Popular Post Crystal Posted September 16, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) "Teja Singh Bhasauria was an employee of the British Government. He was given a School and funding to finance both the school and a printing press by the British. He intended to change Gurbani as directed to him by his British employees and his own ideas that were against the Hindu religion or any association to Hinduism in Gurbani. This has been recorded in history both by Prof sahib Singh, and by the fact that a Hukamnama ex-communicated him from the Akal Takht."http://www.sikhnet.com/news/chaupai-sahib-broken-bani Not forgetting his influence regarding keshki being a K..... Crystal Edited September 16, 2015 by Crystal 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koi Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Wonderful, so true. .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Isn't what the article states similar to what sarblohinfo mentions regarding teja B? I'm sure I read somewhere on that website regarding him being a British agent. Crystal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dalsingh101 Posted September 17, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) I think a lot of it wasn't down to people being British agents but rather being influenced by the ideas/culture of the then ruling classes; which was a very conservative, Eurocentric, protestant christian world view which viewed the 'Hindoo' as some inferior lesser breed worthy of contempt. Throw in divide and conquer strategies in the mix too. A lot of our lot bought into these ideas to varying degrees. It's only during this period that we start seeing desperate attempts to distance ourselves from all things perceived as Hindu. A lot of sidelining and outright misrepresentation of old granths which include the Dasam Granth; the editing of granths to remove references that were found to be inconvenient to the then thinking. Edited September 17, 2015 by dalsingh101 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) I saw a great post on sikhsangat regarding Hindus, will post it. Crystal Edited September 17, 2015 by Crystal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 "When you seriously start studying history you discover all manner of hidden things. The point you made (highlighted above) isn't true according to Bhangu's Panth Prakash. He explicitly mentions how the Khalsa tolerated the smoking of someone who was part of the Moghul government but an undercover sehaj-dhari Sikh. His name was Kaura Mal. This guy would forewarn the Khalsa of impending Moghul attacks and send supplies when they were surrounded. Apparently they made him pay fines for his smoking huqqa but he was well loved. This IS NOT (!!!) any attempt on my part to justify, encourage, excuse smoking before anyone jumps on that wagon! I'm just exploring what I've discovered whilst exploring my own literary heritage! I think what has happened today is that the Sikh masses have been so conditioned by a particular, white washed account of their history that many have sadly become incapable of exploring their own beautiful and rich literary heritage because they experience hardcore dissonance with what they sometimes encounter because it is so different from their preconceptions of the past. It's sad really but very common. " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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