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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kanwaljit.Singh" data-source="post: 167803" data-attributes="member: 14616">First of all, it is hard to make them understand how it is insulting. When Sikhs made Gurudwara, it was a simple place, to come sit and talk of Gurbani, do Vichar in Sangat, listen to Dhur Ki Baani. With time, we are adding excess baggages to the Gurudwaras. Like a lamp, photos, old relics to the main hall. That is not how darbar or diwan hall is supposed to be. There is just Guru needed there. We need to move other things out. But then it is not explicitly written in Rehat Maryada. Not explicitly written in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. So people will decorate the Gurudwara as they feel so. And remember, Yogi Bhajan was the one who started 3HO. Most of the people met YB before they met Guru Nanak. Even if they proclaim themselves to be Sikhs, most of the new 3HO people probably think YB is their savior.  That happens. And most YBers will say that a lot more happens in Indian Gurudwaras, with images of all those Sants and Babas in the main room. Yes they are true, but it doesn't mean they are analyzing their own situation. They are just saying that someone else is doing the same and they are happy to know that. Question is, is Gurudwara just another room in a building or it's a place which is different? Where you go in discarding your worldly beliefs and identities and dwell in the Shabad of Guru? And by keeping things other than Guru outside, we try to make sure all Gurudwaras are same once you are inside, no matter where they are located. But now once inside, you would know if you are in a 3HO Gurudwara, or some dera Gurudwara. That is an important thing those dera Gurudwaras do! They place the photos near Guru Granth Sahib so that people bow to both! I don't see that happening in future. But at one point I was afraid if the Prakash of Guru Granth Sahib there is just in english translation. We are all being sabotaged by Maya, and we can point out the folly in others, never in ourselves. We should work on both sides, inside and out, ourselves and others, to ensure progress of Khalsa Panth. No one is wrong, we are not right.</blockquote>

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