In the Marketplace of Ideas

[singhbj singh]

 “I am not here to pour information into you as if you are empty, perhaps bottomless, buckets, but to make it possible for you to learn what your talents and inclinations allow.”

A most critical matter in learning and teaching is not to always offer stone-etched answers to a query but have the willingness to step into uncharted territory; and to hold our biases tentatively, not with certainty. And explore our beliefs in the marketplace of ideas.

 

Our larger purpose remains to be the bridge that spans the inter-cultural and inter-generational divides that often fragment our community; in other words, to construct linkages that connect home and work with our community centers (gurdwaras.)

This seems to be the only way that our subdivisions can be subsumed into a larger reality. All people — no matter their age, color, culture, gender, language or religion — need such connections for survival and growth. This is how dynamic communities grow and thrive.

Guru Granth Sahib exhorts us to come together and collectively work through our differences (Hoi Ikatr milo mere bhai; Dubidha door karo liv layee, p. 1185.)

Source - http://www.sikhnet.com/news/marketplace-ideas-videos-2017-sggs-conference