HOW EUROPE IS INDEBTED TO THE SIKHS ? - Global Sikh Studies

political power must act like a spiritual person. A saint and soldiers are
one unit in a Sikh. A king must be a saint in his heart. For a Sikh,
politics must be practised in accordance with spiritual ethics. For a
Sikh Miri (temporal) and Piri (transcendental) are one and this concept
is not "unity" of both but it is "oneness". It is "Miri-Piri" and not "Mm
and Pin".
19. A Sikh always makes prayers for the welfare of the whole of the
humanity. A Sikh must not make prayers for himself or for his family.
A Sikh's prayer is always national and rather universal and not
personal or individual. If a Sikh makes a prayer for his own health,
economic prosperity, personal peace of mind, progress of self or
family, he is performing an act against Sikh fundamentals. A Sikh
does not pray even for his own people. It must always for the whole of
humanity.
20. A Sikh is essentially a "saint". The word "saint" (Sant}., as it is
being used for cult leaders or so-called missionaries, is a misnomer.
They are using it to fool the Sikhs in particular and common people in
general. In Sikhism, a saint is the one who meditates in the Name of
the Almighty daily before beginning one's job/routine. One who does
not meditate is better a dead person. Remembering the Almighty is not
the mere recitation of hymns. To recite, to understand and try to live
one's life according to hymns is real meditation. To live a Truthful
Life, in accordance with spiritual ethics, is also meditation. A Sikh
must always remember God in his heart of hearts twenty-four hours a
day.
A Sikh's life, the Sikh ethics, the Sikh culture, the Sikh way of
life is
based oh these points. A Sikh need not renounce this world to achieve
liberation (self-realisation). A Sikh can achieve liberation in this life
while performing his regular routine. Sikhism is a religion of
practical Me (pragmatism). Sikhism is not a theoretical concept,
which can not be put into practice. Sikhism is no ritual-ism. It has, in
its embrace, the welfare of the brotherhood, community, nation and
whole of the world. Superman may be a fictitious character but if it is
possible to have an superman on this earth, a Sikh can surely be called
such a superman.
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