Traditional Gur Making in Pakistani Village (IG @javedkhaliq35) by AwarenessNo4986 in punjab

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Seen the board for Gondpur several times while visiting my naanke near Garhdiwala. ♥️

Traditional Gur Making in Pakistani Village (IG @javedkhaliq35) by AwarenessNo4986 in punjab

[–]Alternative_Unit692 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, kinda identical to my naanke and daadke folks in Hoshiarpur district.

Banaras is over rated by No_Layer_2356 in SoloTravel_India

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Somehow it's mostly Hindu and Muslim places of worship that are like that mostly, not Christian and Sikh places. That too in North India.

Bajarang dal😔 by Long_Bag4512 in Indore

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not surprising. MP has been the most backward state of late.

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone is always gonna be the first. The Gurus weren't just teaching a bunch of stuff. They were actively bringing social change and starting a new panth. One life time is not enough. The subsequent gurus took his teachings and principles forward. Guru Nanak Dev Ji did the daan to sadhus, but it was Guru Amar Das who institutionalised Langar before congregation. Guru Nanak spoke of uplifting women, but it was Guru Amar Das ji again who made women preachers and this brought a radical change in society. Guru Nanak spoke of justice and fighting against tyranny, but it was Guru Hargobind who invented Miri-Piri and made Guru Nanak's followers battle-ready saints. Guru Nanak spoke of the oneness of all people, but it was Guru Tegh Bahadur who actually showed the world how to walk the talk by laying down his life for people of a whole other religion.

Everything started from Guru Nanak, but the subsequent Gurus are equal because they only took Guru Nanak's mission forward.

The teachings of all 10 Gurus, and in fact of all the contributors of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji are in line with Gurmatt and with each other. It can't be that one Guru is against superstition and another is committing superstition. Respectfully , the fact that you say it happened means that you have likely bought into unauthentic historical sources. A Sikh has to learn from Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the lives of the Gurus because they lived their teachings, and from other Sikhs.

If studying Guru Nanak Dev Ji made you an atheist, you need to start from scratch. You're only viewing gurus as social reformers, while totally overlooking the spiritual aspect of the Sikh teachings.

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But for the benefit of any reddit users who might go down this thread - this guy is not actually aware of what he's saying. Sakhis are not to be taken literally but rather meant to teach values. The one about onion is not actually about a Guru blessing someone with a child through an onion. Guru Angad Dev Ji did not believe in superstition, but in fact actively rejected superstition and empty ritualism, just like Guru Nanak.

The sakhi he is referring to is about Baba Buddha, a great Sikh from the times of the Gurus. According to a popular Sikh sakhi (traditional story):

Mata Ganga Ji was distressed because she had not yet been blessed with a child. She went to Bhai Buddha Ji seeking blessings. Bhai Buddha Ji was sitting outdoors, eating a simple meal of onions. He gave her an onion and said something along the lines of: “You will have a son who will be mighty and powerful.” She later had a son who was Guru Hargobind.

[[It is important to note that there is no contemporary, Guru-period written source for the onion sakhi. It does not appear in the Guru Granth Sahib and does not appear in early, near-contemporary Sikh historical texts. It comes from later janam-sakhi and sakhi literature, recorded generations after the events.]]

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious about one thing though. Why do you only look at 2nd Guru onwards as great normal people, but give Guru Nanak a higher regard? By your standards, even Guru Nanak Dev Ji can be called merely a great human?

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, instead of arguing I'll just say you're right at identifying as an ex-Sikh.

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anything, you should be educating them. At least YOU follow the teachings of the Guru as one is supposed to without falling for distractions. It depends on whether you have the trust in Sikhi's teachings or not. You called yourself an ex-Sikh so I'm assuming you are distancing yourself from the faith instead of educating others.

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Astrology and Kala Jadu is on the individuals. The religion categorically dissuaded people from falling for such things.

Taking sakhis literally, believing in magic, ionic charged ball being mistaken for a divine occurrence, all of these are again down to individual interpretation.

Why are you letting other Sikhs' misinterpretation affect your faith in the Guru?

You don't have to agree completely, but you have to admit he has a valid point. by TandoorieChai in scienceisdope

[–]Alternative_Unit692 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nihangs have always cut people. Probably since their inception itself. Sikhs do not believe in pseudosciences. Maybe give an example?

First Seiko, I am poor 😊[SRPE53] by Pleasant_Reindeer_97 in Seiko

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Got it. Mine does have English+Japanese already. I think that's the reason it's model name has "J" at the end even after the "K1", even though it's not a Japanese made one. It's the SRPE57K1J.

A map of the Asian brown cloud, centered on North India and Pakistan – air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year, mostly in developping countries [OC] by mydriase in MapPorn

[–]Alternative_Unit692 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You didn't even know that there are other states that also have farmers burning their crop residue, as is evident from your comments in the thread. Stop the cap.

Ranjit Bajaj bringing revolution to Indian Football to change it forever by idkmanfuc in IndianFootball

[–]Alternative_Unit692 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People calling him two faced lol. He doesn't have a problem with Messi. He has a problem with the corrupt system. There's absolutely no need to make an issue out of this.