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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rory" data-source="post: 167772" data-attributes="member: 18138">I understand that very well Gyaniji but isn't putting a picture of Bhajan above the Sri Guru Granth Sahib-ji tantamount to sacreliege..?I know there is no outsider and I think a 3HO is welcome to put their pictures of Yogi Bhajan practically anywhere else they want; but isn't above the Sri Guru Granth Sahib pretty insulting? If it were a Mosque or Church, and I went in trying to hang up a picture of some Muslim or Christian missionary above the qibla or above the altar/crucifix/sacristy etc., I don't think anyone would be very happy!How much permission should a person be given to be made feel "not an outsider" - if we are going to let someone disobey Sri Guru Granth Sahib and hang an image of a man above it, and force us all to look up at it above the holy scripture, how much further will we let them go? What if they decide one of Yogi Bhajan's pivotal yoga books deserves to be placed beside or above the Sri Guru Granth Sahib? Wouldn't it be hard to say no, considering they had already been allowed place a picture of their idol there?I hope you see the point I'm making. I think the Gurudwara should be preserved as much as possible, because this kind of gradual change (such as the pictures of yogis being hanged up) is what slowly alters religions beyond recognition and it is what makes me disappointed when I look at the world religions - they have all been poisoned by man-made influence. It's a subtle form of sabotage.Give them an inch and they will take a mile.</blockquote>

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