More and more Sikhs today are unable to read Gurmukhi and rely on the initiated to conduct matters in the Gurdwara.Would someone who has not studied Gurbani see the baptised Sikh's as being a superior, almost a priestly class? The ideal is of sangat and pangat, but is there still an equal fellowship?In another fifty years perhaps the small percentage of baptised Sikhs will be the only ones who understand Gurmukhi ,with the rest of the sangat just attending the service. The baptised are already the only ones allowed to conduct ceremonies and read the Holy Word ,atleast in a Gurdwara .Is that not somewhat similar to the brahmins role in Hinduism.Are the baptised the only ones who should recite Gurbani and are they more capable of understanding it.If the Khalsa have exclusive Gurdwara rights would that suggest they are more priest than SaintSoldier?
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