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This clearly that you are not a Sikh. Invoke the help of other Matas ( hindu goddess) to to stick your chosen religion( Hinduism).

Can you tell us your fairy tale of hindu "amrit." How on earth can you compare that to Guru Gobind Singh's AMRIT!

Had arti with divas been correct, Guru Nanak would not have composed Arti.

Nothing to do with phobia. If one is a Sikh he/she will not believe in any pakands/fasts/vaanshs/artis with divas etc.

H ha ha. Singh123456777777 is also going to change his name to shri shri kumar123456777 too after doing the arti with divas.

I can only laugh at your immaturity and lack of thinking ability. Hindu concept of Amrit has nothing to do with Amrit which was started by Guru Gobind Singh.

Get some help to get a better understanding of how to comprehend simple stuff. In your little shallow world hindu amrit can be compared to Guru Gobind Singh's amrit.

I suggest you become a Sikh first and follow the Sikh Rehat Maryada.

Pen Jee, first of all, forgive yourself. Your past was a lesson to learn and not to be repeated again, secondly, it is not a life sentence to be carried as a burden on your head. In His darbar, only forgiveness and love are showered constantly. He can never judge anyone, for if He was to do so, nobody could have a place to hide away, that is to our benefit, of Him not being judgemental. Now onwards look forward for His Jot, through keertan, katha, and bhakti, to guide you and protect you from any downfall, even then, get up as many times as needed, after all our battle with the mind is like a tennis match, we should respònd back strongly to the mind, until it looses the match, but the thing is, in any case we should not give up. Stay blessed. Sat Sree Akal

This your unfulfilled desire is not killing you, it is just a strong temptation of your mind. Rather I would say, you are brave by resisting it, keep resisting it and handle yourself to Wahiguru to give you inner strenghth But If you ever allow yourself to this paap, then for sure you will destroy your atma in the purgatory realms. Know the trickery nature of the mind and face it bravely. It first creates the wrong desires, then when one falls prey to them, then it makes one feel guilty, in the mean time a karam is made, for which one will have to pay by being strongly chained in the wheel of births and deaths, thus its assignated job is accomplished. We as sikhs, have to be brave, for we have Him with us. Knbowing this we should fight with all our powers until our last breath, to not commit any such bad karam, for which we may feel shame to show our face to Him. Stay blessed. Sat Sree Akal.

And you make sure you do all the pakhands of your loved religion( Hinduism), especially fasting on Karvachauth and doing Surya pooja Chaand pooja and all other poojas Hindus do( arti with lamps etc. etc.)

There’s definitely an issue in the way we’re raising our females. Because out of all the girls from the diaspora, it’s Sikh girls that marry out with Muslims the most. This trend is becoming far too noticeable to ignore. Why are our females in the West, especially in the UK, marrying Muslims? I mean if they’re bent on marrying out then why not white Christians, or Punjabi Hindus? Why is it mostly Muslims? I can only attribute it to one thing and that is the parents. I personally think when our elders demonize Muslims, which by the way is rightly done - we have suffered too greatly at their hands, then the Muslim becomes a forbidden thing for the Sikh youth. When a parent tells their child that he/she cannot marry a Muslim at all, they realize that’s what they can’t have. And human psychology works in a way that you want to have what you can’t have, and so their ultimate act of rebellion becomes marrying a Muslim. And I think because of the frequent interactions Sikhs have with Muslims in the UK, and given that Muslims are found everywhere in the major cities of the UK, Sikh parents have to ingrain this rule of not marrying with Muslims sternly. Whereas in the US/Canada, we’re usually told it’s white people we can’t marry, and it’s not so surprising that when North American Sikhs do marry out, it’s usually with a white partner. So what I’m trying to get at is that perhaps parents shouldn’t even bring up Muslims, but that’s hard for us Sikhs, because so much of our latter history is intertwined with them. So how can we prevent ingraining in our children that Muslims are a forbidden fruit, that they have to have. I think it personally comes down to teaching them about the religion’s corrupted morality and the history of Muhammad.

Why the need to make it public and what is the Guardian's agenda?

Like many concepts in Sikhi such as Miri -Piri or being a Sant-Sipahi, there is a question of balance. Two completely diametrically opposed things used in unison. This is something that must apply in this instance also. I find that in this Universe that there seems to be a push and pull factors that seem to be contradict each other but are very complementary when used together. If Sikhs want to do good in the world and for mankind then they cannot help the world if there are fewer and fewer Sikhs until there are no Sikhs left. However, if you put yourself first then you are better equipped to see humanity. Even selfishness and selflessness are not mutually exclusive.

HIndus also have amrit, you're saying we should stop doing stuff because Hindus do it. So please enlighten me. As usual you do nothing but run your mouth. Honestly, the least you can do is form conjugate sentences so they are at-least semi comprehensible.

Tell that to all the other Sikhs who don't fit your narrow-minded rigid definition of what a Sikh is as well. It's people like you who turn others away from Sikhi because you continue to attempt to dissolve any and all practises you deem to be anti-Sikh or Hindu which have in fact been around since the advent of Sikhi. Keep your wishy-washy reform faith to yourself. If you are what constitutes a Sikh then I'd rather not be be one. ਮਾ ਸਰਸਵਤੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਤੇ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਤੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਨੁਕਸ ਕੱਢੇ

Pray to God to give you some sense to understand simple stuff. Hope below helps Aarti and Sikh Maryada The Panthic Sikh Rehit Maryada, the official Sikh Code of Conduct, states: ਸ) ਉਪਰ ਦੱਸੇ ਸਾਮਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਧੂਪ ਜਾਂ ਦੀਵੇ ਮਚਾ ਕੇ ਆਰਤੀ ਕਰਨੀ, ਭੋਗ ਲਾਉਣਾ, ਜੋਤਾਂ ਜਗਾਉਣੀਆਂ, ਟੱਲ ਖੜਕਾਉਣੇ ਆਦਿ ਕਰਮ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ[ ਹਾਂ, ਸਥਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਗੰਧਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਫੁੱਲ, ਧੂਪ ਆਦਿ ਸੁਗੰਧੀਆਂ ਵਰਤਣੀਆਂ ਵਿਵਰਜਿਤ ਨਹੀਂ[ ਕਮਰੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਰੌਸ਼ਨੀ ਲਈ ਤੇਲ,ਘੀ ਜਾਂ ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ, ਬਿਜਲੀ, ਲੈਂਪ ਆਦਿ ਜਗਾ ਲੈਣੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ[ d. Anything except the afore-mentioned reverential ceremonies, for instance, such practices as the Aarti (waving of a platter with burning lamps and incense set in it in vertical circular motion) with burning incense and lamps, offerings of eatables to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, burning of lights, beating of gongs, etc., is contrary to Gurmat (the Guru's way). However, for the perfuming of the place, the use of flowers, incense and scent is not barred. For light inside the room, oil or butter-oil lamps, candles, electric lamps, kerosene oil lamps, etc., may he lighted. In the same spirit, Sant Gurbachan Singh Bhindranwale, a Gurbani scholar and saint, clearly explains what Aarti means in the Sikh religion in 'Gurbaani Paath Darpan'. In chapter of Akhand Paath maryada, page 168, Sant Ji writes: ਆਰਤੀ ੳਚਾਰਨੀ, ਦੀਵੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਾਲਣੇ,ਕੇਵਲ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਪੜਨੇ ਅਤੇ ਕੀਰਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ, ਫਿਰ ਕੜਾਹ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਦ ਵੰਡਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਖੁੱਲਾ ਲੰਗਰ ਕਰਨਾ। "Do Aarti, don't light lamps, only read Shabads of Aarti and Do Kirtan, then distribute Karah Parshad and have open Langar."

We don't do Arti with divas. Full stop.

Absolutely agree with this post. But the problem is that in Western countries, like the US/UK, its hard to have large families living in the same region due to work and financial differences. I think its one thing to be surrounded by fellow Sikhs, but another to be surrounded by family. So its possible to live in a Sikh area in the West, but its very difficult to surround yourself with family. That's why you have Islamic sexual grooming cases happening with Sikh girls so often in the UK. Also, having plenty of siblings is a must. Not only for Sikh population growth, but also for companions that help/protect/share with you. Children with multiple siblings are far less vulnerable to converting out than a single child for example.

Jeez, are we now going to do away with amrit too? Because Hindus did it too?

You forgot to say...Sri Raam Jai Raam Jai Jai Raam. I've come up with a new organisation: KSS - Khalsa Suryavanshi Sena - Army of the Pure Suryavanshi. It sounds awfully like another organisation we know of, nevermind, would you like to join anyway?

I think you misunderstood my post. Why are you so Hinduphobic?

Brother Guest Jee, this much I can tell you : "Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times, and good times. If you are going through hard times have faith that good times are on the way." First of all accept yourself as you are, do not try to run away as a coward, for if you stand with courage and hope in Wahiguru´s wisdom and potence, you have nothing to fear. Nobody is perfect, not all have some conditions nor surroundings, so no matter wherever you are now, keep on fighting with your negative tendencies, one day, no matter how long it may take, you will win for sure. But if you do any nonsense as you said above with suicidal thoughts, then for sure you are a culprit a wrongdoer, for Wahiguru gave you this human life to fight as a brave sikh, and with His kirpa return to Him. So if you do any nonsense, you will be drowned in the wheel of endless births and deaths, who knows, when ill you get a human life again, moreover, if you do not make the best of it now, what guarantee is there, that you will be better after? You have taken the first step of your uplifting as a human being, by being aware of you bad habits, it will take you time and determination to get up, in the meanwhile, you may fall down again several times, but nevertheless, do not give up. For as long as you breathe to your end, keep fighting, keep fighting as a sikh with the sword of your will power, and the shield of His grace, which is more than enough, to fight the evil. Stay blessed at all times. Sat Sree Akal.

Marriage, escorts, online pornography, philandering "with a gori" is not going to improve anything. You're dealing with sexual addiction, and even if you were to marry, and by the way no one should marry just to satisfy their sexual needs, its not going to fix the addiction. In fact I've heard of many marriages get destroyed due to partners being sexually addicted. You need to get to the root of the problem, which is your mentality. Your constantly thinking about sex because you aren't busy enough. Easy way to break away from all of this is to get busy, and I mean real busy. Burn yourself out each and every day, but do it with meaning and purpose. Define a purpose, apart from a religious one, in your life. What do you want to be in 10 years? Work towards that goal. I'm currently working towards becoming a physician, and day in and day out it's what keeps me going. I suggest you find a life goal, a major goal, and work towards it. Get off the Internet, its a great informative world, but its hell as well! Limit your Internet usage, or whatever outlet that you get your sexual material from, limit it and then cut it off completely. You mentioned you were visiting webcams at night, well maybe you need to tire yourself out so you aren't up at night browsing webcams. Go to the gym, work on your body, tire yourself out so that the only thing you're doing at night is sleeping. I'll just end off by saying that you will fail the first few times because you're addicted. And any addiction can't be cut off immediately, it takes time. You're gonna have to gradually cut off the porn consumption, and trust me, when you do that, all those sexual thoughts that cloud your mind will clear out. Put your focus to somewhere productive. And as far as Sikhi and meditation goes, when you feel most vulnerable, read Gurbani. It'll not only distract you but inspire you to control your kaam. Another thing where you said if you "let it out with a gori" is not going to fix any thing. Stop fetishizing white women, blonde women, women in general, and sexual pleasure isn't something that can be satiated, it has to be kept under check. So keep it under check!

Or some of them go like I wish sk and so could die and get stuck with bad luck....

My understanding far exceeds yours, of that I'm sure. You were the one getting triggered and upset over the fact that Divas are Hindu, So if being Hindu means it shouldn't be done then lets stop doing Amrit Sanchars, since AMRIT is also a concept in Hinduism. Why stop there, Lets go through everything in our history and edit it so you don't have a panic attack over the fact that Sikhs, like all faiths in the world have overlaps everywhere. Hinduism has overlaps in everything, and everything has overlaps in Hinduism.

Sant Baba Gurbachan Singh ji saying not to do aarti with candles is a valid point. He says to contemplate over aarti, read Gurbani and do kirtan. The Nihang Singh kathavachaks like Giani Sher Singh have immense respect for Sant ji's writings and katha. They have learned directly from them. Giani Sher Singh has said today the khalsa Panth is wearing the kirpan as a janeu (Brahman thread). Sant ji also says to keep a jot when Akhand Paath is happening. Before passing judgement on a Gurmukh. Listen and read what he has to say.

After reading that sentence he'll probably end up like this..

Those two documents are not representative of the Sikh Panth by any means. If they were, most Sikhs would not be considered 'Sikh'. Guess Hazoor Sahib, Patna Sahib, and ALL the traditional Sampardas are idiots hey. Many things they claim to be contrary to Gurmat in SRM are done by majority of Gurdwaras I have been to so I guess they're not Sikh by its logic either. I suggest you read the document in the link I provided. Here it is again: https://www.scribd.com/doc/183005595/Arati-Arata-by-Dr-Kamalroop-Singh-Akali-Nihang-pdf

Go and see a counseller immediately. It's very important. Many say they can deal with problems alone but we're very fortunate to have counsellers and psychiatrists who can talk us through things and professionally help us to heal. Alot of Sikhs fall and rise again and you probably don't hear about it. Don't beat yourself up about it, the past is the past. Ask for forgiveness and u are forgiven, He loves us unconditionally and just because we may not recognize His presence, he is always right here, staring us straight in the face, 24/7. He hears Every prayer we make whether loud or quiet. Admit your shortcomings and give up your stress(fears). Relax, breathe, go for a walk in nature, go for a swim, a massage and de-stress. But most importantly Go and see a COUNSELLER.

I think one aspect we may be ignoring is the social structures in our grandparents (the 1947 generation ) and parents (1984 generation). Strong immediate family ties and strong extended family ties. Large large families with lots of chachas tayeas bhuas fufars mamas mamis. Several dozen cousins closer than present day siblings. Plus the village pind structure acting like one big family. There simply was no room for abandoning sikhi. I think we need to bring back our big family structure. We all need to contribute ? The smaller our families. The more isolated and prone to disseention.

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Tell them He is the Lord himself, He is not bound by anything, His wish is Hukum for us, we as sikhs, do not even ever question such nonsense. Seriously, these people are so much marriage oriented and all that nonsense , that they are not at all interested in the teachings, but, to create controversy and doubts. Pen jee I strongly recomend you, you to stay away from their sangat, they are no good for us, nor any others as well. You can see their responsibility in the huge problems in the world, as of hatred, violence, disrespect to women, wars, terrorism, backward in education and progress, anyone under their influence, is blocked in time , space, and above all, evolution as spiritual beings. They drag humanity to the level of ego, madness, and beasts. Once again, stay away from their company, for if they really respected you, they would dare not ask you such a foolish and a wicked question.

Guest believer Pen Jee, 1) Do not fear at telling them the truth, for you are not joining any cult, but, the path of spirituality, the reality for which any religion looks for, but that reality is realized through Sikhee alone. 2) Well sister, we are all weak and dumb, one can never ever become strong just like that, there is no magic stick so to say. To really become strong, one needs to associate oneself with the True strong being, which is none other than Wahiguru Akal Purukh. Just do the simran of Wahiguru, Wahiguru, and you will be surrounded by His kirpa, which has manifold blessings on us human beings. One is strong, when there is no mind, and the mind can only be defeated, by His potence, through His simran. Stay blessed. Sat Sree Akal.

All ardaas gets replied. However because of our karams , sometimes we don't get the message.

Mainly because the Sikh knows whatto ask for. Other people with scattered minds ask for their good. A Gursikh asks for sarbat fha bhala. God can simply not refuse such a request.

There is a prophesy that they will multiply and rule the earth. Then they will fight amongst themselves and kill every one of their own kind. Then it will be the turn of the Khalsa to take over.

adding to what @Singh123456777 is saying, Guru Sahib didn't just welcome Sikhs into his family (the Khalsa) he also gave them the crest of the Suryavash too, Sikhs were instructed to say that was their Lineage after taking Amrit.

Ah, I see. She's probably doing it because it's meaningless and because this one small step is going to bring a whole lot of benefits. I don't believe their baptism is like Sikhi baptism.

Some years ago, our faith had this too. My mum and dad had amrit before they were married. However most people are not anble to keep rehet as Married life Is busy and requires lots of adjustments. Now the Giani jis would not bother suggesting It at all. Whats the point of taking amrit whenyou are doing It not purely for your true love for Guru ji but just vecause You are getting married Its n

How do you make the number one disappear? The more it is, the less you can see. What is it? It has 4 legs, but can not walk. What can you catch but not throw? Which is the most curious letter?

Do not forget that all the shaheedees In Sikh history have been caused by their bizarre need to become the sole religion

No but close. He was part of the Adi Brahmo Smaj. Nonetheless, a name change cannot be warranted.

Why is Diwali Important To Sikhs? The Third Sikh Teacher, Guru Amar Das institutionalized this as one of the special days when all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings at Goindwal. In 1577 the foundation stone of The Golden Temple was laid on Diwali. The Diwali festival took place during the life of the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind Sahib. The Muslim Emperor Jahengir, imprisoned the Guru and 52 Kings.The Emperor ruled India at this time. The Asian Indians begged the Emperor to release the Guru and the Emperor agreed but the Gurus said also release the kings. Guru ji had a gown made with 52 string pieces for the Hindus to hold. The Guru and the Hindu kings were also freed at Diwali, Sikhs were very happy when their leader was released. Guru Hargobind Sahib went to the Golden Temple Amritsar in the Punjab. Sikh Diwali is recalled throughout India and in many countries; each year to remember Guru ji's release. At Diwali we worship the religious freedom for Sikhs and this is why Diwali is called the Light Festival. As Guru's Mother was full of happiness that her son was released she ordered food and sweets and gave them to everyone. The worshippers float multi-coloured light candles on the water at the Golden Temple. The gurdwara, hold a grand fireworks display. http://www.elsiegurdwara.org/Diwali.pdf

Well said Tiger.

What is so difficult to understand that the Christian school refused the boy to wear a turban and the family had to fight a legal battle to drum some sense in the school's authorities.

Had it not been a problem, it wouldn't have made it to the news. The family took the case to the tribunal and won. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/09/19/we-are-pleased-religious-freedom-alive-melbourne-sikh-boy-wins-right-wear-turban

Real Sikhs have no caste.

Gurbani has an answer for non Sikhs like you ( stop pretending to be a Sikh, you are just a casteist mindset ignorant individual who has no understanding of Sikhi. Those having the false pride of caste are called "fool" and "ignorant" in the Gurbani. To put it otherwise, as the Gurbani indicates, those who practice caste distinction and feel pride of their belief in Jaat-Paat are foolish and spiritually ignorant beings. ਜਾਤਿ ਕਾ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕਰਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਗਵਾਰਾ ॥ ਇਸੁ ਗਰਬ ਤੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਚਾਰੇ ਵਰਨ ਆਖੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਿੰਦ ਤੇ ਸਭ ਓਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥ ਮਾਟੀ ਏਕ ਸਗਲ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਭਾਂਡੇ ਘੜੈ ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰਾ ॥੩॥ ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਦੇਹੀ ਕਾ ਆਕਾਰਾ ॥ ਘਟਿ ਵਧਿ ਕੋ ਕਰੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੪॥: Jaat kaa garab n kar moorakh gavaaraa. Is garab te chalahi bahut vikaaraa ||1||Rahaaou||...: Do not be proud of your (higher or ਉੱਚੀ) Jaati, you ignorant fool! So much Bikaar comes from this pride. ||1||Rahaaou|| Every one says there are four Varan (four social classes or caste - Brahmin, Khatri, Vaish, Shoodar - but) all emanate from God's Seed (from One Light). ||2|| As the potter shapes all sorts of vessels, similarly, so is this entire universe (shaped from One Clay of God's Light). ||3|| The five elements join together, to make up the form of the human body. Who can say which has less (elements), and which has more (elements)? ||4|| (sggs 1127-1128).