I agree with what you have written. People in-charge of
Sikh religion want money and power. By restricting membership to few people they can have power and money. Religion for them is a way to make money.
Unless and until Sikhs regard Sikhs with and without turban as equal Sikh religion will not flourish. As regards spirituality no two people are alike.
I read this with interest, because it parallels a situation in my own faith (Judaism), where the Orthodox Rabbinate has begun creating conditions for converts that are so stringent that it basically makes joining the Jewish people impossible for many.
The tent of our father Abraham 3500 years ago was open on all four sides, 24/7, to welcome in all who wished to come, no matter what their current status or future intentions. Thus the Jewish People came into being.
Like the Sikhs, we have depended on converts to maintain and grow. But if we close the doors or discriminate against converts in matters of marriage or admittance to important institutions of learning or the Rabbinate, our numbers will continue to shrink even smaller than the 0.01 of the world population that we are.
I applaud your efforts to reverse the dangerous trend that you describe, and wish you every success.
Dear Tarlochan JI
I agree with what you have written. People in-charge of
Sikh religion want money and power. By restricting membership to few people they can have power and money. Religion for them is a way to make money.
Unless and until Sikhs regard Sikhs with and without turban as equal Sikh religion will not flourish. As regards spirituality no two people are alike.
Dr. Jaspal Singh Mayell
Stamford, CT USA
Dear Tarlochan,
I read this with interest, because it parallels a situation in my own faith (Judaism), where the Orthodox Rabbinate has begun creating conditions for converts that are so stringent that it basically makes joining the Jewish people impossible for many.
The tent of our father Abraham 3500 years ago was open on all four sides, 24/7, to welcome in all who wished to come, no matter what their current status or future intentions. Thus the Jewish People came into being.
Like the Sikhs, we have depended on converts to maintain and grow. But if we close the doors or discriminate against converts in matters of marriage or admittance to important institutions of learning or the Rabbinate, our numbers will continue to shrink even smaller than the 0.01 of the world population that we are.
I applaud your efforts to reverse the dangerous trend that you describe, and wish you every success.
Liebe Feiga Schulman, MD
Jerusalem, Israel