Recent content by Rajveer_97

Great post, thanks for sharing

Hi everyone. I am a non baptised Sikh. I am what would be considered a sehajdari sikh. I had to cut my hair as a young boy after I moved to the west in a country with no Sikhs. The mental pressure I faced was immense... I would like to discuss what I have read in this article on the Sikh...

Excellent article and puts into words such matters I have been contemplating recently.

No worries at all :) And according to my understanding, those who read the Torah and Bible are also considered to be 'the people of the Book' whose teachings have merely been corrupted, are seen as misguided and hence can still find salvation. Still, I don't agree with this notion.

I agree that some people have become far to focused on merely repeating words they don't contemplate on, or even think simply repeating Waheguru mechanically is some sort of magic cure. But this still doesn't lessen the importance of reciting and contemplating on Gurbani as for a Sikh. Here are...

There is only one God and I'd rather not give this God religious labels.

Oh don't get me wrong, I agree with you. But I'm just saying Sikh Rehat has been quite consistent in making the importance of meditating on Gurbani. Guru Arjan Dev writes in SGGS ji about the importance of waking up at Amrit Vela for example to chant the name of God. My own everyday practice...

I'm with Ishna here. Since when are Muslims enemies of Sikhs? Oppressors are enemies of Sikhs and even then Sikhs are meant to love everyone and treat them rightly. The whole of Sikh philosophy is focused on the unity of the One. How you think of the exact nature of this one is irrelevant...

There are different types of meditation. Once you read the bani repeatedly and start to memorise it then you can meditate on each word as you recite it. You can carry it with you wherever you go in your day to day life.

First of all, thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions. I really appreciate it. Secondly, apologies for the late response, I have been quite busy. This apology goes to others as well, I'll try to respond where I can as soon as I can. There isn't actually any way to verify this...

Even though I agree with this, you can't live a life without reciting the bani which has been prescribed by the Gurus for Sikhs to read, so meditation can't be taken away and still call it following Sikhi. There might be other philosophies better suited to that lifestyle.

Hello Jasdeep ji, My journey is still one without a clear path or end is it! It's definitely turning out to be quite educational though. I loved reading your post, because you basically wrote thoughts which mirror mine, but only a much better and clearer way and I'm inclined to agree with the...

For me this only created more doubts. Because the thing that came to my mind was - this could give any leader a bit of a free pass. Shouldn't a leader lead by example? I'm really not sure how I feel about this verse. I welcome any further analysis to understand it.

There are 3 names that are always there in reference Guru Hargobind Ji's wives. From Sikhiwiki: Historians say that Guru Ji's first wife was Mata Damodari, the daughter of Narain Das of the village of Talla. She gave birth to Baba Gurditta, Bibi Veero and Ani Rai Ji. His second marriage was...

The repetition I guess is to emphasise the prime importance of remembering and reciting Naam. The questions I asked were genuine ones I had, which built up over time and I let it out in frustration. But I am starting to make peace with not having all the answers and continuing my journey.