Can We Follow 2 Rehat Maryadas

[Guest Mss]

Khalsa Fateh Jee can we follow two Rehat Maryadas like Taksaal and Tarna Dal and merge things from both?

[ms514]

VAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA, VAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

A Gursikh can adopt more strict Rehats - sure. Many Gursikhs do this as Guru Sahib makes them more aware of additional Rehats and does Kirpa on them. But you cannot pick and choose some and ignore the Rehat given to you by the Punj Pyare. So for instance, if at the Amrit Sanchar, a Sikh is told to not eat meat, he/she cannot adopt doing chatka and start eating meat. You could choose to keep Sarbloh bibek or do longer Nitnem Banian because those are in excess of the Rehat given and not in conflict with given Rehat.

Safe bet is to follow the more strict maryada while still maintaining the Rehat given by the Punj Pyare.

[Guest Mss]

Ms514 hanjee thank you for answering

[N30S1NGH]

Sure you can follow three or four if you like see it as pure divine expression (as ultimately thats whats happening - world is pure divine expression) rather than holding on to them from position of an individual- person will/ doership you know xyz name and form doing it. Also do remember Sri Guru Gobind Singh maharaj tat (essence) updesh back of the head. There are plenty of cautions in gurbani, this alone should shake all of us while engaging in them(yet de-attached) and give us rude awakening.

This cautionary vakh should be seen as guidance from satguru ji advising sikh not to get too caught up in pointers and wrap their head around them, follow what pointer pointing towards rather which is tat essence reality- NAAM.

ਸਭ ਕਰਮ ਫੋਕਟ ਜਾਨ ॥ ਸਭ ਧਰਮ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਮਾਨ ॥
सभ करम फोकट जान ॥ सभ धरम निहफल मान ॥
Know all the Karmas (actions) as useless, consider all the religious paths of no value.

ਬਿਨ ਏਕ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰ ॥ ਸਭ ਕਰਮ ਭਰਮ ਬਿਚਾਰ ॥੨੦॥੫੦॥
बिन एक नाम अधार ॥ सभ करम भरम बिचार ॥२०॥५०॥
Without the prop of the only Name of the Lord, all the Karmas be considered as illusion.20.50.