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The Sikh Bulletin m`Gr- poh 544 nwnkSwhI November-December 2012Department, Punjab, Patiala.22. Singh, Prof. Puran. 1980 7 1981. Spirit of the Sikhs. Part I1980, Part II 1981. Punjabi University, Patiala.23. Singh, Paramjit. 2003. Guru Granth Sahib vichalay prashanuttaranda kosh. (Punjabi). Prof Sahib Singh Gurmat Trust,Patiala.24. Singh, (Prof) Sahib.1972. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan.(Punjabi). Vols 10. Raj Publishers (Reg.), Jallandhar, India.25. Talib, Gurbachan Singh. 1988. Sri Guru Granth Sahib (English).Punjabi University, Patiala.26. Thind, Kulbir Singh. 2004. Questioning- Answering System inJap. Understanding Sikhism Res. J. 6 (1): 29-31.27. Time1979. The Time Hammond Almanac. Hammond Almanac,Inc. Maplewood, New Jersey.28. Virk, Hardev Singh. 1978. Brahmand di Rachna (Punjabi).Singh Brothers, Amritsar, India.29. Virk, Hardev Singh. 1999. Sikhism: The scientific religion forthe mankind. Understanding Sikhism Res. J. 1 (1): 21-23.30. Virk, Hardev Singh. 2000. Cosmological ideas in science andAad Guru Granth Sahib. Understanding Sikhism Res. J. 6 (1):23 and 10.31. Virk, Hardev Singh. 2005. Glimpses of a scientific vision inGuru Granth Sahib. Abstract of Sikh Studies. 7 (4):23-30.32. http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/emc2/emc2.html (E= MC 2 )33. www.rdrop.com/users/green/school/glossary.htm(Reproduced from: NANAKIAN PHILOSOPHY: Basics forHumanity. Available from Singh Brothers, Amritsar and Institutefrom Understanding Sikhism, Laval, Quebec, Canada)[Nanakian Philosophy-Basics for Humanity, ISBN 978-0-9734291-3-8. Reproduced with Permission of the author – Prof. Dr. DevinderSingh Chahal. Due to lack of space the diagrams mentioned in thearticle have not been included. For that the readers may refer to thebook. ED.]*****SIKHI IS IN RUINES; HOW CAN WE SAVE ITJagat Jalandha Raakh Laye apni Kirpa Dhhar.Bawa Singh Jagdev, Australia,A Paper Read at the Singh Sabha Canada ConferenceSeptember 9, 2012I am presenting these facts as I have experiencedwhile dealing with them back home in Australia, Youmay or may not agree with some of them, but I standby them and the statements I have made in it. I ampresenting these facts without, any derogatory intent,to belittle any one here or otherwise or prejudiceagainst any one.Sikhi is being sandwiched between two formidablecanker worms, self styled Sant Babas (Sadhs) andtheir followers on one side and SGPC and Jathedars onthe other and they are working hand in hand todestroy this noble faith from within and without. Weare on a rollercoaster ride sliding back into the samecesspool from where Guru Nanak pulled us out.According to the Sikh faith God is the unity ofOneness in which everybody dwells. Guru Nanakfounded the Sikh religion or Sikhi which people, fromall walks of life and faith, could practice and followwithout conforming to any social or cultural norm orabandoning their own faith, and in which the pluralityof the world became One. It was all about “Onenessof God and Oneness of humanity” and in whichthere were no others. It was a journey to discoverwho we were and how to realize the Creator? Today ithas been divided into clusters of clans of Sant Babasand Dehra Walas, where head of each clan claims tobe the only one having direct contact with theAlmighty God and gets guidance from Him and cannotmake mistake in interpreting Guru Bani.A Sikh should have his heart to God and hands towork to earn an honest living. Religious preaching isnot a profession in Sikhism; a preacher should preachwithout expecting or accepting any monitory gain orfavors in lieu of and should support his family bydoing honest work, as did Guru Nanak. But theseSadhs have made preaching their profession and sellGurubani for money, contrary to the sacred Hymnwhich they recite almost every day.-“Thrig tenhan da jeevna jo lek lek bache Naam”They amass money from their followers to servicetheir nefarious activities by manufacturing andnarrating tall tales about our Gurus, their lives andtravels and their followers believe them as gospeltruth. Blind faith in their sermons and ignorance of thepeople has driven the reason away. Every Sundaythey batter the gates of Gurudwaras with storms ofprayers to get a place in the heaven and spellbound ,by their fallacious discourses, gullible obey theirmaster’s command keep uncut hair, wrap themselvesin colourful religious attires, swing their heads like atwister and continuously chanting “Waheguru” -“Waheguru” at the top of their voices for hours as iftheir God was deaf. Pleased to console themselvesthat their religious obligations finish there and thenwhen they pay their reverence to these Sadhs and byprostrating in front of Guru Granth Sahib, forgettingthat that’s when their solemnly promised religiousvows and commitments begin, to understand Gurubanito steer their lives accordingly.K. T. F. of N. A. Inc. 3524 Rocky Ridge Way, El Dorado Hills, CA. 95762 22
The Sikh Bulletin m`Gr- poh 544 nwnkSwhI November-December 2012Fear springs from ignorance and though Sikhism is notbased on fear of punishment or promise of rewardsthese agents of God preach, practice, and believe indemons and magic charms, perform miracles, claim tohave the power to change the sex of the unbornchildren, solve domestic problems, cure cancer and putfears in the minds of their followers to keep themsubservient.One of these self styled Sant Babas, not with usanymore, has claimed in his autobiography that hemade Gold by melting different metals while he was inprison. Forgetting that Gold is an element and cannot bemade, had he been alive he would have been the firstand only “Sant” who would have been awarded theNoble Prize for making Gold. Defying all scientificlogics his followers still believe that he did make Goldby mixing different metals.No man can serve two masters at the same time, theCreator and these Sadhs. A naked person cannot dropanything, we are all beggars and we beseech supplicateGod for directions to get salvation; then what a beggarcan give to another beggar? But it is not Guru Banithese Sant Baba’s are interested in, it is all about whatmiracle they can perform in private and meaninglessHoo-Ha and how they hypnotize gullible with the loudscreeching and deafening sounds of their musicalinstruments in which nothing really religious, they say,can be heard or understood. They narrate fictitious talltales about our Gurus, their travels and miracles theyperformed and expect our youngsters to believe them.Gone are the days when parents instead of telling thetruth about their birth could tell their children, “thefairies brought you to us”. That may be alright until thechild grows up and begins to ask who the fairies are andwants to be shown one and then we have to makesomewhat embarrassing confession that there are nofairies. These days children ask questions and want anhonest and true answer. The same applies to the talltale stories about our Gurus.There is only one Gurubani and it is erroneous and theircynical view to claim that there can be manyinterpretations of the same Gurbani. They havedelusions of grandeurs and an arrogant concept of thesuperiority of their knowledge of Guru Bani and claimto have an exclusive franchise on its interpretation.And in this state of mind, of misguided religiousegotism , they forget that to claim spiritual authority tointerpret Guru Bani the way it was intended to be bythose who wrote it (our Gurus), one have to have thesame Divine vision and mental intuition as our Gurushad which unfortunately they don’t have. From thescandalous stories we hear and read every day in theNews papers, of their lecherous behaviour, molestationand sexual advances towards those left under theircare, one can only conclude that for most of them thepursuit of carnal pleasure is their only profession.They are sexual vampires and dazzle their victims withtheir assumed spirituality and holiness.They are no holy men as they pretend and we have inAustralia innocent victims of the sexual abuses ofone well known Sadh (who is well known here aswell), who, to satisfy his lust, performed the marriageof one of his devotees, a young boy, with his ownbeloved disciple in a hotel in Bombay and the next dayafter the marriage sent this boy to work in one of hisDeras in Australia and kept his wife for himself andfathered two of her children. They claim that thechildren are of Guru Nanak’s. We used to hearabout the children of Christ but now we have childrenof Guru Nanak as well. This pseudo Sadh has beenbarred from entering or setting up his Deras in somecountries.They are the ones who tarnish the image of the Sikhsand Sikhi. They never uphold their hypocritical oaththey take during their Amrit ceremony and feel noqualms in telling lies in pursuit of material gain. Onedoesn’t have to look any further to find corruption,cheating and hypocrisy, flouting the core doctrine ofSikhi of these people than your own experience of theSant Babas who visit your Gurudwaras regularly. Webrought two Gianis, at different times, from India. Thefirst left us and cheated Gurudwara of $18,000.00. Thesecond cheated not only the Gurudwara out of$17,000.00 but his followers as well, denied he hadever borrowed money and then filed for bankruptcy.We got another one, a family man; he broke hiscontract and is now living with his new girl friend inanother town, so we are told.Annha Aggu Jay Theia Sab Saath BahayReligious nomenclatureFollowers of a religion who follow the teachings oftheir religions are known as such. A Musalman is aperson who practices the teachings of Islam religion,as written in Quran founded by prophet Mohammed; aChristian is a person who follows the teachings of theK. T. F. of N. A. Inc. 3524 Rocky Ridge Way, El Dorado Hills, CA. 95762 23
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