Today we shall be talking about the Sikh ideal of Seva - selfless service. In Jugo Jug Atal Dhan Guru Granth Sahib Jio, we find many references to how Gursikhs performing Seva should undertake such a blessing. Firstly a Guru Da Sikh, should undertake the seva as a nimana, i.e. humbly, like they are the dust of people's feet. They should dedicate their mind, body, and wealth to fulfill the task of seva. Then only can their seva be seen to be true.
On the other hand to criticise others that are trying to do seva, is not being a nimana, it is Hankar, and criticism. To feel that One is better than others in seva defeats the objective. To bring this idea of seva to contemporary times. It is neccessary to discuss current events. Today we will be talking about the Sikh Student Camp and the role it plays in Seva. There has been alot of nindia of various Sikh Organisations, and individuals and our aim is not to add fuel to the fire, but to present a model based on Gurmat, and contemporary events. Recently the Sikh Student camp was condemed by a statement on the Punjab Radio, Southall, U.K. As well as a statement in Panthic weekly. After careful consideration of the points brought to public attention in this statement, it is only right to see comparitively if there is a basis for the camp to discontinue. Two years ago certain people approached the camp sevadars and asked them to hand over the camp. Subsequently a senior Sevadars (Gurmukh Singh's) car was set on fire outside his house, and two other sevadars attacked. We must ask ourselves are these Dharmic actions? Of note is that Gurmukh Singh is a amritdhari, vegetarian, tee-total, has three children, lives and serves his parents, as well as a senior manager for BT for the last twenty years. Some people view the camp as controversial as the Sevadars do not belong to any major Sikh organisations, and are independant. They also promote what other people feel is a "liberal" approach. However this can be seen to be true for many other Sikh organisations. Therefore why has this camp recieved such a negative reception? A number of Sikhs in East London are strongly against the Sikh Student Camp. Some of these individuals are not free from controversy themselves. For example one of them was caught in the act of being with an underage girl at a cinema, and touched her sexually. For which he was beaten by the Sangat. He is also involved in other projects (Mata Sahib Kaur Project) as well as Youth Camps in East London, surely for such an action he should be watched closely particularly with younger female members of the Sangat. We are not saying he should stop doing seva, but there is obviously cause for concern. There are also a few amritdharis, who claim the Sikh student camp is against gurmat, but yet they are on their third and fourth marriages. Now the Sangat needs to ask a question? Who is in the wrong here? Those that are pointing the finger, or those whose houses and cars are being set on fire, but who live as Gursikhs?
Some puritan Sikhs have even stopped wearing seat belts in their cars, over the Gatra, as they feel it is disrespect to the Kakkar. Sadly one Singh and his wife, a number of years ago were not wearing their seat belts. Very sadly an accident occured and his wife was sadly killed in the accident. We should try and prevent tragedy like this happening again by abiding by the law.
Furthermore there are individuals doing seva in the community who have numerous sexual offences against their name. Should they be allowed to represent the Panth? Compared to the Sikh Student camp with minor complaints, why are indivduals like Harbinder Rana allowed to represent us? Rana is the acting director of Maharaja Dalip Singh Trust and ASHT.
This man with convictions of numerous accounts of sexual assault regularly hob knobs with Prince Charles: On the other hand the Sikh Student co-ordinators all have clean records, ten years of Seva behind them each, most have degrees from top universities like Imperial and Cambridge. It seems that unless they do not take a fundamentalist line they are preyed upon by these type of criminals. Therefore the underlying cause of all of this is politicial loyalties, with certain Jathas and sects. There have been posts on websites of Singhs who are sevadars of Sikh Student doing Bhangra, and has been labelled as anti-Gurmat. Personally I can think of worse anti-gurmat activities, like setting peoples cars on fire, sexual relations with underage girls, suicides, repeated marriages, and so on. Bhangra seems trivial compared to these major crimes.
It is common knowledge that two Sikhs are being converted to either Christianity or Islam a week. While we have these trouble makers and ex-criminals trying to lead the Panth. One example of such trouble makers are 'Sikhs' believing they are Hindus, mainly Nidar Singh Nihang. Our next post will deal with the rising trend of conversion amongst Sikhs to other religions, and the method employed by Christians, Hindus and Muslims to achieve this.
One God : Waheguru ,One Guru : Sahib Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. One Group : Guru Khalsa Panth!
On the other hand to criticise others that are trying to do seva, is not being a nimana, it is Hankar, and criticism. To feel that One is better than others in seva defeats the objective. To bring this idea of seva to contemporary times. It is neccessary to discuss current events. Today we will be talking about the Sikh Student Camp and the role it plays in Seva. There has been alot of nindia of various Sikh Organisations, and individuals and our aim is not to add fuel to the fire, but to present a model based on Gurmat, and contemporary events. Recently the Sikh Student camp was condemed by a statement on the Punjab Radio, Southall, U.K. As well as a statement in Panthic weekly. After careful consideration of the points brought to public attention in this statement, it is only right to see comparitively if there is a basis for the camp to discontinue. Two years ago certain people approached the camp sevadars and asked them to hand over the camp. Subsequently a senior Sevadars (Gurmukh Singh's) car was set on fire outside his house, and two other sevadars attacked. We must ask ourselves are these Dharmic actions? Of note is that Gurmukh Singh is a amritdhari, vegetarian, tee-total, has three children, lives and serves his parents, as well as a senior manager for BT for the last twenty years. Some people view the camp as controversial as the Sevadars do not belong to any major Sikh organisations, and are independant. They also promote what other people feel is a "liberal" approach. However this can be seen to be true for many other Sikh organisations. Therefore why has this camp recieved such a negative reception? A number of Sikhs in East London are strongly against the Sikh Student Camp. Some of these individuals are not free from controversy themselves. For example one of them was caught in the act of being with an underage girl at a cinema, and touched her sexually. For which he was beaten by the Sangat. He is also involved in other projects (Mata Sahib Kaur Project) as well as Youth Camps in East London, surely for such an action he should be watched closely particularly with younger female members of the Sangat. We are not saying he should stop doing seva, but there is obviously cause for concern. There are also a few amritdharis, who claim the Sikh student camp is against gurmat, but yet they are on their third and fourth marriages. Now the Sangat needs to ask a question? Who is in the wrong here? Those that are pointing the finger, or those whose houses and cars are being set on fire, but who live as Gursikhs?
Some puritan Sikhs have even stopped wearing seat belts in their cars, over the Gatra, as they feel it is disrespect to the Kakkar. Sadly one Singh and his wife, a number of years ago were not wearing their seat belts. Very sadly an accident occured and his wife was sadly killed in the accident. We should try and prevent tragedy like this happening again by abiding by the law.
Furthermore there are individuals doing seva in the community who have numerous sexual offences against their name. Should they be allowed to represent the Panth? Compared to the Sikh Student camp with minor complaints, why are indivduals like Harbinder Rana allowed to represent us? Rana is the acting director of Maharaja Dalip Singh Trust and ASHT.
This man with convictions of numerous accounts of sexual assault regularly hob knobs with Prince Charles: On the other hand the Sikh Student co-ordinators all have clean records, ten years of Seva behind them each, most have degrees from top universities like Imperial and Cambridge. It seems that unless they do not take a fundamentalist line they are preyed upon by these type of criminals. Therefore the underlying cause of all of this is politicial loyalties, with certain Jathas and sects. There have been posts on websites of Singhs who are sevadars of Sikh Student doing Bhangra, and has been labelled as anti-Gurmat. Personally I can think of worse anti-gurmat activities, like setting peoples cars on fire, sexual relations with underage girls, suicides, repeated marriages, and so on. Bhangra seems trivial compared to these major crimes.
It is common knowledge that two Sikhs are being converted to either Christianity or Islam a week. While we have these trouble makers and ex-criminals trying to lead the Panth. One example of such trouble makers are 'Sikhs' believing they are Hindus, mainly Nidar Singh Nihang. Our next post will deal with the rising trend of conversion amongst Sikhs to other religions, and the method employed by Christians, Hindus and Muslims to achieve this.
One God : Waheguru ,One Guru : Sahib Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. One Group : Guru Khalsa Panth!
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