Why do Sikhs name their daughter "Maya" when maya is an obstacle etween us and Vaheguru?

[MrDoaba]

3 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

traditional names from khalsa army days , if the singh is living up to gurmukh rehit standards I don't see a problem but if he's hundred light years from sikhi it is just a mockery 

Fair enough. So it doesn't matter if the name given is dedicating a child to another force seeing as they may not live up rehit either way?

[jkvlondon]

Just now, MrDoaba said:

Fair enough. So it doesn't matter if the name given is dedicating a child to another force seeing as they may not live up rehit either way?

think about it everytime you call maya , you think about maya , the kid identifies with maya ...are you actually being fair on that child by imprinting that on their subconcious ... what about when she grows and reads gurbani ...she will either feel attacked or feel disappointment/hatred for the parent who named her ...neither is desirable . It is not our duty to interfere with another's sikhi/spiritual development and our duty as parents is to keep their kesh , introduce morals, sikh philosophy , gurbani help them get to sangat . They can decide later when they are grown what path they want to take then.

[MrDoaba]

24 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

think about it everytime you call maya , you think about maya , the kid identifies with maya ...are you actually being fair on that child by imprinting that on their subconcious ... what about when she grows and reads gurbani ...she will either feel attacked or feel disappointment/hatred for the parent who named her ...neither is desirable . It is not our duty to interfere with another's sikhi/spiritual development and our duty as parents is to keep their kesh , introduce morals, sikh philosophy , gurbani help them get to sangat . They can decide later when they are grown what path they want to take then.

We could say something similar about parents who give their child a name with a lot of mahanta, especially one which carries with it great responsibility and one which aam janta most likely wouldn't be able to live up to. Instead of aiding their Sikhi and spirtual development it could very well backfire. They could feel immense guilt, lowered self-esteem/confidence and could also feel disappointment/hatred for the parent, for giving a name which, in some cases, may have near impossible-to reach standards attached to it.

[jkvlondon]

13 hours ago, MrDoaba said:

We could say something similar about parents who give their child a name with a lot of mahanta, especially one which carries with it great responsibility and one which aam janta most likely wouldn't be able to live up to. Instead of aiding their Sikhi and spirtual development it could very well backfire. They could feel immense guilt, lowered self-esteem/confidence and could also feel disappointment/hatred for the parent, for giving a name which, in some cases, may have near impossible-to reach standards attached to it.

that's why most gursikhs avoid naming their kids the names of Guru sahiban , chaar Sahibzahidey, Guru Mahal , mahaan gursikhs . In my family we also  do not name after other family members dead or alive it's kind of a well-understood thing .

[sikhni777]

17 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

think about it everytime you call maya , you think about maya , the kid identifies with maya ...are you actually being fair on that child by imprinting that on their subconcious ... what about when she grows and reads gurbani ...she will either feel attacked or feel disappointment/hatred for the parent who named her ...neither is desirable . It is not our duty to interfere with another's sikhi/spiritual development and our duty as parents is to keep their kesh , introduce morals, sikh philosophy , gurbani help them get to sangat . They can decide later when they are grown what path they want to take then.

Who Is closer to Waheguru than maya, wjo also helps Waheguru at each and every stage? 

Who Is the dasi of Waheguru? Maya of course.

[MrDoaba]

7 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

that's why most gursikhs avoid naming their kids the names of Guru sahiban , chaar Sahibzahidey, Guru Mahal , mahaan gursikhs . In my family we also  do not name after other family members dead or alive it's kind of a well-understood thing .

Maybe of Guru Sahiban but not of the rest, there's plenty of examples where I live of both oldies and youngsters with such names.

Although I get what you mean about naming children after dead or alive family members. I think most apne do that.

[jkvlondon]

4 hours ago, sikhni777 said:

Who Is closer to Waheguru than maya, wjo also helps Waheguru at each and every stage? 

Who Is the dasi of Waheguru? Maya of course.

simple har ka piara - gurmukh ..

who's gun you are supposed to remember ? whose name are you supposed to remember? why did Guru Ram Das ji refuse Maya in his presence when she came to see him ? 

[sikhni777]

10 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

simple har ka piara - gurmukh ..

who's gun you are supposed to remember ? whitse name are you supposed to remember? why did Guru Ram Das ji refuse Maya in his presence when she came to see him ? 

Any sakhi you have found penji on Guru Ramdas refusing to have her around. Please send link as I have not come across It. Thanks.

[Guest Kaur 2]

VJKK VJKF

I asked my Sikhi class teacher and he said that people get these sorts of ideas from Bollywood and indian drama's. Do you think that this is the case?

VJKK VJKF

 

[jkvlondon]

4 hours ago, Guest Kaur 2 said:

VJKK VJKF

I asked my Sikhi class teacher and he said that people get these sorts of ideas from Bollywood and indian drama's. Do you think that this is the case?

VJKK VJKF

 

yep , people are so headweak that any flotsam and jetsam coming their way they take it in