Why Do People Get Mad When A Sikh Girl Marries A Non Sikh In The Gurdwara

[SSD]

^^ karam lifecycle.

Sikhi is higher than any Karam, there is no amount of Karam that you can do to be a Sikh of the Guru,

[lonesoldier84]

You guys certainly have a lot of answers.

[SSD]

You guys certainly have a lot of answers.

This is a very diverse forum, with different Jathas and ideologies on Sikhi.

[lonesoldier84]

No worries.

Sikhi has been the source of boundless peace and tranquility of self in my life.

Anger and exclusion are not things that coincide with what little I have learned of Sikhi in my life.

The beauty and essence of that Sikhi is very important to maintain and please forgive me for being so bold as to make that statement as a newcomer.

I'm still learning but I genuinely struggle to bridge that with some of the themes and commentary on this forum.

And I'm guilty of making statements that sound like answers too! XD

[Singh, Mahan]

Some of the replies in this thread are outrageous. Lol wow.

But isn't being human the hukam?

Yes, being "human" is Hukam .

But , what is that Hukam?

And, what kind of person is that whom Guru Nanak says is "Human"?

The whole bani of Sri Guru Granth Sahib is about describing what that Hukam is and what it means to be “Human”.

If you start following the Hukam to be “the Human”, you have become a Sikh. So it is not correct to say “become a Human first before becoming a Sikh”. First step to become the “Human” (that Guru Nanak mentions) is also your first step on the path of Sikhi. The path of becoming a truthful human being and path of Sikhi are simultaneous and concurrent.

To be “Human” according to the “Hukam” is not pick and choose “what I like and reject what I don’t like” type of thing. It is about following a path of truthful living.

Guru Nanak says this almost in the start Japji Sahib “ How to become truthful ?” In answer to this, he says “follow the path of Hukam that is written ( for the Human beings) by the creator. ………. Every thing (every thing created by the creator) is within Hukam. Nothing is outside the realm of Hukam. …..” ( Japji Sahib Pauri 1 and 2 )

In light of other banis from Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the interpretation of the above

roughly can be stated as that each specie of life has a path chalked out for it by the creator. It is embedded in nature of things by the creator. As long as a person stays within that path, the person has a good chance of becoming truthful to the nature of that of a human being . If person deviates from that path, he is perhaps following a path that of an other specie - that is, he is following Hukam assigned to other specie . . Being deviant from the path assigned to you, will have its consequence.

“ As you sow , so you shall reap ……..”

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