Vedanti - going, going, gone.

[shaheediyan]

Most would agree Sikhi and the Khalsa panth has evolved and the traditional sampradai are no longer what they used to be.

One only has to look at the hukumnamai from 9th Master to Mata Sundri Ji to acknowledge that the term Khalsa was used more broadly than most reformers and traditionalists would like us to believe.

Sikh virsa no longer lives in one place, it has been spread. One must look for it with full bharosa and recognise it within and without the norms.

[Darbandi Baba]

Sikh virsa no longer lives in one place, it has been spread. One must look for it with full bharosa and recognise it within and without the norms.

All fine and dandy but this isn't a definition." within and without the forms" is way too vague.

[Xylitol]

The term Khalsa is defined in Gurbani. Only one who is pooran can be Khalsa using the Guru's definition.

common usage of the term has, of course, changed over time. But since we are discussing Guru as panth, than we must use the Guru's definitions and not common use definitions to adequately understand it. Of course, if someone is trying to make it look like the Guru erred, than he would naturally not want us to use the Guru's definitions, but rather the changing and fallible more common usage of the term.