why do you bow to a book father: sonny, you must bow to guru granth sahib. i have been told that you...
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Dad! I Wanted to Dad! I Wanted to Ask YouAsk You
why do you bow to a book
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why do you bow to a
book
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Father: Sonny, you must bow to Guru Granth Sahib.
I have been told that you have set a wrong example for other young
Sikhs. Son: Dad, I also wanted to ask you,
why do you bow to a book.
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Almost every day you remind me that medical subjects
involve a lot of study but you never told me to bow to my books to become a doctor. You know it well that one
cannot become a doctor by bowing to medical books.
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Similarly, how can I become a Sikh by bowing
to the Sikh book. Please, daddy, do not bow
to the book. It embarrasses me a lot.
You are an educated person and not an
illiterate to do that. Father: I told you that bowing is essential for a
Sikh.
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I visited the office in the federal government.
A white man came to see him.
He took off his hat and put his bare head
before the face of your uncle.
I felt very mad at his misbehavior.
I wanted to talk to you guys and know what we
can do about it.”
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The boys laughed and tried to explain to me
that it did not mean any disrespect.
Rather, the taking off of one’s hat shows respect
for the other person. Everyone had something
to tell me about this western culture
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“I was comparing your culture with my culture.
Instead of presenting ourselves bareheaded
before a senior and respectable person, we always appear with a turban on our head.
We fold our hands and bow to him to show respect for
the elderly person.
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I was wondering if we practice your culture to show respect to Guru Granth Sahib, what a
scene the gurdwara hall will become.
Every Sikh reaching near Guru Granth Sahib instead of bowing will take off his turban and start tying it
again. The hall will become a
turban tying hall.”
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we must bow to Guru Granth Sahib.”
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Son responded, “Yes. We do accept and respect the
teachings of Guru Granth Sahib.
For that reason, we must bow to Guru Granth Sahib.” “We do respect and accept
the teachings of Guru Granth Sahib, therefore, we must
bow to Guru Granth Sahib.”
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Bye Bye !!