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sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb, sMsQfvF qy iswK rihq mrXfdf 

ies gwl qoN munkr nhIN hoieaf jf skdf ik iswKF `c vKryvyN df kfrn sMsQfvF ivc alwg 2 mrXfdf df pRclq hoxf qy ienHF df pRbMD glq hwQF ivc rihxf hY. ies kuqfhI sMbMDI keI vfr iliKaf jf cuwkf hY. iswK Drm dy doKI jdoN Kfs krky kOm gLulfm hovy mrXfdf dI ieksfrqf ilafAux qy iemfndfr pRbMDkF dy hwk ivc nhIN Bugqxgy. 

dUsrI gwl mrXfdf `c jfxbuwJ ky vpfrI soc qihq ieMnIaF qruwtIaF rwKIaF hoeIaF hn ik iswKF ƒ aMDivsLvfsI, krmkFzf df DfrnI qy mfnisk rogI bxfieaf jf irhf hY. pr ies df mqlb ieh nhIN hoxf cfhIdf ik ies sB dy muwK kfrn gulfmI nUM Bulf ky, hmysLf afps ivc AulJ ky, dusLmx nUM KusL krn nfl mslf hwl ho irhf hY qy iek dUjy nfl AulJxF hI jLrUrI hY. 

Drm, rfjnIqI, lokrfj, qfnfsLfh, rfjy afid ƒ hmysLf iksy nf iksy isstm (ZFcy) dI loV huMdI hY. ies qoN vgYr ieh sB qk phuMc qy smJx leI pYrF hyToN imwtI kwZx vflI gwl hY. hr mMjLl dI nINh huMdI  hY qy hr nINh `qy hI AusfrI huMdI hY iPr hI kuwJ ZFcf njLr afAuNdf hY. cfhy iPr Aus df rUp ikho ijhf hI ikAuN nf hovy. hux swjxf qy dusLmnF ny jfxy- axjfxy iswK Drm dI nINh nUM hwQ pfieaf hoieaf hY. pqf nhIN ikAuN? iswK Drm dIaF sMsQfvF qy mrXfdf smF pf ky hoNd ivc afeIaF hn BfvyN ieh srkfrI hwQF ivc hI hn jo sfnUM pUrn rUp ivc kbUl nhIN hY. kbUl nhIN vflI gwl vI iemndfr hI kih skdy hn pr aijhf kihxf DiVaF dy pwK pUrn vfilaF leI soBf nhIN idMdf. sB kuwJ sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb ivc aMkq kIqf hoxf qy lwBxf sMBv nhIN hY pr pRyrxf jrUr leI jf skdI hY. 

sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb sMpUrn qy pivwqr gRMQ hY. iswKF leI iehI pRvfnq hY. ijs qoN brfbrI qy srbq dy Bly df sQfeI sMdysL imldf hY. ies Dfrimk pivwqr gRMQ nUM soDxf jF soD ky dyKx dI gwl iswKF leI munfsb qF kI hoxI hY hor DrmF vfly vI afpxy gRMQF leI svIkfr nhIN kr skdy. ieh gwl Auh qF kr skdy hn ijnHF df Drm kOmFqrI kfnUMnF qy miqaF dI AulGMxf krdf hovy. 

ijvyN pivwqr gRMQF `c qbdIlI asMBv hY qy ho hI nhIN skdI pr kfnUMnF qy rUljL (mrXfdf) dI soD ho skdI hY BfvyN AuQy vI ieh kih ky rok hY ik Auh soD sMivDfn dy mUl ZFcy dy iKlfP nf hovy. aml dI gl vwKrI hY ijs vwl sB dIaF njLrF lwgIaF hoeIaF hn. sMivDfn `qy qF pRsLnicMn lwgf hoieaf hY. Dfrmk gRMQ qy kfnUMn ivc aMqr smJdy hoey vI sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb Auqy vI ikMqU-pRMqU krvfieaf jf irhf hY. iswKF dIaF sMsQfvF qy mrXfdf (rUljL) `qy gUVf pRsLnicMn lfAux qy ienHF nUM Zih - ZyrI krn dI sLrfrqI soc nUM nwQ pfAux dI loV hY. pr ieh sLrfrqF AunHF icr cldIaF qy kIqIaF jFdIaF rihxgIaF jdoN qk iswK afpxf vwKrf iKwqf afjfd hsqI vjoN hfsl nhIN kr lYNdy. sLbd-gurU nfl juVn qy Aus dy Aucfrn leI iswK sMsQfvF qy ieksfr mrXfdf dI hmysLf loV hY . pRbMDk Aus mrXfdf dy DfrnI hoxy vI jrUrI hn nhIN qF sfP- suQry pRbMD dI afs nhIN kIqI jf skdI. ies sMbMDI sucyq rihx leI bynqI hI kIqI jf skdI hY. 

blbIr isMG sUc, aYzvokyt; imqI 02-8-2003 

In the sweet memory of
Bhai Saheb Bhai Ram Singh Jee
 

Whenever any noble soul passes away, it is painful and against the well beings of humanity, similarly is the case here after passing away this soul. It is being prayed here that Sikhs should start following centralized 'Sikh Rehat Maryada' especially those who hold landmark positions as religious heads of the Sikh Institutions. The special edition of AKJ Bulletin will be published in the sweet memory of Bhai Saheb Bhai Ram Singh Jee is a welcome step and must convey the message/submission at the time of sweet memory of Bhai Saheb Bhai Ram Singh Jee for the CHARHDI KALA OF PANTH.  

With sorrow and regards to all

Balbir Singh Sooch  

With due respect to the departed soul, AKJ does not follow SRM as approved in 1945 and published by SGPC for free distribution. We should avoid factionalism and different cults. Khalsa Niaraa does not mean we all should follow different paths by forgetting Gurus' Teachings.  

Gurmit Singh (Sydney) 

Change in Maryada draws criticism
Varinder Walia

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 5
The amendment in the Sikh 60-year-old Rehat Maryada by the SGPC has evoked a strong reaction from Sikh intellectuals.  

Mr Gurcharnjit Singh Lamba, a Sikh intellectual and Editor of monthly ‘Sant Sipahi’, has said the Sikh Maryada was formulated after marathon discussions and hence any amendment without taking the Sikh Panth into confidence was unacceptable to the sangat. He was here today to pay his obeisance at Harmandar Sahib.  

A comparative study of two versions of the ‘Sikh Rehat Maryada’ - one of 1945 and the recent one published by the SGPC - shows glaring discrepancies.  

Questioning the wisdom of changing the Article on re-marriage, Mr Lamba alleged the amendment was aimed to benefit certain influential persons who had indulged in bigamy. The original Rehat Maryada clearly mentions that no Sikh could remarry when his wife was alive. However, the amended Maryada has added the word ‘generally’ that reads, “Generally, no Sikh should marry a second wife if the first wife is alive.”  

Another glaring amendment in the new version is on the definition of a Sikh. The Punjabi version of the original Maryada gives the definition of a Sikh as “Any human being who believes in all Sikh Gurus in One Immortal Being, (ii.) Ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, (iii.) Guru Granth Sahib, and the utterances and teachings of the 10 Gurus and baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru, and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion, is a Sikh.  

However, the amended Punjabi version has deleted ‘Dassan’ (meaning all 10 from Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh).  

Mr Lamba further alleges that the deletion of ‘plucking of gray hair’ from the new version of Maryada was a blunder on the part of the SGPC.  

He also criticised a section of the Sant Samaj for pursuing its own Maryada which was in sharp contrast to the original version, passed with the consent of the Sikh sangat.

 
 
     
 

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ieh kih ky ro ipaf. 

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ikAuN ro ipaf??? 

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