Khalsa
[SIZE=-1]Some think that the word Khalsa is derived from Khalis which means pure. In fact the Khalsa means, "Directly linked to, or belonging to the king." Does this boil down to one world, one nation and one rule? Is this practically possible? Perhaps, it never was and probably will never be![/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Can we gather enough pure-ones for the "Universal Pure Rule?” If the "God-oriented Khalsa," as the expression goes, is hard to comprehend, let us see if we can focus on the Sikhs? How many Sikhs come up to the required criterion as depicted by Guru Ram Das in his Shabad (Hymn) starting with - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]No doubt, the words of encouragement keep the morale high and one gets the wisdom as well as energy to bear all the catastrophes - individual or collective, but it is the fact that the Sikh Rule is not something imaginary and the slogan fulfilled itself from time to time. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Some think that the word Khalsa is derived from Khalis which means pure. In fact the Khalsa means, "Directly linked to, or belonging to the king." Does this boil down to one world, one nation and one rule? Is this practically possible? Perhaps, it never was and probably will never be![/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Can we gather enough pure-ones for the "Universal Pure Rule?” If the "God-oriented Khalsa," as the expression goes, is hard to comprehend, let us see if we can focus on the Sikhs? How many Sikhs come up to the required criterion as depicted by Guru Ram Das in his Shabad (Hymn) starting with - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]gur siqgur kw jo isKu AKwey su Blky auiT hir nwmu iDAwvY ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]gur sqgur kw jo isKu AKwEy su Blky aiT hir nwmu iDAwvY ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Gur Satt.egur ka jo Sikh akhaa-ae so bhalkae outh: Har-e naam dhiaavaae.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Sikh of the Guru gets up early in the morning and recites the name of God.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]4-305-16 [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]This Hymn defines a Sikh - he gets up early in the morning, bathes, remembers the Lord, reads the Gurbani (Scriptures), attaches himself to God all the time, and puts others on this path. Keeping this definition in the mind, how many qualify to be the Sikhs? Let the truth (reality) prevail and then automatically the Khalsa-Rule will come into being without any doubt, in all the three dimensions of the time and space - not only this, but over all the three worlds (earth, sky, nether world). Let us first introspect our own selves! Are we united to spirituality? Let us be true to ourselves. Guru Gobind Singh declared - [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]gur sqgur kw jo isKu AKwEy su Blky aiT hir nwmu iDAwvY ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Gur Satt.egur ka jo Sikh akhaa-ae so bhalkae outh: Har-e naam dhiaavaae.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Sikh of the Guru gets up early in the morning and recites the name of God.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]4-305-16 [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]pUrn joiq jgY Gt mY qb Kwlsw qwih nKwils jwnY ] 33 svYXy, pwqSwhI 10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]pUrn joiq jgY Gt mY qb Kwlsw qwih nKwils jwnY ] 33 svYXy, pwqSwhI 10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pooran jot.e jagaae ghat maae t.abb Khalsaa t.aahae nakhaalis janaae. 33 Svaaeyae, Paat.eshahee 10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khalsa is he who has realized the Pure One. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Tenth Master, also used the term Khalsa for the Amritdhari Sikhs - the Sikhs inducted into this faith (S.G.P.C., Gurmatt Martand, Page 322) and he called them his own self. Following is the affirmation of the Master, as given in the Sarab Loh Granth, and it is not a Hymn by the 10th Master - [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]pUrn joiq jgY Gt mY qb Kwlsw qwih nKwils jwnY ] 33 svYXy, pwqSwhI 10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pooran jot.e jagaae ghat maae t.abb Khalsaa t.aahae nakhaalis janaae. 33 Svaaeyae, Paat.eshahee 10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khalsa is he who has realized the Pure One. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsw myro rUp hY Kws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsy myN hON kroN invws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsw myro {p hY Kws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsy myN hON kroN invws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khaalsa mero roop haae khaas[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khaalsae maaen' houn' karon' niwaas[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khalsa is the true projection of mine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]I abide by the Khalsa.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The term Khalsa represents a single Sikh too, but in fact it conveys a collective sense i.e. the Khalsa Panth - the Sikhs as a community, the Sikh world. It will be very hard to find an individual ideal Khalsa, but taken as a community, covering the Sikh world in general and not going into depths, the terminology is fine and perhaps more practical as well as understandable. [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Kwlsy myN hON kroN invws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsw myro {p hY Kws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Kwlsy myN hON kroN invws ][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khaalsa mero roop haae khaas[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khaalsae maaen' houn' karon' niwaas[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Khalsa is the true projection of mine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]I abide by the Khalsa.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]No doubt, the words of encouragement keep the morale high and one gets the wisdom as well as energy to bear all the catastrophes - individual or collective, but it is the fact that the Sikh Rule is not something imaginary and the slogan fulfilled itself from time to time. [/SIZE]
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