Autobiography bhai rama singh ji

Elections at Gurdwaras

No one is prepared to listen to one another. In the Khalsa Panth too there are different factions.

They do not listen to one another, each one of them says, "Only what we are doing is right." For the sake of leadership in the Gurdwaras they do dishonest things. They make dummy votes for winning elections. Fights take place in the Gurdwaras. They do not fully respect Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. If we accept Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as the perfect Guru, then why do we go to non‐Sikhs to conduct elections. When we want something then we pray to Guru Ji. We arrange Paatths (complete reading of Guru Granth Sahib) to be done and ask for special Ardaas (prayers) to be said for us so that our inner wishes are fulfilled. Satguru (True Guru) showers His Blessing and our prayers are answered, still we do not have complete faith in Satguru. We wander around outside, away from the Guru.

I was told by a French born young lady, Bibi Jagjeet Kaur, who keeps full Sikh identity, that in this Age of darkness, Kalyog, the perfect Guru is Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and she has total belief in the Guru. If someone prays in total faith then certainly the Guru listens. The Guru knows what is in every mind. She said, "I was involved in a road accident and my car hit another car. When the accident occurred, many were prepared to give evidence against me. I was very worried. I was afraid of the other party's witnesses that I would lose the case. When the date for the hearing came, I prayed to Satguru that You know everything, I do not know whose fault it is. I have no witness, please save the honour of truth. I did Ardaas (standing prayer) took a Hukamnama (random reading of a hymn from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji for guidance). When I appeared before the judge, no witness for the other party showed up. I won the case."

When the time for changing the management committee of a Gurdwara comes, we do not pay heed to any guidance of Satguru Ji. There are some Gurdwaras which accept Guru Ji's guidance.

When selecting a new committee, they do Ardaas and draw lots and those selected become the new committee members. This is what happens at Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Slough (UK).

One day, Giani Pritam Singh Ji, the Head Granthi of Patna Sahib Ji, was doing katha at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara. He said that one day the Khalsa will become so feeble that they will not even care for the Guru. For self‐centred leaderships, the Khalsa will turn their backs on the Guru.

The Giani Ji said that even during the time of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji the question of Khalsa Raj (independent Khalsa rule) came up. The Singhs asked, "Why do you not give Raj to the Khalsa?"

The all knowing Guru Ji carried out an unusual test. He asked for sweet rice to be prepared with many other expensive and delicious ingredients and spread this rice on a white sheet. He asked for about a dozen dogs to be brought in. When the dogs saw the rice they started barking and snarling at each other. None ate the rice, they just spread the rice around in dirt with their feet and kept snarling at each other.

In the same way the Singhs are not understanding the value of Gurbani. They quarrel with each other for leadership. Until such time as the Khalsa begins to observe rehat (the prescribed code of conduct), recite Gurbani and do Naam simran, Khalsa will not get own raj.

In London on one occasion a devotee arranged for an Akhand Paatth (continuous reading of Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji which takes about 48 hours). The family had set up a camera for video recording of the Paatth. They were watching on the TV screen while doing sewa of langar (preparing and serving food as in the Gurdwara). The Giani Ji doing the Paatth was left on his own