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  3. What is the difference between a Sant and a Sikh ?

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    sikh - a person who is still studying

    sant- a person whooo has finished his study , passed his examination and is now one with god.

    Guru Ji always called a Sikh a Sikh because a Sikh is always learning. Saying that you've learned everything and cant be told be taught anymore or have no need to learn anymore you have become a Munmukh, and you forgot your Guru. Sants never forget the Guru.

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  4. What if you were to die tommorow??

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    what if you were to die tommorow?

    - What would u do ??

    - What will be your last duties?

    - Any last wishes?

    - Would u be able to prepare yourself for life after death?

    - Would u be prepared to say last good bye ?

    - What will be your last thoughts when you die?

    - And Finally, what will be your LAST MESSAGE to this WORLD??

    Thanks in advance.

    1. I would try to be nice to my parents more than usual.

    2. I would remember in meditation Waheguru.

    3. My wishes would be to be reunited with my Beloved husband.

    4. I dont think i should?

    5. Hopefully Waheguru.

    6. Treat others how you would like to be treated.

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  12. Why Buddhist are atheist??

    in Various Religions, Faith, Philosophies, Spiritual School of thoughts

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    I think the reason why buddhist are atheist is because when devotee's went to mahatama buddha and asked him about Akaal..he smiled....didn't say anything from that point sect of atheist buddhist started because they thought "buddha" smiled because there is no God but only nirvana.

    When you ask other buddhist though, they say he smiled because there is nothing to tell....vahiguroo is soo beautiful and full pormanand that when you think of him....no words can explain him fully 100%...!

    Wow dats nice.

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  19. WHY I BELIEVE IN ISLAM?

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    SECONDLY, I believe in Islam as it does not base itself upon the experience of people who have passed away, but invites everybody to a personal experience of that which it teaches and guarantees. It claims that every truth can, in some manner or the other, be put to the test in this world, and it thus satisfies my reason.

    I have to disagree with you on this, because you follow the Hadith which contains narrations about the life of the Prophet and muslims copy the way the Prophet lived.

    THIRDLY, I believe in Islam as it teaches that there can be no conflict between the word of God and the work of God, and thus resolves the supposed conflict between science and religion. It does not ask me to ignore the laws of nature and to believe in things which are contrary to them. On the contrary, it exhorts me to study the laws of nature and derive benefit from them. It teaches me that, as revelation comes from God and He also is the Creator of the universe, there can be no conflict between that which He does and that which He says. It invites me, therefore, in order to understand His revelation, to study His work, and in order to realize the significance of His work, to study His word, and thus satisfies my intellectual yearning."

    Neither does Sikhism because the Natural Laws around us are the Laws of Allah e.g. the way the Earth revolves around the Sun, Laws of Physics, the way a child is born into this world, all laws are created by Allah

    FOURTHLY, I believe in Islam as it does not seek to crush my natural desires but guides them along right channels. It does not, by altogether crushing my desires, reduce me to a stone; nor does it, by leaving them uncontrolled and unrestrained, reduce me to an animal, but, like an expert irrigation engineer who harnesses uncontrolled waters and makes them run into irrigation channels, thereby bringing prosperity to waste areas, it converts my natural desires by proper control and guidance into high moral qualities."

    It does not say to me: God has given you a loving heart but forbids you to select a life companion, or that He has endowed you with the sense of taste and the capacity to appreciate good food, but has forbidden you to eat such food. On the contrary, it teaches me to love in a pure and proper way which would ensure through my progeny the perpetuation of all my good resolves. It permits me to use good food, but within proper limits, lest I should eat my fill and my neighbor should go hungry. By thus converting my natural desires into high moral qualities, it satisfies my humanity.

    Sikhism also says the same thing.

    FIFTHLY, I believe in Islam for the reason that it has dealt fairly and lovingly not only with me but with the whole world. It teaches me not to discharge my duties towards myself but insists upon my dealing fairly with every other person and thing, and has furnished me with proper guidance for this purpose.

    For Instance, It draws attention to the rights of parents and the duties which children owe to their parents. It admonishes the children to behave obediently and tenderly toward their parents, and has made the latter heirs to that which the former may leave. On the other hand, it enjoins love and affection upon the parents for their children and imposes upon them the duty of bringing up their children well, training them in good qualities and looking after their health, and has also made them heirs to their parents.

    Similarly, it enjoins the best relationship between husband and wife and requires each to have due consideration for the need and desires of the other and that they should behave affectionately towards each other. This was put beautifully by the Holy Founder of Islam when he said:

    " A person who ill-treats his wife during the day and loves her at night, acts in complete contradiction of the beauty of human nature."

    He also said:

    " The best of you are those who treat their wives best."

    Again he said:

    "Woman is fragile, like glass, and men should, therefore, treat woman with delicacy and tenderness, as they would handle an article made of glass."

    Islam has laid special stress upon the education and training of girls. The Holy Prophet has said:

    "A person who brings his daughter up well and gives her a good training and education, thereby earns paradise."

    Islam has made daughters the heirs of their parents along with the sons.

    Again, it has laid down fair rules for the guidance of the rulers and the ruled. It says to the rulers that the authority vested in them is not their private property but is a trust and that they should discharge the obligations of that trust to the utmost, like upright and honest people, and should carry on government in consultation with the people. It says to the ruled, the power to choose your rulers has been bestowed upon you as a gift from God and you should, therefore, be careful to invest only such persons with governing authority as fully deserve it, and after vesting this authority in them, you should give them your fullest cooperation and should not rebel against them, for if you do so, you are merely seeking to demolish that which your own hands have built.

    It has also regulated the rights and duties of the employer and employed. It says to the employer: You must render to the workman his full due even before his perspiration is dry on his body and should not look down upon those who work for you, for they are your brothers whose care has been entrusted to you by God and who are the true supporters of your prosperity. You should, therefore, not be so foolish to seek destroy that which constitutes you own support and the basis of your power. It says to the workman: When you are engaged to execute a piece of work for somebody, you should discharge your obligation honestly and with due care and diligence.

    It says to those who have been endowed with abundance of physical health and strength that they should not behave oppressively towards the weak, nor treat contemptuously those who suffer from some physical defect of blemish; for these ought to excite one's pity rather than one's contempt.

    It says to the wealthy: You have been charged with the duty of looking after the poor and you must set aside one fortieth of your substance every year so that it may be employed in the relief of poverty and distress and for the advancement of those who lack the means of advancement. It teaches them not to enhance the disabilities of the poor by lending money to them on interest but to help them with free gifts and free loans, pointing out that wealth is not given to a man that he may spend his life in luxury and riotous living, but that he should use it for the advancement the whole humanity and should thus deserve the best reward here and hereafter.

    On the other hand, it also teaches to the poor not to look with envy and longing upon that which has been given to other people, as these feelings gradually darken the mind disable a person from developing such good qualities as he himself been endowed with it, therefore, exhorts the poor to devote their attention towards developing such talents as God has bestowed upon them, so that they should progress along beneficent lines. It directs governments to afford facilities for the poorer sections of the community for such advancement and not to permit all wealth and power to be concentrated in a few hands.

    It reminds those whose ancestors had attained dignity and honor as the result of noble efforts that it is their duty to maintain that dignity and that honor with their own noble efforts, and it warns them against looking down upon others who have not been blessed in the same way, as God has made all mankind equal. It reminds them that God, who has bestowed these honors upon them, can bestow greater honors upon others, and that if they misuse the position to which they have been called and transgress against those who have not been similarly endowed, they will be laying the foundations of future transgressions against themselves by those who are now transgressed against. They should, therefore, take no pride in proclaiming their own greatness, but should take pride in helping others to become great, for true greatness belongs only to him who tries to raise his fallen brother to greatness.

    Islam teaches that no nation should transgress against another nation, nor should one state transgress against another, but that nations and states should cooperate with each other for the purpose of advancing the interests of the whole humanity. It forbids some nations and states and individuals from uniting with each other in order to conspire against other nations and states or individuals. On the other hand, it teaches that nations and states and individuals should covenant with each other to restrain each other from aggression and to cooperate with each other in advancing those that are backward.

    In short, I find that Islam provides conditions of peace and comfort for me and for all those who may wish to tread path prescribed by it, whoever they may be, whatever they may be and wherever they may be, in whatever position I place myself, I find that Islam is equally useful and beneficial for me and mine, for my neighbors, for people whom I do not know and have not even heard of, for men and for women, for the aged and for the young, for the employer and the employed, for the rich and for the poor, for great nations and for small, for internationalists and for the nationalists, and that it establishes a sure and certain relationship between me and my Maker.

    I believe in it and how indeed could I give it up and accept something else in its place.

    Sikhism tells us to respect everyone because Allah is in creation.

    Sikhism says that from Women Kings are Born, how can you call Women Bad?

    Let me ask you a question? You believe that taxsion is a bad thing, but how comes non-muslims living in muslim countrys are surpose to pay tax? Isnt this a contradiction?

    And another question why do you need to follow the Hadith?

    I believe in Allah and recite the name of the Lord. I agree with you that everyone has to be Muslim, to be a Muslim is to submit yourself to the will of Allah.

    There is no God but Allah, we believe this too.

    Ik ou-an-Kaar (There is One God)

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  20. I'm a Muslim who would like to convert to Sikhism help.

    in Sikhi | Questions and Answers

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    yea, you should read about Sikhism and then when you're reading take amrit.

    You dont become a Sikh when you have taken Khanda Daa Amrit, you become Khalsa but still afterwoulds you dont stop learning. I have taken Amrit Naam; meaning Name of God being Amrit itself in another form, but I havent taken Khanda Daa Amrit yet but I do want to.

    I remeber a lady who has taken Amrit once said, "Is there such a thing as a bad student?"

    And she also said, "Should the pupil still have the right to call him/herself a student"?

    I personally feel that everyone here including me is putting thewall off being a Sikh because we're arguing in ourselves (Sounds familiar!!!)

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    Read the shabad below. This is from Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Ji is saying what is a Sikh.

    Fourth Mehl:

    gur sathigur kaa jo sikh akhaaeae s bhalakae out(h) har naam dhhiaavai ||

    One who calls himself a Sikh of the Guru, the True Guru, shall rise in the early morning hours and meditate on the Lord's Name.

    oudham karae bhalakae parabhaathee eisanaan karae a(n)mrith sar naavai ||

    Upon arising early in the morning, he is to bathe, and cleanse himself in the pool of nectar.

    oupadhaes guroo har har jap jaapai sabh kilavikh paap dhokh lehi jaavai ||

    Following the Instructions of the Guru, he is to chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. All sins, misdeeds and negativity shall be erased.

    fir charrai dhivas gurabaanee gaavai behadhiaa out(h)adhiaa har naam dhhiaavai ||

    Then, at the rising of the sun, he is to sing Gurbani; whether sitting down or standing up, he is to meditate on the Lord's Name.

    jo saas giraas dhhiaaeae maeraa har har so gurasikh guroo man bhaavai ||

    One who meditates on my Lord, Har, Har, with every breath and every morsel of food - that GurSikh becomes pleasing to the Guru's Mind.

    jis no dhaeiaal hovai maeraa suaamee this gurasikh guroo oupadhaes sunaavai ||

    That person, unto whom my Lord and Master is kind and compassionate - upon that GurSikh, the Guru's Teachings are bestowed.

    jan naanak dhhoorr ma(n)gai this gurasikh kee jo aap japai avareh naam japaavai ||2||

    Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of that GurSikh, who himself chants the Naam, and inspires others to chant it. ||2||

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  21. I'm a Muslim who would like to convert to Sikhism help.

    in Sikhi | Questions and Answers

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    Take the Lords name in your heart and merge with God as One. Recite the Lords name with your heart, tonge and mind.

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    This Shabad is by Guru Raam Daas Ji in So Dar on Pannaa 10

    raag goojaree mehalaa 4 ||

    Raag Goojaree, Fourth Mehl:

    har kae jan sathigur sathapurakhaa bino karo gur paas ||

    O humble servant of the Lord, O True Guru, O True Primal Being: I offer my humble prayer to You, O Guru.

    ham keerae kiram sathigur saranaaee kar dhaeiaa naam paragaas ||1||

    I am a mere insect, a worm. O True Guru, I seek Your Sanctuary. Please be merciful, and bless me with the Light of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

    maerae meeth guradhaev mo ko raam naam paragaas ||

    O my Best Friend, O Divine Guru, please enlighten me with the Name of the Lord.

    guramath naam maeraa praan sakhaaee har keerath hamaree reharaas ||1|| rehaao ||

    Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is my breath of life. The Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is my life's occupation. ||1||Pause||

    har jan kae vadd bhaag vaddaerae jin har har saradhhaa har piaas ||

    The servants of the Lord have the greatest good fortune; they have faith in the Lord, and a longing for the Lord.

    har har naam milai thripathaasehi mil sa(n)gath gun paragaas ||2||

    Obtaining the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, they are satisfied; joining the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation, their virtues shine forth. ||2||

    jin har har har ras naam n paaeiaa thae bhaageheen jam paas ||

    Those who have not obtained the Sublime Essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, are most unfortunate; they are led away by the Messenger of Death.

    jo sathigur saran sa(n)gath nehee aaeae dhhrig jeevae dhhrig jeevaas ||3||

    Those who have not sought the Sanctuary of the True Guru and the Sangat, the Holy Congregation-cursed are their lives, and cursed are their hopes of life. ||3||

    jin har jan sathigur sa(n)gath paaee thin dhhur masathak likhiaa likhaas ||

    Those humble servants of the Lord who have attained the Company of the True Guru, have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed on their foreheads.

    dhhan dhha(n)n sathasa(n)gath jith har ras paaeiaa mil jan naanak naam paragaas ||4||4||

    Blessed, blessed is the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where the Lord's Essence is obtained. Meeting with His humble servant, O Nanak, the Light of the Naam shines forth. ||4||4||

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    Also check out this site, its a good website, it'll help you understand a bit about Sikhism. It'll tell you things about our Gurus', what is the Khalsa, Rights of Women, Sikh Marriage, Sikh Warriors and Martyrs, Why we're surpose to keep our hair etc.

    http://www.searchsikhism.com/index.html

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