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drunk or with a liquor bottle, they felt ashamed watching us.
“Uncle ! Now only we have come to know that Guru Granth
Sahib is for reading. Earlier, we thought only bowing to it is enough.”
“Now that I have completed one path, I wish to start another. I
have found an aim of my life.”
“I got peace of my mind. My anger and stress have come down
heavily.”
It was felt that the sehaj path is the cure-all of all ills. One daily
gets novel spiritual food, hence, he/she (i) will not fall to apostasy; (ii)
will be saved from drugs and other evils; (iii) shall not fall in the trap
of so-called ‘saints’ and deras. Furthermore, gurbani is so cosmic that
we get answers to all our doubts/problems.
Now on demand from students, it has been decided that the
competition will continue till the year 2008 when the tercentenary of
gurgaddi purab of Guru Granth Sahib will be celebrated. Interested
participants can get a copy of Sehaj Path diary free of cost from Guru
Gobind Singh Study Circle, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana - 141002
or can email their demand at renukass@hotmail.com or call on 09855
400 300. (Courtesy : E-mail report by Renuka Sarabjeet Singh
)
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FRENCH BAN ON TURBAN
January 22, 2005. The IOSS has asked the French Ambassader
in India to take up the matter of ban on turban, with his government
in Paris. The letter written by the President of the Institute of Sikh
Studies, Chandigarh is reproduced below :.
To
The H E Dominique Ghirard,
Ambassador of France to India,
New Delhi
Your Excellency,
You must be aware of the suffering of the Sikh minority in France
and the anguish of the Sikh community across the globe, caused by