Selected Editorials - The Sikh Bulletin
Selected Editorials - The Sikh Bulletin
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With Paul Ryan as his V-P candidate, Romney’s vague statements about what he will do to improve the<br />
economy are now very explicit thanks to Ryan’s budget proposal that Republicans have already passed.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no wiggle room. This is an opportunity for the American electorate to redeem itself from the<br />
goofs of two terms for Bush Jr. <strong>The</strong>y can earn the respect of the entire world by giving President Obama a<br />
fifty state victory.<br />
That would also be a sweet victory over the right wing Republican Supreme Court that declared<br />
corporations as people. Perhaps that will also trigger the resurrection of a Republican Party that is truly<br />
compassionate conservative and not a farce that Bush Jr. gave us.<br />
Hardev S Shergill<br />
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EDITORIAL [II]<br />
[From the July-August 2012 <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong>]<br />
GURBANI & SIKH REHT MARYADA<br />
SOME CONTRADICTIONS<br />
Quotes from Guru Granth Sahib:<br />
ਏਕੁ ਿਪਤਾ ਏਕਸ ਕੇ ਹਮ ਬਾਿਰਕ ਤੂ ਮੇਰਾ ਗੁਰ ਹਾਈ ॥<br />
<strong>The</strong> One God is our father; we are the children of the One God. You are our Guru. GGS Page 611<br />
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਬੈਰੀ ਨਹੀ ਿਬਗਾਨਾ ਸਗਲ ਸੰ ਿਗ ਹਮ ਕਉ ਬਿਨ ਆਈ ॥੧॥<br />
No one is my enemy, and no one is a stranger.<br />
I get along with everyone. GGS Page 1299<br />
Both quotes above are from the Bani of Fifth Nanak, Guru Arjan Dev Ji. Guru Ji is stressing that<br />
whole Human Race is one big Family. Guru Nanak preached the same thing to his Hindu,<br />
Buddhist, Jain and Muslim audiences in India and the Middle East and to the Christian and Jewish<br />
audiences whom he must have come across during his visit to Mecca, Medina and Baghdad.<br />
Scientific research on human origins confirms the same thing. In fact it even pin points origin of<br />
human race to an ‘African Mother’.<br />
Quotes from<br />
‘<strong>Sikh</strong> Reht Maryada:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Code of <strong>Sikh</strong> Conduct & Conventions’,<br />
Published by<br />
Dharam Parchar Committee<br />
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee<br />
December 2000 (English version)<br />
“Only a <strong>Sikh</strong> may perform kirtan in a congregation”.<br />
(Chapter V Article VI c) p.15<br />
“A <strong>Sikh</strong> daughter must be married to a <strong>Sikh</strong>”.<br />
(Chapter XI Article XVIII b) p.26<br />
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