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Summary of Question: | Matha Tek ( Bowing ) To Human Baba Ji's !! |
Category: | Sikh Practices |
Date Posted: | Monday, 9/23/2002 1:21 AM MDT |
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Sat Siri Akaal.
What you have described is NOT Sikh, but the ones there believe it to be. It sounds like the so-called Sikhs involved might be part of a sect that believes in a living Guru, not Siri Guru Granth Sahib. I do not know. But what you tell us above is not Sikh.
The 10th Master Guru Gobind Singh gave the guruship to Siri Guru Granth before he died, and told us to bow ONLY to God and Guru in the form of Siri Guru Granth Sahib, not to a human 'guru' or teacher or regular person, for that matter. Spiritual teachers are great to have, without question, I know because I have one and he's Sikh. But I do not BOW to him. Nor would he let me bow to him as you describe! My point is that these 'babajis', if they are Sikh, have not been following Guru's instruction about bowing only to God & Guru and to no man.
Guru ang sang,
-DKK