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The Sikh Bulletin The Sikh Bulletin swvx 535 July 2003 <siqguuuuuuuur pRRRswid ] is`K bulytn The Sikh Bulletin A Voice of Concerned Sikhs World Wide July 2003 swvx 535 nwnkSwhI [email protected] Volume 5, Number 7 Published by: Khalsa Tricentennial Foundation of N.A. Inc; Sikh Center Roseville, 201 Berkeley Ave, Roseville, CA 95678. Fax (916) 773-6784 Khalsa Tricentennial Foundation of N.A. Inc. is a religious tax exempt California Corporation. In This Issue/qqkrw Editorial................................................................ .1 EDITORIAL Was God Invented or Discovered………………...3 SIKH COMMUNITY AND ITS FUTURE Hukamnama of Akal Takhat Sahib……………….4 Hukamnama or Biparnama………………………..5 Guru Nanak conveyed the massage from waheguru to the world in very Who is Tankhaiya? ………...……………………..8 simple terms. He said, let your life be one of praise of the Word (Nam), A Day in the Life of Jathedar Joginder Singh Charity (Dan), Ablution (Ishnan), Service (Sewa), and Prayer (Simran). Vedanti in USA……………………………………9 Whosoever makes this his/her life’s mission will be saved. Yet, this simple Bharti Mukherjee: A Propagandist………………10 message, because of self centered thinking and interpretation of Gurbani Sikhs Do Not Spread AIDS……………………...12 Sikh Scholars From USA and Canada …………..13 generated by many schools, sects, and sant/baba deras over the centuries Bodies oppose Sewa by Women…………………15 has resulted in a veritable labyrinth of legends, traditions, and complex Akhand Kirtani Jatha’s Stand, Denial of History..15 doctrines. What was meant to be a simple solution to the complicated Distortion of Sikh History…………………….…16 problems of life has resulted in a religious and philosophical system that is Nanakshahi Calendar………………………….…18 beyond the comprehension of most people. The average follower of Why the Nanak Shahi Calendar?……………..….19 Sikhism has become preoccupied with relics and rituals. Such practices Clergy Exonerates Badal……………………...…20 and rituals connected with them have become too deep rooted in the Sikh jQyydwr jooooooooooooooigNdr iNsG jI nUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN suuuuuuuuuuJwv………………….23 way of thinking that they are accepted as unspoken truth. Often it is very pNQ ivroooooooooooooDI jQyydwr……………………………..…..24 difficult to talk to a Sikh about the simple truth that Guru Nanak taught, DrmSwlw qOOoooooN hirmMdr ikvyN bixAw……………….…25 because the concept has become so foreign to him. kibXoooooooooooooo bwc byynqI ] cOOOOOOOOOOpeI ]………………………27 Letters To The Editor ........................................ ..30 Unlike Hinduism, Sikhism is rooted in history and not mythology. Yet Book Page ......................................................... ..32 history is not immune to distortions and revisions. We have been witnessing revision of Sikh history and misinterpretation of Sikh Editor in Chief philosophy as a matter of official policy of the Government of India. Hardev Singh Shergill Distortions and misinterpretation of Gurubani have been made easier by Editorial Board the enthusiastic and willing cooperation of Sant/Babas, various Sects Avtar Singh Dhami emphasizing symbols to define Sikhi, post 1984 Dam Dami Taksal, and Gurpal Singh Khaira many well meaning but misguided idealists. Regardless of differences within the Sikh community, we all agreed that Shri Guru Granth Sahib Production Associates was the only eternal Guru of the Sikhs. Now with the promotion of the Amarjit Singh Padda so called Dasam Granth to the level of Guru and doing parkash Jasnain Singh alongside Shri Guru Granth Sahib at two of the five revered Sikh The Sikh Bulletin is distributed free around the Takhats, there appears to be no common feature of Sikh Dharma. World. All you have to do is ask. We invite offers of help in disribution in other countries. Like Hinduism, Sikhism today has become such a fluid religious ideas, Please note our new e-mail adderess beliefs, cults etc. that it is next to impossible to say what Sikhi is, where it [email protected] begins and where it ends. Conformity to the dictates of the Sant/Babas or founders of sects rather than the ideology enshrined in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib has become the criterion for defining the true Sikh. The The views expressed by the authors are their intellectuals within the community have presented the biggest own. Please send the feedback and inputs to: disappointment in the recent past. Some of them have their own agendas to [email protected] promote and glorify concepts such as sehajdhari or some other type of Our Website: sikhbulletin.sadapunjab.com Sikhs. Those who retired from scientific fields are fond of calling The Sikh Center Roseville, 201 Berkeley Ave, Roseville, CA. 95678 1 The Sikh Bulletin swvx 535 July 2003 themselves Sikh Scholars. They pride in coining new words While I recommend to continue to aggressively expose anti and phrases to interpret Gurbani. They engage in intellectual Sikh practices, deliberate distortion of Sikh history, and gymnastic in the name of research and Sikh studies. misinterpretation of Gurbani, Sikhs need to focus bulk of their energies and resources to actively educate Sikh public N. G. Barrier reviewed the literature from the Singh Sabha about Sikh ideals and Sikh way of life as enshrined in Shri movement period and summarized the objectives of the Guru Granth sahib. The primary source of Sikh ideology is reformers. These were a) Elimination of non Sikh elements Shri Guru Granth Sahib and all else is secondary support from the Sikh customs, b) Defining and maintaining Sikh material. Sikhs must learn not to make petty issues as religious boundaries, c) Sikh identity, d) Cultivating sense of prestige or honor/dishonor affairs for the whole community. Sikh community and strengthening it against internal and external threats, e) Service for the panth. They were the brave The Lofty goals of the Singh Sabha International can be the individuals who stood up and rose to the challenge of blue print the Sikh community can use to prepare the agenda successfully defending Sikh way of life against the onslaught for community development programs. I propose the of Christian missionaries and Hindu revivalist movement following for serious consideration: ‘Arya Samaj’. However, like all Sikh movements through out 1. Set up a Sikh Health Care Foundation in North the history organized effort disintegrates in disunity before America to build and run hospitals in rural Punjab. the victory is completely sealed. It is important to know what 2. Set up a Sikh Educational Foundation in North is the other people’s assessment of the Sikh community. A America to recruit Khalsa Schools and Colleges in Punjab. Sikh reacts to actual or perceived external threat and wants to Those willing to adopt standards of the foundation will be tackle the problem single handedly without regard to the provided generous financial support. effects of his actions on the community. Sardar Kapur Singh 3. Create a Sikh Economic Development Foundation in ICS records on page 19 of his famous book Sachi Sakhi what North America to help needy Sikh communities in their Sir Fazal Hussain wrote in 1925 for private circulation of economic advancement. A case in point the Sikligar and Muslim political intellectuals. Banjara communities. (See SB April 2003 ). 4. Establish Sikh missionary college in North America to “Hindu considers political matters and their implications train English-speaking Granthis who are truly indoctrinated years ahead. Musalman tries to tackle them just in time. But in Sikh fundamentals. Sikh never think of them unless the time is actually past and 5. Promote Sikh Sewa Dal to teach young Sikhs the Sikhi the matter is well settled. The Sikh brain is intoxicated and ideal of service to humanity by developing projects in rural obscured with the memory that once they ruled over Punjab, Punjab. and they quite forget that the tail of the Sikh lion has been 6. Create Sikh Think Tank to purge all Sikh historical twisted by the British.” literature of all sakhis and stories, which are contradictory to the Sikh fundamental principles. It would appear that the tail of the Sikh lion is now being twisted by the majority community in India as it has never Doing nothing will be the death sentence for the Sikh been twisted before. community. In closing, I am reminded of the 1998 Visakhi celebration at Alhambra Gurudwara. A sincerely dedicated While the Singh Sabha disintegrated, Arya Samaj went on to clean-shaven young Sikh recited a poem. He detailed the develop and strengthen at the grass root level by opening community’s failures and lack of foresight. He started and finest schools, colleges and hospitals. Sikhs sing the glory of finished his poem with the following verse: the past, disregard the realities of present and ignore the “Lakh Lahnat hai sardaran nu” future. This lack of foresight element of the Sikh character (Hundred thousand shames to Sikhs) was greatly expounded by A. E. Barstow in his 1928 book, This verse will truly express every body’s sentiments if the ‘The Sikhs, An Ethnology”: Sikhs failed to take action to strengthen the community’s future. Gurpal Singh Khaira, USA “…Always asserts personal freedom as against communal or tribal control, more strongly than any other class. He has ***** neither prudence nor is he gifted with foresight, rarely can he ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF SSI foresee, nor does he care about effects of his actions…” Annual Conference of Singh Sabha International will be held on If the Sikh community is to survive in the modern world it August 1st and 2nd, 2003 at Sikh Centre Roseville, California. Registration will begin at 09:00 AM and proceedings at 10:00 AM. will have to foresee that without developing ways and means Those who subscribe to the SSI agenda above and objectives to impart Sikh values at the grass root level, it will cease to published in the April 2003 issue of SB are invited to participate. exist. Elimination of Sant/Baba deras, the Taksals, and sects Hardev Singh Shergill, Secretary General from within the community will not save the community.
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