Guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 can any 1 here enlighten me purpose of being an "radhaswomis" And answer few questions- - Do they believe in sggs,dasama granth?? - Do they beleive in amrit- cremony created by guru gobind singh ji maharaj? - Whats their rehatmaryada? - What they say about 5k's? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogroup singh Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Let me give you short bio of them. Below is the post of someone who has family believing in Radasoamis. _______________________________________________________ Sat Sri Akal, My grandfather was a radhasoami and my father is a radhasoami but I don't believe in them. Personally I don't like the concept of taking something from the mainstream religion and leaving something and then forming a different sect. My grandfather was against people going to the Gurudwaras and considering the Holy Guru Granth Sahibji as the guru. My father is a known radhasoami and he tried his best to persuade me to believe in what radhasaomis say and not in Sikhi but without success. I respect my father but I don't agree with his thinking. The radhasomis believe that their gurus are at a more 'higher level' from the Sikh gurus or any other saints/gurus/prophets for that matter. But when I question them that if that is the case then why do they take bani from the Holy GGS which was written by the 'lower level' Sikh gurus and other saints then they recite Gurbani to say that one should not critisize saints and holy people. The original radhasoamis are from Agra and the radhasoamis at Beas are a breakaway faction.The radhasoamis at beas were once a part of the radhasoamis of agra but then after some time instead of considering the radhasoami gurus at agra as their gurus they started their own gurudom. I know many radhasoamis and I have noticed one thing that most radhasoamis who go to the beas satsang never go to the satsangs organised by the radhasoamis of Agra and vice versa and both of them are quite different from each other, have their own gurus and at present have no interaction with each other. The radhasoami gurus of beas dress like sikhs while the 'original' radhasoami gurus of agra don't. The radhasoamis of beas depend heavily on the Holy Guru Granth Sahibji choosing what they want and discarding what they don't want and refusing to accept the Holy Guru Granth Sahibji as the guru while the radhasoamis of agra don't borrow from the Holy Guru Granth Sahibji, they have their own bani and preach the same. The radhasoamis of beas recognise the first radhasoami guru of agra, who founded the radhasoami faith, and some more gurus of agra before they started their own gurudom at beas They don't recognise the present gurus at Agra and consider their gurus as successors of the original radhasoami guru. The original radhasoami faith of agra does not twist the bani in the Holy Guru Granth Sahibji to suit their needs only the radhasoamis of beas do that. With Regards Balvinder Singh source: http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....1D?OpenDocument 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogroup singh Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Radhasoami Beas Secret History http://radhasoamis.freeyellow.com/index.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogroup singh Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Radha-Soami Religion: Part 1 Background. http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....e0!OpenDocument Radha-Soami Religion : Part 2 - BASICS http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....2e!OpenDocument Radha-Soami Religion: Part 3 NAAM (Varnatmic Naam) http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....7b!OpenDocument Radha-Soami Religion: Part 4 FIVE NAAM DHUNES (Dhuniatmic) AND Positions http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....05!OpenDocument Radha-Soami Religion: Part 5 ALTI PALTI ASSEN (Roohani Safar) http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....60!OpenDocument Radha-Soami Religion: Part 6 Parsadi / Guru / Dera Beas http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/discussion....2d!OpenDocument 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrain711 Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 tx ``..for da info... ``nogoupsingh``...great post~ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeetho! Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Iv got a few radhaswami friends - who i have often discussed their religon with (baring in mind i dont actually know how 'religous they are) so im gna answer thw questions from what of know of them and their families, they dont believe in SGGSji, and dont take amrit as sikhs do, from what i know they dont have the 5 K's Their religon has nothing to do with sikhi and when asked in discussions they would rather refer to them selves as hindus confused the hell outta me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Iv got a few radhaswami friends - who i have often discussed their religon with (baring in mind i dont actually know how 'religous they are) so im gna answer thw questions from what of know of them and their families, they dont believe in SGGSji, and dont take amrit as sikhs do, from what i know they dont have the 5 K's Their religon has nothing to do with sikhi and when asked in discussions they would rather refer to them selves as hindus confused the hell outta me Bear in mind that these are the opinions of the Radhaswamis that you know. Those that I know seem, well, confused to me. They have been brought up in a Sikh culture, but are attempting to follow a different path. The end result is that they are Radhaswami in name only, but still follow many aspects of Sikh faith! (eg go to Gurdwara all the time, get married there, bow to SGGS, get kids named there, etc). But these are only the experiences of the RS's that I know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeetho! Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Bear in mind that these are the opinions of the Radhaswamis that you know. Those that I know seem, well, confused to me. They have been brought up in a Sikh culture, but are attempting to follow a different path. The end result is that they are Radhaswami in name only, but still follow many aspects of Sikh faith! (eg go to Gurdwara all the time, get married there, bow to SGGS, get kids named there, etc). But these are only the experiences of the RS's that I know. yes thats y i pointed out that i dont know how religous they are - but the ones i know dont go to the gurdwara - and believe they have noting to do with sikhi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 The end result is that they are Radhaswami in name only, but still follow many aspects of Sikh faith! (eg go to Gurdwara all the time, get married there, bow to SGGS, get kids named there, etc). But these are only the experiences of the RS's that I know. So whats the difference between them and many Punjabi Hindus who also do all that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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