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Summary of Question:	The Spirit Of Guru Gobind Ji
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Wednesday, 10/03/2001 5:24 PM MDT

Wahe Guru Ji ka KHalsa Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh

I have so many Question i need to ask. My first question is a friend of mines was telling me that Guru Gobind ji is the Spirit of Shiv ji, i was wondering if this is true?

Second question is My friend also says that in mecca , where all muslims must go once in there life, in the middle there is a Bricked room where they must face to pray, and in that room there is the remains of shiv ji. My friend also tells me that Everyday the muslims pour blood from a goat on top of the remains, the thing that is shocking me is that he says that in the guru granth Sahib it say that if any one who pours pure milk or water on those remains ALL muslims will be gone, also my friend told me that is the reason why no one BUT MUSLIMS are allowed to go to Mecca. And no one in mecca allows anyone to see the remains.
My third question is the friend who told me all this is saying that before GURU GOBIND ji came to earth he requested one thing from god and that is , He does not want any of his family to carry his name after he passes away, and that is the reason that all his children and his wife, mother everyone pasted away. i am really confused about all this. I asked him where did he read this from and he told me that some of it is written in the GURU GRANTH SAHIB, is this true?
My last question is , do you know where i can get a the GURU GRANTH SAHIB IN ENGLISH, THE FULL GURU GRANTH SAHIB. THE REASON I WANT TO HAVE IT WITH ME IS SO I CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT EVERYTHING. I KNOW THAT I CAN READ IT ONLINE BUT I WANT TO HAVE IT WITH ME ALL THE TIME.


Wahe Guru Ji ka KHalsa Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh

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Waheguru Ji Ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh!
NONE of the above is at all true. This person has not read Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh wrote his autobiography, "Bachitr Natak", which is part of his Dasam Granth. He was Rishi Dusht Duman before becoming Guru Gobind Singh, but he was never Shiv. Shiv is a Hindu representation of one of the aspects of the Godhead. Guru Gobind Singh would never claim to be such. This rumor is appalling.

The bricked room Muslims pray at during the Haj does NOT have Shiv's remains. I do not recall what is in this room (called the Kabbah), but I don't think it is someone's remains. I believe it is SOMETHING that the Muslims hold sacred (that was never human, but is very old). Ask a real Muslim about this. Why on earth would the Muslims worship Shiv, when Islam began in what we today call the Arabian peninsula, NOT in India!? Shiv is a HINDU deity, not and never was Islamic.

Guru Gobind Singh is not recorded as telling anyone he told GOd that he didn't want his lineage to survive. Guru Gobind sacrificed his family because he could hardly tell his followers that his own family was 'better' or above others in the sacred war he fought for freedom of religious choice. So, his family became warriors in their own right, whether on the battlefield or in their hearts. The Guru of the Sikhs from the time of Nanak was ALWAYS SHabd Guru, not a physical Guru. Read Guru Nanak's "Sidh Gosht" (in SGGS) yourself, and see how Nanak replied to the Siddhas when they asked him who his Guru is. He replied: "My guru is shabd guru." So, when 10th Master gave the Guruship to Siri Guru Granth Sahib, he was confirming what Guru Nanak started, for SGGS IS Shabd Guru.

Siri Guru says nothing about getting rid of Muslims as you describe.

I highly recommend you sit down with Siri Guru (English or Punjabi) and READ it yourself. And tell this friend of yours to stop spreading fantasies about Sikhi.

Guru ang sang,
-DKK