BREAKING: Canadian Sikhs Pledge To Not Allow Changes to Amrit Sanchar Maryada

TORONTO, Canada—During a meeting held at Gurdwara Singh Sabha Malton on April 30, it was resolved unanimously that no one will be allowed to alter the amrit sanchar maryada.  The meeting was attended by representatives of various Canadian Gurdwara committees, including the Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council and the British Columbia Sikh Gurdwara Council.

The meeting was held in response to growing concerns about changing of amrit sanchar maryada by Ragi Darshan Singh and his supporters.  Few days ago, a poster had surfaced online, advertising an Amrit Sanchar taking place on May 11 without Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s banis.  During vaisakhi, an amrit sanchar was held in Virginia, USA, by supporters of Ragi Darshan Singh, in which the amrit was prepared by reading only two of the five amrit sanchar banis.  This act has been highly appreciated by Ragi Darshan Singh.

At the meeting in Malton, it was resolved that Canadian Sikhs will not allow amrit sanchaars by Ragi Darshan Singh at any cost.

In a correspondence addressed to Jennifer Evans, Chief of Police, Peel Regional Police, Kultar Singh (Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council vice-chair), Amarjit Singh Mann (Ontario Gurdwaras Committee spokesperson) and Moninder Singh (British Columbia Sikh Gurdwara Council spokesperson) stated –

“Amrit Sanchar is an integral process within the Sikh faith that leads an individual into the institution of the Khalsa.  Since 1699, this institution has been utilized to connect a Sikh to the way of life that is constant pursuit for the betterment of mankind.”

“Taking into consideration the importation of the institution itself and the level of authority bestowed upon the Rehat Maryada (Code of Conduct) by the highest seat of authority of Sikhs, Sri Akal Takht Sahib, no individual Sikh or other is qualified or has the authorities to change aspects of this essential institution which has been undertaken for over 300 years.  It would be considered a challenge to the Sikh way of life if this was to happen and no Sikh would allow this to occur.” 

“Recently it has come to the attention of the Ontario Sikh Sangat (Congregation) that an individual by the name of Darshan Singh (under the organization Guru Granth Sahib Web Academy) who is a resident of the Greater Toronto Area has put out advertisements to conduct the process of Amrit Sanchar in his own way and will clearly be violating the tenets of the Sikh faith and in doing so will be severely hurting the sentiments of the Sikh Nation.”

“Before taking any steps on our own, we would like this matter to be resolved with your assistance so as to avoid any possibility of confrontation.”

Sikh leaders expressed great urgency in this matter and have requested a meeting before May 4, 2016 to resolve the issue.

9 COMMENTS

  1. Rajinder singh if you are against amrit banis you are agains the panth, How does it turn men into lions if it is not the bani of guru gobind singh ji,? we have our shaheeds of 78 and 84 look at them what was the amrit they drank? What maryada did they follow? Take your guru nindia elsewhere, if you have any doubts of guru gobind singh jis bani take a hukam from guru granth sahib ji, instead of a hukam from your own durmat, The khalsa panth is very clear in its bachan of sgpc minimum sikh rehat maryada amrit has five banis 3 are from guru gobind singh jhi, are you bigger then the panth? The panth has already decided what is “safe” and right now you are attaking amrit, how “safe” does this make the panth feel?

  2. Rajinder singh if you are against amrit banis you are agains the panth, How does it turn men into lions if it is not the bani of guru gobind singh ji,? we have our shaheeds of 78 and 84 look at them what was the amrit they drank? What maryada did they follow? Take your guru nindia elsewhere, if you have any doubts of guru gobind singh jis bani take a hukam from guru granth sahib ji, instead of a hukam from your own durmat, The khalsa panth is very clear in its bachan of sgpc minimum sikh rehat maryada amrit has five banis 3 are from guru gobind singh jhi, are you bigger then the panth? The panth has already decided what is “safe” and right now you are attaking amrit, how “safe” does this make the panth feel?

  3. Hasnt Prof Darshan Singh been chayked from our panth already? So why are we wasting our time with something like this, we have been asked to not interact with darshan singh anyways. If he is changing amrit let him, we should do it the way we have been doing it all along.

    • When he is not a part of your panth, then he has a right to follow his ideologyGaya

      Now, let us discuss Guru Nanak. He preached against all the Hindu dogmatism, ritualism, yajna, hoam etc. If the Brahmins had followed the Ontario group then they would have murdered Guru Nanak right there at Kusukashetra, Hardwar or Gaya … or the Muslims would have martyred him at Mecca or Baghdad.

  4. Dear Saad Sangat ji, Waheguru ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru ji Ki Fateh, Guru Gobind Singh ji established “Guru Granth Sahib ji “as our eternal Guru and ordered all sikhs to follow it. It is high time we have a genuine Sarab Khalsa congregation to decide on the validity of our the scriptures i.e which ones are genuine and should be allowed. As everyone knows last reform movement (Singh Sabha ) culminated in around 1925 These persons saved our Sikhi as we know it. Unfortunately they did’nt have enough time to clear up all the mess created by the Mahants. Nirmalas etc One of movement leaders S. Gurmukh Singh was declared Tankhiya by the then Jathedars Almost hundred years later we are in the same boat. we are being attacked from all sides i.e deras . rss etc and we should counter that Now in this age of technology we have the means to identify old writings and date the same and find out what is authentic and what is not ? . just saying Mukhvak Patshahi Dasvi doesn’t cut anymore.Until we decide to this it is safe to say that we should follow as ordered “Guru Granth Sahib ji” only That way there is no controversy. Rajinder Singh

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