Selected Editorials - The Sikh Bulletin

Singh Sarna, then President of DSGMC. When told that at Roseville Sikh Center we had dropped
‘pratham bhagauti simerke’ from ardas and banned Chaupai from recitation in the Gurdwara and at
people’s homes, he jumped from the sofa as if a bolt of lightning hit him and exclaimed, “do you mean to
say our fore fathers took khande-di-pahul in vain
In his third letter to Jathedar Akal Takhat dated October 15, 2008, none of which were answered, S.
Dalbir Singh expresses his dilemma that if out of respect of hukam of GGS against kachi bani he does not
recite Jaap, Swaiyya, and Chaupai, he is panth-dokhi and if he recites them he becomes Guru-dokhi by
disobeying Guru’s hukam against kachi bani. He is beseeching the Jathedar to guide him; he can until the
hell freezes over. You have to be Lamba to get Jathedar’s ears. Do not become Guru-dokhi, one cannot
become panth-dokhi because there is no Panth. Badal/Tohra killed it long time ago.
For the sake of saving Guru Nanak’s message unadulterated for the future generations, controversy
about any part of Dasam Granth, including the three compositions recited during Khande-di-Pahul
ceremony and mandated for Nitnem, as being authored by the Tenth Nanak, should now end. Baba Virsa
Singh is dead. It is now time to put Atty. Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, the now champion of promoting the
false Dasam Granth, in his place.
In the preface of his book S. Dalbir Singh narrates an incident on October 2, 2007 at Rajaury Garden,
New Delhi, involving Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, where Mr. Lamba makes the outrageous statement that
he acquired ‘gurmat gian’ not from Guru Granth Sahib but from the so called Dasam Granth. I recall a
similar statement from Atty. D. S. Gill of Ludhiana, a companion of G. S. Lamba. It is obvious that these
two gentlemen, both attorneys, are not stupid. They possess a bibek budhi, hallmark of a Sikh. They fully
understand what Dasam Granth is; for them it is not a matter of blind faith but a much more sinister
agenda.
In an Editorial in the September 2002 issue of The Sikh Bulletin, reproduced on page 5 of this issue, we
had challenged Mr. G. S. Lamba to: “We invite all these intellectuals, leaders of these ‘panthic’
organizations, Jathedars and management committees of Patna Sahib and Hazoor Sahib, all those others
who believe in Dasam Granth as the bani of The Tenth Nanak, and especially S. Gurcharanjit Singh
Lamba, to please gather their wives, daughters, sons, fathers, mothers and all those family members they
hold dear to read and explain the following from Dasam Granth. Since Gurbani preaches that its
teachings should be made part of one’s daily life, they should also have handy the smgrI (ingredients)
listed in there so they might practice what Dasam Granth preaches”:
posq BwNg AFIm imlwie, Awsn qwN qr idXyo bnwie [
cuUUUUUuMbn rwie AilMgn ley, ilMg 1 dyq iqh Bg 2 mo Bey ]24]
Bg mo ilMg idXo rwjw jb, ruic aupjI qrnI ky ijXy qb [
lpit lpit Awsn qr geI, cuMbn krq BuUUUUpn ky BeI ]25]
gih gih iqh ko gry lgwvw, Awsn sO Awsnih Cuhwvw [
ADrn dO doaU ADr lgweI, duhUM kUcn soyyooOO kUucn imlweI ]26]
(CMd 24-26 cirqr 402) p. 1358
1Male Organ; 2Female Organ
To this list we suggest to include the management of the Gurdwara on Bradshaw road in Sacramento who
hosted a daylong seminar on Dasam Granth on Saturday Feb. 23 rd 2008, and all those attendees including
Mr. G. S. Lamba and ‘Professors’ from Patiala University and Dasam Granth ‘scholars’ from UK. We
should also include the members of the Asa-di-Var group of Sacramento to join in since they are so keen
bhagats of ‘Chaupai’ which is Chhand 377-402, in Chritar 404 on p.1386 from the same chapter in
Dasam Granth as the Charitar 402 on p.1358 quoted above.
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