Sikh guru

... tomorrow, I think it would be one thing that would be different, if I had more courage.

And I think it's, again, thinking about the resilience of our ancestors, the Sikh gurus, that they had, and the fact that I feel like I didn't have that in me, to be courageous and to stand up-

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... to fight the oppression.

And in the Sikh tradition, this title is reserved for Guru Nanak and his nine successors.

The ten Sikh gurus are credited with fostering and cultivating the Sikh community from its establishment in the fifteenth century to the death of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, in 1708.

Before his death, Guru Gobind Singh passed on the title of guruship to two authorities for Sikhs to follow, the Guru Granth Sahib and the Guru Khalsa Panth, the community of formally initiated Sikhs.

The Guru Granth Sahib is a collection of hymns and poetry compiled by the Sikh gurus themselves.

The Sikh scripture is unique in that it doesn't contain narratives.

It's all music and poetry.

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So many different Sufi saints, Hindu saints and Sikh saints, obviously the Sikh gurus themselves have wrote in that.

So there's not just writings from one guru or from one sect.

Parit Kabirji, Baba Faridji, you know, there's so many different, different sources.

What was the first thing that people didn't know about him or the first video that people didn't see? Everyone knows what is going to happen, but no one cares about it because as long as Sikhs don't do anything about it, it won't stop.

Harinder Singh Sikhi and others have also spoken about this.

Spread awareness.

Tell the world what happened to us.

If we meet a government official tomorrow, he will say that we have to give money to India because we want to take this from India.

Will you agree with him? When you know what the government of India is doing? Then when these people say that we support the peace, then how can we agree with them? We need to think about how much we are in agreement with them and why we are in agreement with them.

Why should we put the things that are against Gurmata in Sikhi? Why should we put them in our movements? We need to look at all these things and still we need to sit quietly.

So now people are getting used to it.

In which they said, Mr. Singh, you don't know how to drive.

And by my surprise, the acting attorney general there, who himself is from Sikh faith, he didn't make such a big commotion on social media about it.

But if something happens 14,000 kilometers away, will they make a commotion?

But

The total arrests by race accused because this was a race-based thing.

So they created South Asian.

They didn't make it Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Muslim from Pakistan.

They didn't do it.

So the writing of Guru Granth Sahib, which is the holy book of Sikh people, So the writing is that, that's called like a Bani or Gurbani or Bani, you know.

Then he said, everybody know what is the meaning of Guru is, but he is specifically talking about Sikh Gurus, all right, 10 Sikh Gurus.

So, Then he's saying, yeah, you becoming the Bani, you know, the Guru Bani, and then you came to the home of the gurus, means the Punjabi language, basically, which we read nowadays in Guru Maharshi's script, you know, that script, Is basically given by second Guru, Guru Angad Dev Ji.

So that's why in Guru Granth Sahib, so it's all Punjabi script.

In this series, we're exploring the traditions behind Hindi holidays and observances.

I'm Eric, and you're listening to Season 1, Lesson 10, Sikh New Year.

In Hindi, it's called Bisakhi.

Across most Indian states, the New Year is the first day of the month of Bisakhi, according to the Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh calendars.

This falls around mid-April and is celebrated with great enthusiasm by every community.

In this lesson, we are talking about Bisakhi, which is the Hindu New Year and the biggest Sikh festival.

Now before we get into more detail, do you know the answer to this question? The Sikh religion has a holy scripture that is taken out in a procession held in local neighborhoods on Bisakhi Day.

Do you know its name? If you don't already know, you'll find out a bit later.