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COMPILATION OF SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB29every <strong>Sikh</strong> as Amritdhari. But that was said more in jest. No oneseemed serious on that. The <strong>Sikh</strong> leadership, especially the clergy,should look at the erosion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> identity that is being caused. Thisissue needs urgent attention.Fourthly, there is need for provision in the SGPC Act that amember <strong>of</strong> SGPC, seeking an elected post in assembly or Parliamentwill lose his SGPC seat. That alone will make SGPC members to payfull attention to their duties and functions, and prevent SGPC frombeing used as a launching pad for a political career.Lastly, (for Jathedar Akal Takht): since the Shiromani Akali Dalsince 1996 has become a Punjabi Party and is no longer a <strong>Sikh</strong> party, itshould be prevented from using the word Akali with its nomenclature.That would help to put the <strong>Sikh</strong> polity on an even course.~~~1. From text <strong>of</strong> Japji in the original Kartarpuri Pothi. The contents, folio 2/2 reads:jpu gurU rwmdws jIau ikAw dsKqw kw nkul ..It must be understood that this revelation, 1 oankar sati .. gur prasadi was GuruNanak’s perception and was not upsurge <strong>of</strong> Bhaktas or others whose compositionsfind place in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.hau Awpru bol n jwxdw mY kihAw sBu hukmyau jIa ]When Thou, O Lord, caused me to speak, then alone did I repeat the Name.Wadhans Mahla 1,Guru Granth Sahib, p. 566jYsI mY AwvY Ksm kI bwxI qYsVw krI igAwnu vy lwlo ]As the word <strong>of</strong> the Lord comes to me, so do I utter, O’ Lalo.Tilang Mahla I Guru Granth Sahib, p. 722sc kI bwxI nwnku AwKY scu suxwiesI sc kI bylw ]Nanak utters the word <strong>of</strong> truth and proclaims truth at the right time.Tilang Mahla I. Guru Granth Sahib, p. 723sbdu gurU suriq Duin cylw ]The Lord is my Guru, whose meditation, I, His disciple greatly love.Ramkali Mahla 1, Sidhi Goshti, Guru Granth Sahib. p. 943.2. Cf. Guru Granth Sahib. Pp, 35, 763, 984, 1310.3. This included happenings both in extended Biradari, brotherhood, <strong>of</strong> relativesand friends, apart from their particular village or surroundings, connected withbirth <strong>of</strong> a child in the family, their marriages, <strong>of</strong>ferings made on such occasionsand mutual obligations, deaths special social gatherings, events <strong>of</strong> note, and sundrymatters.4. I learnt in 1930s Gurmukhi from village Gurdwara before I Joined the village