Langar

[Preeet]

On 11/6/2018 at 9:48 PM, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

There were no temples in vedic period in india. Vedic period ended 2600 yrs ago. The oldest hindu temples in india are 1500 yr old , long after Brahmins had successfully divided the society into 4 varnas and Shudras were not allowed inside. To justify this caste system , they quoted the "Purusha Suktam" from Rig veda mandala 10 , which BTW MANY hindu scholars themselves today believe is a later day creation and was inserted into rig veda with inferior motives. 

What if some of the temples before were shaped as huts? How can someone be so sure to say there were no temples during the vedic period? Im sure that there were lavish royal castles from sat yug kings, where are they now? Point is, there probably were temple structures. 

[Punjabiwolves]

21 hours ago, puzzled said:

Its a shame that the brahmins divided society, their scriptures preach the opposite. when were the manusmritis written then? im guessing they came after the gita because the gita preaches the complete opposite.

the cast system was the downfall of Hinduism.  I really hate those Bharmins who refuse to eat with lower cast people or food from lower cast people. its still happens here in the UK. 

[puzzled]

18 hours ago, Punjabiwolves said:

its still happens here in the UK. 

Really? 

[Punjabiwolves]

9 hours ago, puzzled said:

Really? 

I have heard stories where Bharmins have refused to eat food offered to them by lower casts in the UK. it is ridiculous.  

[JSinghnz]

Guru ka langar is unique and was the first in history of mankind where Guruji designed an institution in which all people would sit on the floor together, as equals, to eat the same simple food. It is here that all people high or low, rich or poor, male or female, all sit in the same pangat (literally "row" or "line") to share and enjoy the food together.

[Big_Tera]

On 11/8/2018 at 1:46 PM, mahandulai said:

physically yes, but the sentiment is the same.

lets not dress it up as some mad spiritual act.

it is just sharing food, with people nearby.

hmmm theres a big difference as it is in a religious place of worship. 

Go to any mandir, church, mosque, synagogue, monastry and you wont get free anything. let alone a healthy 3 course meal.  

[Big_Tera]

1 hour ago, JSinghnz said:

Guru ka langar is unique and was the first in history of mankind where Guruji designed an institution in which all people would sit on the floor together, as equals, to eat the same simple food. It is here that all people high or low, rich or poor, male or female, all sit in the same pangat (literally "row" or "line") to share and enjoy the food together.

Well said.

[JSinghnz]

On ‎11‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 2:28 AM, puzzled said:

Langar is a dharmic concept and started with Hinduism. 

This is the langar which was started by Hindus

Usually, for an observant Hindu of any but the very lowest castes to accept cooked food from a Muslim or Christian is regarded as highly polluting.

Maintenance of purity is associated with the intake of food and drink, not only in terms of the nature of the food itself, but also in terms of who has prepared it or touched it.

In a clear example of pollution associated with dining, a Brahman who consumed a drink of water and a meal of wheat bread with boiled vegetables from the hands of a Sweeper would immediately become polluted and could expect social rejection by his caste fellows. From that moment, fellow Brahmans following traditional pollution rules would refuse food touched by him and would abstain from the usual social interaction with him. He would not be welcome inside Brahman homes--most especially in the ritually pure kitchens--nor would he or his close relatives be considered eligible marriage partners for other Brahmans.*

[mahandulai]

14 hours ago, Big_Tera said:

hmmm theres a big difference as it is in a religious place of worship. 

Go to any mandir, church, mosque, synagogue, monastry and you wont get free anything. let alone a healthy 3 course meal.  

other religious places offer peace, social services, and youll find they do favours to help each other,

where have you come from, a cave?

[jkvlondon]

On 11/10/2018 at 3:08 PM, mahandulai said:

other religious places offer peace, social services, and youll find they do favours to help each other,

where have you come from, a cave?

sorry but you have no idea about other faiths places of worship ...

you cannot walk in to  any synagogue or mosque for a look see without being confronted about reason , buddhist and hindu temples are less barring but still there are areas which are off limits; most places of worship DO NOt have social services included that is handled elsewhere , most do not have food . All of the major faiths apart from Buddhist and Sikh are focussed on their faith members only , rarely do they extend themselves to other fait.hs or non faith even.