Do We Over Celebrate 'bandi Chorr Diwas'

[Shamshere]

It's a great day in Sikh history but don't we go overboard? It's simply because it's around the same period as Diwali!

We don't even celebrate Vaisakhi like this!

[VanHelsingh]

For most Sikhs it just bleeds into Diwali, imo. You rarely get people to differentiate between the two when most Sikhs are behind closed doors. It might've made a difference if the two festivals had occured on different dates, but I guess historically Guru Sahib arrived back at Amritsar from prison on Diwali, was it?

[DSGj]

ਦਿਵਾਲੀ -

ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਦੀਵਾਰ. ਕੰਧ. ਚਾਰਦਿਵਾਰੀ. "ਬੈਠੇ ਜਾਇ ਸਮੀਪ ਦਿਵਾਲੀ." (ਨਾਪ੍ਰ) ੨. ਦੀਪਮਾਲਿਕਾ. ਦੀਪਾਵਲਿ. ਕੱਤਕ ਬਦੀ ੩੦ ਦਾ ਤ੍ਯੋਹਾਰ. ਹਿੰਦੂਮਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍‍ਮੀ ਪੂਜਨ ਦਾ ਪਰਵ ਹੈ. ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਦਿਨ ਦੀਵੇ ਮਚਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਰਸਮ ਬਾਬਾ ਬੁੱਢਾ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਚਲਾਈ, ਕ੍ਯੋਂਕਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦਿਵਾਲੀ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ ਗਵਾਲਿਯਰ ਦੇ ਕਿਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਜੀ ਪਧਾਰੇ ਸਨ. ਇਸ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੌਸ਼ਨੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਸੀ.

[Guest]

When guru hargobind sahib ji came back to Amritsar there was fireworks,lights etc.

I don't think we over do it.

[N30S1NGH]

Old traditional Sikh way of depmala-

Sargun saroop of maharaj- sri guru granth sahib ji maharaj (aad, dasam) should be decorated with long rumalie (as symoblism) , tika ceremony(reseved for kings) with deepmala -full arti-arta, phola di varka ceremony should be carried on actual saroop of maharaj (like when they were in deh saroop)- should be carried with full satkar and after that it should be explained to sangat what actual sargun aspect/satkar of maharaj- vahiguroo means and what does symoblism means for king of kings. We think we do pyhsical satkar of maharaj but if we miss key important royalty aspects of maharaj then can we really say that? Lets not deprive sargun saroop of maharaj vahiguroo ji by missing key royality aspect. These royalty aspects are important to invoke devotion, prem-love, bairaag.

Trying saying the above infront of reformist missionary sikhs, they will laugh and call it hindu but these people don't know indic royality traditions off course they wouldn't know- gee i wonder why... as their(mindset) is indeed reincarnation of british servants serving british umprire as opposed to sargun poran avtar of vahiguroo.

[N30S1NGH]

There should not be any doubts- Satguru is same jot and naam roop in sargun, shabad and nirgun form. Satguru connects with sikh consciousness at every step of the way in stages, Satguru himself draws his sikh(bhagat) to his sargun form to help him to do bhagti-naam-bhagti nine folds- then Satguru himself further draw his sikh(bhagat) to go inside himself and explore naam within via shabad surta then finally same Satguru draw his sikh towards estoric gyan layer of naam and eventually/ultimately reveal jot saroop of himself (merge sikh in him) in form of self realization

The reason we don't see this because we are not receptive, one has to let go all pre-conditioning, semantics, techanalities..Does love have any conditons ? Love has no conditions whatsoever.