Haanji sorry i was bit tied down.. so couldnt reply much.. but now get ready for it...& mind you.. no offences..
JaY said:
Why do we need to carry a kirpan with us in the year 2006 ?
Yeah so why do we need a kirpan or sikhi swaroop or 5 K's... well dont u think this question in itself is wrong... WHY DO U NEED TO WEAR A KIRPAN? how wierd question is that.... its not about wearing kirpan or wearing anything.. Theres more to that... Moroever Korpan koi nakk da KOKA ya kann di BAALI nai hai ki chahe jado marji paa lo, te jad marji kare utaar do...
so why do people wear Kirpans...well its not kirpan.. the question is whether you want to get baptised.. Amrit chakna.. and by that it mean that you have agreed to live your life according to the values of sikhism and you have to do Nitnem and lead your life according to Guru's teachings...that means you have a strong mind and u give urself to God and in turn you get blessed by God too... so agar tusi amrit chakde ho.. then only u can wear kirpan...
Just try & wear kirpan like this.. go to guruduwara & say you wanna wear kirpan... they will tell you this.. & Kirpan aiven hi nai koi vi mere tere varga paa leve...Actually Amrit chakna, it takes about 5-7 hours.. its not ki chalo paa layi kirpan , paa lao utar devo....
& jado amrit chakde ho tusi.. then it means a lot... right that means you are blessed and you bow yourself to god and wil lead your life according to God teachings and all... & moroever a Kirpan reminds you of one allmighty.. it is not a proof you are sikh or anything..It is a proof that inside you is God and Demon and you should never ever let Demon (inside you) take over GOD(inside you)
Things to Ponder:
1. There are many other religions where people get baptised.. Christianity is one of them...
JaY said:
but that was because the khalsa was founded to go against the wrongdoers ... so that they could stand out and fight against the wrong .
today a normal job doing person ... y do u need a kirpan ?
So now u think that there are not any wrond doers... and what happens in world today is all good...As i said before sikhism is more relevent today then ever before....If you are blessed by God ( means tusi amrit chakaya hega i.e you wear 5 K's and Kirpan is part of that) then:
1. If u r amritdhari, you are cool calm and always ready to help others..(
DONT we need this in modern world).
The Amritdhari never wishes ill for anyone.
2. if u r Gursikh, then u stay away from drugs & alchohol and smoking & everything...( what a waste of life when u drink, have drugs and then all other things...
DONT we need this is modern world). If you are staying away from drugs & alcohol then how many things can be solved like crimes, casual sex, STD and all.. Needless to say when you are under drugs or alcohol, someone else is commanding you and being a gursikh, you only want that GOd should command you.. no one else...
3. By being Gursikh.. you try & have a family and live a simple family life.. You try & control yourself from wordly things like sexual drives and all.. So a gurskih person doesnt have wandering minds... he lives in family... ( & that take care of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and also helps curbing rapes,crimes and other things whcih arise becaue of sexual desires & drives)...
DONT we need this in modern world...
4. By being Gursikh, you are humble enough and you are ready to help others and you will never ever engage in any sort of violence..(This takes care of terrorism, which is all over world now.)
DONT we need this in Modern world...
Amrit bestows peace and joy; above all, the Amritdhari wishes that all the people should enjoy the blissful peace in their lives.
5. By being Gursikh... you strongly beleive in IKONKAR (God is one) and in your daily ardas you say SARBAT DA BHALA (Good for everyone). If everyone is this much humble, we can take care of communal violence, race riots in world.. DONT we need this in modern world..
Things to Ponder
1. Sikhism & ideologies of sikhism are more relevant today then ever before...
JaY said:
so people who do not cut hair are true sikhs ? well then a lotta true sikhs r spoiling the image of sikhs
Hairs are a symbol of sikhism and they are called
GURU DI DEN, one of the main things in Sikhism... If we beleive in Guru Gobind singh ji then why dont we believe in what he said & done and why dont we beleive in what he taught us.. why dont we beleive when he said BE KHALSA and BE PURE.... So being KHALSA is essence of sikhism...
yes agreed, hairs are nor imp or whatever(according to u) .. then why did Guru Gobind singh ji put turbans on all the 5 Pyaras and Before giving them Amrit.. asked them to be pure and KHALAS....
Its very hard to explain in few words... but history pado, then you will really understand the importance of Hairs and turban...
Things to Ponder:
1. Why do we have pictures of all the guru's in turbans and with hairs & beards....( yeah hairs are not imp, according to you)
2. Why do we have a picture of Jesus always in beard and long hairs...( ever noticed that)
3. Why do Krishan ji & others (From hindu religion) have unshorn hairs.. you got to see the pictures, not TV personalities...
4. Sahibjaade aged 7 & 9. do u rem them.. they were just so young but they didnt cut ther hairs, instead choose to die.. Have u ever thought what would have happened, if they have chosen the other way. Shayad mein te tusi hunde hi na AAJ !!!
but think.. Ponder
JaY said:
but i dont agree that all ideologies of all religions are valid
I mean there's no wars/rapes/kingdom upheavels going on on a mass scale
the world is a lot different than what it used to be when these religions were founded and this makes me think that some of the idelogies of these religions are not valid in the world of today
self-defense ? the teeny meeny kirpanis beebis ... yes amritdharis too .. carry as a necklace ? self-defense ?
save themselves ... get me the last incidence when sum1 saved themselves with a kirpan ??
Yeah the world is soo good now.. everywhere there is peace and friendship.. isnt it? See the world is same even now.. instead of wars we have terrorist attacks.. we have rapes . we have so much violence.. People are killing each other, just for money & other things... and as said above.. all these things are covered by our religion and will always be true...
yeah self defense...teeny meeny Kirpanis... well this is what i call IGNORANCE.. yeah they might have small kirpans in there necks and even a small kanga and other things too.. but that doesnt mean they are amritdharis or anything... and yeah even few amritdharis wear those small ones as well... but inside they are wearing all the five kakaars and they also wear a small one on there neck... Just dont form your own impressions.. first think,learn and then comment on anyone...
JaY said:
but .. u should not need something to remind u that u r aiskh ... so u shuld not need something to remind u
yeah you dont need anything to tell you you are a sikh... and even if you are a amritdhari its not a stamp or anything to say that u r a SIKH... what it says according to gurbani is.. that you beleive in one allmighty and you wanna lead your life acording to his teachings... so wearing kirpan, it means you are closer to God and it is to remind you that u r God fearing person...
Gurbani vich yeh keha gya hai, at many places ki God & demon is inside.. and in gurbani, God nu hmsha awaal(supreme) manaya gaya hai.. and even the guru's are never called GOD... Guru according to GUrbaani means... jo tuhanu GOD naal milave.. te rab te nede le ke jaave...
JaY said:
split ends are not cool ? long thin hair due to not cutting are not cool ? everyone isnt blessed with nice hair ?
hehehe... again laughs... heheheh!! well if you have dedicated yourself to god and it means that you will live & die according to God's will... then these things like split ends and looking cool & hot.. doesnt make any sense.... its Kiddish.... bahut chotian gallan ne yeh....
JaY said:
y do u have to show which religion u belong to ?
neil said:
this is apne religion nu GURU SAHIB de baksh that SIKHISM will never be eliminated ever. so we dont have to publisize it. +++
Nopes no need to show which religion we belong too.. but our turbans speak itself of our religion.. and yeah nothing to publicise your religion... but even there telling people about our religion and making them understand that we are SIKHS and not MUSLIMS is not publicising... (everyone knows what happened after Sep 11). Now sikhs are not limited to North India or just to India.. they are everywhere and everyone in the world should know who are these people who wears turbans... its not publicising but just general public awareness.
Things to Ponder
1. Have u ever seen anyone forcibly converted to sikhism or anything like that...
2. Have u ever seen publicity in such a way ki tuhanu convert kita jaave...
3. Religions have been made just because of one martyr and religions involve around those martyrs... But can you even count how many Martyrs are in Sikhism... Dont u think everyone in world should know about our history and glorious past & sacrifices... this isnt publicising Mate !!!!
neil said:
harjinder bai
pichle weekend meri masi ne gurudwara sahib akhand paath karwaiya see.
mainu mauka miliya raat nu gurudwara sahib rehan de, tainu pata pathian nun jagauna see te chah wagera pilaunee see.
raat nu asin thale basement wich paye see.
5 jaane......gurudwara sahib da garanthi uthey betha non veg chutkule sunave.
mainu inni khij chare te main us babe nu kiha vee tun taan sharam kar.
hun dass oh taan bai sade preacher aa oh eh kuch karange tan sada ke houga..
dekh bai EH SARA KUCH DIL WICHON HUNDA...oh GURU sahib da naukar aa, ohna de ghare rehnda.
te ah gallan
mera jee karda see ohnu waddan bande nun.....
Haan Neil bai.. its bad isnt it... but yaar let me tell you one incident that happened to me when i came to Sydney... i was in search for jobs... and i went to this one very reputed international software company in North Sydney(you might be knowing this, NEil bai) and yaar HR Manager was a girl and amritdhari girl with Keski on her head.. oo man.. she was looking like a princess... anyways few days later i happened to saw her in Train and she was sitting and doing her path from her PDA... couple of days later i saw her in her BMW along with her husband.. and then i meet them in gurudwtra and this time i talked to her and her husband.. Her husband amritdhari and a renowed doctor in Renowed Sydney hospital.. and i asked them isnt it difficult in todays world.. and they said its only because of Amrit and by gods grace that we are here and its only because of his kirpa that we are good human beings.. Its the strength we derive from Amrit & God that we are here.....and after getting to know them more, i came to know that they have got about 10 charity institutuiions and they gave so much money for underprivilegd children and all.. Isnt that Great? for me it was...
Now u think yourself.. whom do u consider a SIKH or preacher of our religion... i will say the North Sydney Couple........
Just as an analogy... yaar agar saade naale ik cycle vaale te ik Mercedes S Class AMG ja rahi hove then we will look at Mercedes S class and not at cycle... so buddy expand your horizon.. look for Mercedes( people like those north sydney peepz) and not cycle vala ( like uh no veg jokes vaale bhai ji). and beleive me yaar NOn veg jokes are nothing.. i have seen people who are preachers (supposed to be) but they do all bad things... but yaar then on other side there are good people too.. so look for good peepz Mate...
Sorry guys jyada lamba ho gya messsage but its worth reading...