Committee Misdemeanours

[Bundha]

On another thread someone posted this :

<<<< Not denying but increasing from that point , we are allowed to sing His bani but why don't we ? and why do committee types freak out when it happens ? >>>

It got me thinking, without it being a thread of just nindhya, what specifically are the kinds of rules and restrictions the committees of our Gurdwaras impose?

1. We know they pick up money that the sangat has donated to raggies - daylight robbery.

2. If raggies do parchar of Amrit and becoming Khalsa, many committees do not like this and will pull the raggies to one side and tell them not to do this kind of parchar on stage.

[Balkaar]

2. If raggies do parchar of Amrit and becoming Khalsa, many committees do not like this and will pull the raggies to one side and tell them not to do this kind of parchar on stage.

If the Ragis are docile and don't push anyone's buttons, then people are much more likely to leave money in the golak.

For the sake of understanding, we should try for one minute to imagine the Gurdwara as many on these committees see it - as a business. Every business needs good PR. Most Sikhs are not very religious, and if a raagi tried to persuade them to live within the rehat they'd probably start resenting him as a zealot and a fanatic. It would be very bad PR for the Gurdwara. Business may even suffer. Because people pay for a certain product. These people are paying money to us [the committee] so that they can come here and feel spiritual and good about themselves. They aren't paying to be made to feel guilty, or to hear the cold truths about their faith which they'd rather not face. They want the illusion, not the reality, so the illusion is what we'll give them in case they decide to take their money elsewhere.

At least I think that's why Gurdware muzzle their ragis. Even our Guru Ghars haven't been spared from political correctness.