Indira assassin ‘great martyr’: Vedanti

AMRITSAR:: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti on Sunday hailed Satwant Singh, the assassin of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as a “great martyr of the Panth” for taking revenge for Operation Bluestar. Vedanti who presided over the Akhand Path ceremony, marking the death anniversary of Satwant, said Sikhs should not forget “martyrs” like Satwant who stood for the honour and the respect of the community and “punished” those who tried to agitigate the Sikhs. The highest temporal seat of the Sikhs had declared Satwant, who was hanged for the assassination, a martyr many years ago.

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Drop and the Ocean

This video was my effort to put my humble views about Sikhi, and my own experiences.
I added this video on to Sikhnet website for the Online film festival.

Naam and celestial sounds

Naam is the sweet and ear-pleasing sound. It is the voice of God and is present in all creation but it cannot be heard.

In Guru granth Sahib Ji's page 879, it says;

Gurbani is the sound of the Naas, the Vedas, everything.
My mind is attuned to the lord of the universe.


A brahamgiani is the one who has found the secret of how to be truthful in God's court.

One who, in his soul, loves the Will of God,
is said to Jivan Mukta (Liberated while yet alive.)
As is joy, so is sorrow to him,
He is in eternal bliss, and is not separated from God.

Did Jesus really exist?

He was born to a Virgin, and was given presents by the kings from far far away, who were guided by a shining star in the distant sky. He was a carpenter then a messiah who was later crucified, who later resurrected after being crucified.

Have you heard this story before? I'm sure you have already guessed, its right as well he is called Jesus.

Then there is an interesting story about The bible, some say its the most controversial work as this manuscript was not written by Jesus himself. The historical events of Jesus came from four gospels of Bible. Note that these Gospels did not come into the Bible as original and authoritative from the authors themselves, but rather from the influence of early church fathers, especially the most influential of them all: Irenaeus of Lyon who lived in the middle of the second century.

The list is endless literally endless, however there is a video i saw few weeks ago and think the best documentary on life of Jesus. Its called zeitgeist The movie 200.

Its divided into 3 chapters: The first is called, The greatest story ever told. I would strongly recommend every one the rest of the two parts as well.

Zeitgeist - The Movie, 2oo7
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Who is a true Guru?

There is a surfeit of gurus these days in our world. So many people claim to be guru having a divine mission of preaching spiritually in all parts of the world.

Whereas about 60 percent of the world population is subsisting below the poverty line and the foremost demand is food, clothing and other essentials of life, the other 40 percent have affluence of wealth but not affluence of peace of mind. This rich upper class wants a guru who must not question there corrupt vocational life and yet give them some easy way of salvation.

This demand is met by the modern 'guru's who readily offer there specialised formulae for meditation. Some attach such esotericism and secrecy to their special methods that they offer to divulge only to those who become their disciples (Like the guru of Radha soami). The formula is then whispered in the ears of a disciple with a strict injunction not to divulge it to others. This procedure makes the personality of the living guru very important and creates a wide circle of his disciples.




Both the guru and the disciple are enabled in this way to achieve their selfish interests, the former getting easy wealth and the latter easy salvation.

Let us now visualize the picture of a Guru who sacrificed his life for the cause of righteousness early in the 17th century. A modern guru of today sits on a soft velvety sofa; flower petals are showered over him by his disciples and takes his bath
in swimming pools.


Sri Guru Arjan Sahib ji , on the other hand, can be seen sitting on an iron sheet, below which fire is burning. Hot sand was being poured on His head, He is made to sit in boiling water, and He still sings:

Sweet is Thy will O'God;
Nanak begs for the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Page 394)

And for that purpose, He is gladly suffering all this torture. The Mughal emperor, jehangir, himself says in his autobiography, Tuzki-i-Jehangiri, that he ordered torture and death of Guru as he wanted to stop the guru's preachings which were attracting both Hindus and Muslims.

The practical example of Sri Arjan Sahib Ji lead us to understand as to who should be treated as a true Guru. Only He, who realizes the will of God and does not assert his own selfish will, can be called a Guru. Sir Guru Nanak Sahib Ji had said:

O Nanak, one who understands His command (Gods),
does not speak in ego.
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Page 1)

Even after so many sacrifices and spiritual journeys by our Guru's, some will still follow the materialistic guru who will tell you what you wish to listen from them (will console you). And not just they foool the people but the so called 'guru', gets paid for fooling others.

The only way to find the True Soul is to Japp(chant)the name of the Lord.