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Summary of Question:	Marry To The Person Outside Our Religion
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Thursday, 10/03/2002 10:08 AM MDT

DHAN BABA NANAK.

In guru Granth Sahib we have always been taught that there is only one religion and that is Humanity. Later we came to learn that we are only allow to marry someone in our religion? Whay is this cast taken place. one side we r taught that there is no cast on the other we r put into the cast. With all your blessing i would like to share my thinking. Every religion is right in their place, every destiny has their own path, and each of us has our own religion to take care of. I would like to share one of the very beautiful thought with you all. I am bron in Thailand. often we hear that Thailand is the Land of Buddist. Now if today i have to marry a pure thai girl these things might take place in my life in the comming future. Today i would say i love her and in love there is no religion. Later what happend is there will be two faith in one home. One side believed in the Picture of Lord Budda and on the other side we r not allowed to bow in front of any photo. One side when we take Amrit we have to keep our haid long, on the other when they do take Amrit in their own ways and tradition they can't keep their hair. Tomorrow when a child is born one side wants to give a child a sikhi ways of life with a sikh name, other side have their own traditional. And the best part is both the side are correct in their own ways. Can anyone tell me what would be the destiny of the child. I am not against any religion traditional. God has given different languages and tradition in different time.Yes love is still there but where would the understanding be. If we look carefully at the Holy Books of all religion we would find that all have the message of love and ways to reach God. But tradition r different. On the other hand if i marry a sikh girl. One Guru, One believe, one faith, One destiny and the best thing is the child will follow the same path as we do. every family have fight,love, anger, sadness and happiness. Be it u marry in same religion or anyone outside ur religion. But if in a marriage we have one faith, one Guru and one Guide wont that be a better way. If i am wrong anywhere please do e-mail and share ur feeling with me. I really have no much knowledge about marriage life. It is very important to be in one religion, it's not wrong to respect another religion. Like me living in Thailand sometime we have to go according to their believe but that does not mean i have to change my believed. To respect all religion is one of the teaching by our Guru.

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jeevan Singh

(REPLY) Sat Nam. You seem to understand quite clearly why we are so much better off to marry someone who shares our religion. but in your first sentences you talk about "cast" -- but a religion is not a cast. So when we encourage marrying only into the same religion, it has nothing to do with caste. thank you for your comments. Blessings, SP