Sikh Virsa Epaper Calgary September 2021

Aurangzeb and Guru Gobind Singh’s life
long struggle with Aurangzeb and his
administrators. This could have saved
thousands of innocent lives.
Why did Gurus not recite Ardas to
do sarbat da bhala?
Why did Guru Gobind Singh not recite
Ardas during the siege of
Anandpur sahib, in the battles of
C h a m k a u r
and Khidraney dee Dhaab?
Why did Guru Gobind Singh
not recite Ardas to stop the
flood in Sarsa rivulet(Nadi) or
lower the water level?
Why did Baba Banda
Singh Bhadur not recite Ardas
during the siege of Gurdas
Nangal?
In 1947, why did no one
recite Ardas to save more than
million innocent lives?
In 1984, thousands innocent
Sikhs (men, women and children)
were murdered by the Indian army and
police, why did no Sikh religious leader
or the sangat recite Ardas to save their lives?
There is lot of poverty,
sickness and hunger in the developing
countries, why did our Gurduaras sangat not
do Ardas for them to have better life?
There are lot of wild fires, floods, crimes,
earthquakes, hurricanes and other disasters
in the world, why did the Sikh Sangat not
recite Ardas to stop them?
Why not who believe that Ardas is very
powerful when recited by the sangat in the
form of ‘Collective Energy’ perform Ardas
to establish Peace and Happiness in the
world?
The above questions clearly indicate that
Sikh Gurus rejected the idea of special prayer
or Ardas. They believed in Akal Purkh
(Creator) & did not interfere with his Laws
of Nature/ Cosmic Law (Hukam). As Guru
Nanak said in Jap bani Sacha sahib saach
naye…the Creator exists perma-nently, his
naye (Hukam) is permanent as well. It means
the Creator never changes his Hukam, under
any circumstances or for anybody. In
21st century of science and technology, It is
a common knowledge that all creation in the
universe is continuously changing, such as
weather or climate which never stay the
same.
The scientists studied the Cosmic Law/
Laws of Nature (Hukam) and made
wonderful inventions. These inventions
brought industrial and technological
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revolution for the betterment of the humanity.
They are such as: Telecommunications,
Transportation, Information Technology,
For Guru
Nanak, the God
is Universal Truth,
Knowledge (Sabad)
and Treasure of Virtues,
understandable through
wisdom and discerning
intellect( bibek buddhi).
Sikhism is based upon
reason, truth, relevance,
purpose, facts and
logic. Guru Nanak
rejected the
thousands years
old belief
system.
Medical Science( diagnostic procedures and
therapeutic agents), Agriculture (farming,
livestock and food processing), Space
exploration, Social Media and much more.
The countries who took advantages of these
inventions are controlling the world (2).
For Guru Nanak, the God is Universal
Truth, Knowledge (Sabad) and Treasure of
Virtues, understandable through wisdom and
discerning intellect( bibek buddhi). Sikhism
is based upon reason, truth, relevance,
purpose, facts and logic. Guru Nanak
rejected the thousands year old belief system.
Today, Sikh religious institutions(
Gurduaras), religious leaders(SGPC),
Taksals, Deradars, Babas, Sants and some
Sikh organizations are actually promoting
the belief system. Ignorance stimulate
belief system, which in turn encourage
rituals. Where as Knowledge discourage
belief system and the person becomes
ritual free. The interesting point is, that,
all these people who believe in ”belief
system” are enjoying the full benefits of
science and technology themselves, but
they preach against it to the innocent Sikh
sangat.
My personal belief that Guru Nanak
(1469-1539) was perhaps the first
philosopher the world ever produced with
such a discerning intellect (bibek buddhi).
His contemporary Polish mathematician and
astronomer Copernicus (1473-1543) placed
the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of
the universe, was way behind Guru Nanak
in his perception of vastness of cosmos (3).
The sad part is that Guru Nanak was born in
dark and dead India instead of being born in
Renaissance Europe. What a waste; what a
tragedy; how shameful!
Conclusion: The countries or societies
who studied he Cosmic Law/ Laws of Nature
(Hukam) are enjoying the full benefits of
their inventions and sharing with rest of the
world such as: Telecommuni-cations,
Transportation, Information Technology,
Space exploration and International Space
Station for further research and development
etc. However, Sikh religious institutions
(Gurduaras), leadership (SGPC) and the Sikh
clergy are working towards changing the
Laws of Nature with prayers like Ardas. How
embarrassing!
Sikhism is considered most modern
religion in the world, but the way it is
practiced, seems very outdated. What a
shame!
My personnel suggestion
to Sikh community, invest in Education
instead of religion ( for example building
bigger & more Gurduaras). Education will
help our youth to compete
with rest of world. I would like to remind
every Sikh living in Canada about Principle
Teja Singh. He was an academic, applied
his wisdom and intellect to lobby Canadian
government on behalf of Sikhs at that
time. One thing for sure, he did not use Ardas
as a tool for his success in this mission. He
is the reason, we all are enjoying better life
in Canada today.
I would like to request Sikh community
members who believe in belief system to
change their conscious wisdom (inner
transformation) rather than changing the
Laws of Nature. This would be only achieved
by understanding Gurbani principles.
I would like to thank Harpreet Singh and
Bibi Baljit Kaur for their discussion on
“Importance of Ardas” which in turn
motivated me to write this article.
References: Baldev Singh; Gurmat,
Guru Nanak’s Path of Enlightenment; First
edition 2015.
Moninder Singh; Realizing Hukam;
Singh Sabha Canada, May 17,2018.
Hardev Singh Sherrgill; The Sikh
Bulletin; Editorial, March-April 2017.
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Sikh Virsa, Calgary 90. September 2021