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MCLEOD & FENECH AS SCHOLARS ON SIKHISM AND MARTYRDOM<br />
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apart from gurmat prachar camps.<br />
What the Tat Khalsa gained in 1925, it lost so badly in post-<br />
1947, because <strong>of</strong> its inapt leadership. The <strong>Sikh</strong>s who gained in Third<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> War, 1920-25, by overcoming the pitfalls <strong>of</strong> 1849 loss <strong>of</strong> power,<br />
lost the fourth <strong>Sikh</strong>’s War, 1975-1994 so badly, that it is having its<br />
repercussions to day, and shall continue to do so hereafter.<br />
For a proper appreciation <strong>of</strong> the current post-1947 situation, we<br />
shall have to look towards another paper.<br />
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The Guru is as a river perennially full <strong>of</strong> holy water<br />
By bathing in which,<br />
Man is rid <strong>of</strong> the impurity <strong>of</strong> his foul understanding.<br />
The perfect holy bath lies, therefore,<br />
In meeting the True Guru<br />
Who then turns man’s beast-and-goblin nature<br />
Into that <strong>of</strong> the angelic beings.<br />
– Guru Granth Sahib, p. 1329<br />
guru drIAwau sdw jlu inrmlu imilAw durmiq mYlu hrY ]<br />
siqguir pwieAY pUrw nwvxu psU pryqhu dyv krY ]