Is it okay for Sikhs living outside their home country to celebrate Christmas? My friend's family has a Christmas tree and exchanges gifts with friends and family.
Is it okay for Sikhs living outside their home country to celebrate Christmas? My friend's family has a Christmas tree and exchanges gifts with friends and family.
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One has to take his/her own decision. Gurbani has no role to play in this matter.
First we need to understand what celebration of XMAS mean. If it is about learning about the spiritual teachings of Jesus you may want to learn and celebrate that way. But if it is about commerce then it is waist of money. You can give gifts any time.
There is no harm in sharing the happiness and knowledge with others. However, we should not forget the guidelines, our duties and responsibilities towards the teachings of Gurbani written in Guru Granth Sahib.
ਮੰਨੈ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਪੰਥੁ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਧਰਮ ਸੇਤੀ ਸਨਬੰਧੁ ॥ Jap – 3
Gurmat does not approve any type of such customs which are just rituals and waste your time, energy and money. Gurmat teaches us to get internal enlightenment with the help of Gurbani written in Guru Granth Sahib.
We do need some light for normal functioning at night. For that electric bulbs of good efficiency are suitable. However, these customs of candles, earthen pots and unlimited decorated lights have come from other sects. We are just wasting oil or wax and producing air pollution. Even production of electricity involves the production of lot of pollution. We must analyse the pros and cons of our each and every action
ਪਹਿਲਾ ਵਸਤੁ ਸਿਞਾਣਿ ਕੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੀਚੈ ਵਾਪਾਰੁ ॥ ਦੋਹੀ ਦਿਚੈ ਦੁਰਜਨਾ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਕੂੰ ਜੈਕਾਰੁ ॥ ਜਿਤੁ ਦੋਹੀ ਸਜਣ ਮਿਲਨਿ ਲਹੁ ਮੁੰਧੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ {੧੪੧੦}
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਦੀ ਖੋਜ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਹੋਰ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਤੇ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਹਾਸਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸ ਲਿੰਕ ਤੇ ਕਲਿਕ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ
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