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Post by jessika on Feb 3, 2007 12:33:31 GMT -5
A community of Americans in Massachusetts has converted to Sikhism. The World's Ruxandra Guidi reports on the appeal this Indian religion has for young Americans. Listen to the audio report: www.theworld.org/wma.php?id=01306  |
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Post by Gopi on Feb 9, 2007 0:37:20 GMT -5
Wow thats crazy.
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Post by Mez on Feb 9, 2007 8:29:49 GMT -5
in that voice clip thing, they said that white americans include yoga as a part of their sikh rituals and stuff...umm correct me if im wrong but isnt that like not accepted in the mainstream sikhism??
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Post by bharosa on Feb 10, 2007 11:43:55 GMT -5
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh www.mrsikhnet.com"Guru Nanak admonished the yogis of his time that they were on the wrong path, teaching them that leaving their families, leaving this world and practicing austerities would not merge them with God. This is true. He did not teach that yoga itself is bad and in any way incongruent with the life of a Sikh. In fact, the internal process of merging with the Infinite that is described in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is identical to universal principles of union with God which were taught by the ancient yogis. A Sikh does not do yoga to "earn" his or her liberation. A Sikh uses the techniques of yoga in the same way that s/he would take a bath in the morning, or be conscious of how s/he maintains the body purely, eating a vegetarian diet, not partaking of tobacco or alcohol. In other words, a Sikh prepares this sacred body temple as purely as possible to bring the Holy Naam, the Holy Gurbani into it, to do justice to that Sacred Word." |
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