The Sikh Bulletin

The Sikh Bulletin hwV-swvx 537 June-July 2005
Therefore in Sikhism there is no longing for heaven or fear of
hell. All one prays for is love for God.
Q10. Do Sikhs believe in judgment day when all dead
become alive and are judged for their deeds
ANS 10: NO, Sikhs do not believe in the day of Judgment
when all the dead will come alive. However they do believe
that one’s deeds good/bad do play a part in bringing one near
or getting pushed away from godliness, hence God. (Kami
aapo aapnee, kay narhaiy, kay door. sggs 8).
Q11. What is the philosophy behind keeping hairs Do hairs
ascend iman(faith).
ANS 11: A Sikh’s Identity (of uncut Hair and Turban) is
his/her public declaration of a choice of following the Sikh
path of moral living, that advocates: To not to use tobacco, or
any other intoxicants, to not to commit adultery, and, to not
to accept any kind of slavery. Furthermore, with a Sikh
Identity, a Sikh declares openly that he/she will help the
weak with all the power and ability at his/her command. The
intact internal faith (iman) of a Sikh is that is represented by
his/her intact hair. Therefore, intact hair by them-selves, do
not ascend intact iman.
Q12. Is sggs a poetry written by genius spirituals or allah’s
words
ANS 12: See answer# 5.
Q13. Hindus believe in reincarnation and if Sikhs do believe
then is it not same belief of Hindus
ANS 13: Every religion worth its name believes in the
existence of soul or conscious. And, all religions believe that
the soul comes from somewhere at birth and goes somewhere
after death. The difference in opinions comes in the answers
to the questions, where does it come from and where does it
go
On the issue of Souls the religions of the Middle Eastern
Origin (Judaism, Christianity, & Islam) believe that; a)
except humans no other living beings have a soul; b) the
souls come into human body at birth and at death they go into
a suspended kind of mode till the day of Judgment; c) on the
day of judgment they will be judged in front of God with
their respective prophets sitting by God’s side; d) then, as per
the judgment, the good ones will be sent to heaven while the
bad ones will be thrown into hell; e) the day of Judgment
hasn’t come yet. Therefore, according to this concept, some
of the souls must have been sitting in the suspended mode for
the last 2000 - 4000 years waiting for the Day of Judgment,
while the others have been waiting for the last 1400 years.
On the other hand the religions of the East believe that: a)
every living being has a soul; b) at the time of birth, where
the soul comes from, and after death where the soul goes,
nobody has any control over it; c) therefore depending upon
God’s Hukam (the laws of nature) souls can be sent
anywhere, from humans to other living beings and vice
versa; d) there is no mass scale day of judgment on which
every one is going to be judged en mass; e) therefore, like
everything else in nature, the judgment (reactions)) to one’s
individual actions is also an ongoing phenomenon, that does
not wait for any accumulation of souls before deciding their
future course.
Sikhism, even though a religion of the East, as a rule is not
much bothered by the state of the soul before birth or after
death. Because there is not much that anybody can do about
one’s soul, as long as it is separated from the body.
Therefore, the major emphasis in Sikhism is to cease the
right opportunity, while the soul is still with the body.
According to Sikhism, the human life is a golden
opportunity to find the Creator and become one with Him.
(Bha-ee prapatt Manukh dahuria, Gobind milan Kee eh teree
Baria. sggs 12) Therefore, the thing to do is to not to blow
this golden opportunity. Because, in case of missing this
golden opportunity, nobody knows, as to when is the next
golden opportunity going to come one’s way Could it be,
after the Middle Eastern Time Scale of thousands of years
of suspended kind of mode of separation Or, the Eastern
Time Scale of wandering around in 8.4 million kinds of
different lives, hopping from one form of life to the other
No matter which Time Scale one happens to pick, the
consequences of wasting this life away in pursuit of
frivolous things look pretty serious.
Q14. Who is right koran or sggs (talking about life after
death)
ANS 14: Without the acquiring of righteous wisdom and
then translating it into righteous actions, the final results of
the ritualistic following of both, the Koran as well as SGGS,
are disastrous. What is needed is right actions, and less
drama. Regarding the information about issues like life and
life after death one needs to compare both to decide for
one’s own self as to what seems to make more sense.
Q15. Who was first human as per Sikhism
ANS 15: Nobody knows. And in one’s spiritual
development this piece of information is of no consequence.
All tall claims by some that they know as to who was the
first human, is nothing but a concoction of fairy tales of
empty boastings.
Q16. SGGS ji asks jeev that all human beings are one and
same then yo u don’t eat kutha
ANS 16: Eating or not eating of Kuthaa (the Halaal Meat)
has nothing to do with the oneness of all human beings. The
reason for not eating Kuthaa is to not to forget the Islamic
Masters’ tyranny in which this meat was thrust upon the
helpless people of India in the name of Islam. .
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