Thursday, April 05, 2007
Why did Guru Gobind Singh Ji make his Sikh drink the amrit of a Khanda. Why not a kirpan? Why not of anything else? In Sanskrit, Khanda means DEATH (mauth) KHANDA. Guru Gobind Singh Ji mixed this with water and gave it to his Sikh to drink. The Sikh has mixed death in water and swallowed it altogether (Sikh mauth noo ghol kay pee gya). Anybody can come up to a Sikh and say, 'Hey, I will hurt you, I will get you,'' and the Sikh will say:
'I've already drank death from a bowl. What can you do to me?!'
She/He is the True Khalsa (Sikh), who remembers the ever-awakened Light throughout night and day and does not bring anyone else in the mind; she/he practices her/his vow with whole hearted affection and does not believe in even by oversight, the graves, Hindu monuments and monasteries;
She/He does not recognize anyone else except the One Lord God, not even the bestowal of charities, performance of merciful acts, austerities and restraint on pilgrim-stations; the perfect light of the Lord illuminates her/his heart, only then consider her/him as the Immaculate Khalsa.
The 10th Nanak -Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
She/He does not recognize anyone else except the One Lord God, not even the bestowal of charities, performance of merciful acts, austerities and restraint on pilgrim-stations; the perfect light of the Lord illuminates her/his heart, only then consider her/him as the Immaculate Khalsa.
The 10th Nanak -Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
