Mannmere

The gurdwara is a place of education, so why not use the gurdwara to educate Sikhs about real issues affecting Sikhs?

Gurdwara Sahibs are a place for worship and educating the congregation about God and spirituality. When we go to the Gurdwara we are supposed to be focused on God so we can concentrate on what the Guru is saying. Why don't they teach this to the people that attend the Gurdwaras? All we hear is non stop chit chat going on everywhere we look and if this is not bad enough we notice children running about like no one's business. There is so much noise inside the Gurdwaras that it is impossible to focus your mind on the Guru or collect your thoughts and do His simran. We don't live in huge mansions and we all need a place for silence and calm so we can clear our minds of jumbled up thoughts and focus on God. The Gurdwaras should make some kind of provision for those people that just want to sit quietly and meditate on the the Guru. Gurdwaras are not taking this responisibilty very seriously and no wonder everyone is lost and disconnected.

I love going to the Gurdwara but there is too much commotion going on everywhere you look.

Once I was watching Professor Udoke delivering a lecture inside the Gurdwara Sahib and I just could not believe what I saw. He was lecturing on the Sikh history and communicating very sophisticated and well researched information to the sangat present there. This reminded me of when I was at university. I noticed everyone was listening to him but no one and I repeat, no one was taking any notes or even had a pen/pencil and a notepad in their hands. They were listening very intently and I only hoped they will remember everything when they left. People would have benefited more if he had done this lecture in college or university environment where people would have made notes to look up and recap later on. They would have learned so much and hopefully passed it on to someone else. Unfortunately, I did not see anyone taking any notes and the women had their little children, bless them, in their laps or sitting near them or just lying down which they had to keep an eye on all the time! The lecture was very academic and I wonder if they remember everything he said.

What I am trying to say is that Gurdwara is not the place for everything. If I had been at the Gurdwara that day it would not have been ideal for me to sit down and listen to his lecture because I would not have come prepared with a pen and a notepad that day. Besides, it is difficult to concentrate when there is so much noise going on everywhere.

solutions to Sikh youth who have bin turned off by gurdwaras

attacking the drug abuse amongst Sikhs in india and the west

this gangster wannabe culture some Punjabi youth pick up on were they try hard to be black gangsters

Sikh girls being vulnerable to muslims cause the parents don't know how to raise strong confident daughters with strong morals

Education is the answer to all these problems.

Educating the parents and their youth.

Sikh parents should open up a club where parents and youth can meet up and talk, talk and talk. In other words have a dialogue with each other. Gurdwara is NOT A PLACE FOR THIS!

Parents have to be taught that they no longer can treat their daughters in a subservient fashion. They need to be sensible about equal rights and demonstrate them to their children of both sexes. NO PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PLEASE! Girls will rebel. They will fall for the very first one that comes along and shows some respect and love even if it is fake and trap them! What is happening to the sikh girls is the fault of the sikh community itself and the parents.

ASJ,

I read your post but when I came back to respond to it, it has been removed!

Sikhs need to read the Gurbani more often.

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