, but education about sikhi will help one to fall in love with sikhi and that is the starting point for children, our history is very powerful and rich how can anyone who inspires to be a sikh not be moved when he or she hears or reads about it.

UK = Inspirational to read about you being the only male member of your family to take Amrit Paji and you hit nail on the head about Sikhi being from within (rather than something we are born into).

Hasidsic Jews came to US after Holocoust. Looked around the existing synagouges were huge but empty. Their strategy was to invest in children, they started building their schools rather than big synagouges.

UK = Well highlighted Scali. It's common sense that we need to invest in the future growth of Sikhi through knowledge, educationa and translation rather than spending our Panth's limited resources on making fancy new buildings and thinking we are somehow being clever by copying Christians, Muslims and Hindu's in their obsession with fancy Churches, Mosques and Mandirs.