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In the Shabad I was reading
out in the beginning -
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a Sikh and a GurSikh are talking
between themselves.
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There’s a GurSikh and a Sikh.
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The Sikh doesn’t know much about the Guru.
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And the Sikh has come to the GurSikh
and they’ve got a question for them.
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They say I’ve come from far away
to you
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to get you to tell me the way to my Guru.
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The GurSikh is being asked to help
this Sikh find the Guru.
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And in this Shabad there’s a lot of
responsibilty upon the GurSikh.
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There’s a big responsibility on
the GurSikh’s shoulders.
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That he doesn’t join the Sikh to himself
but to join the Sikh to Guru Sahib.
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It’s very to easy to start becoming
the people that join someone to you.
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But the responsibility of a GurSikh
is to join that person to the Guru.
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So normally we read these Shabads
to the Guru.
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But actually the Sikh is saying it
to the GurSikh.
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Now the response of the GurSikh
to this Benti is very important.
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Because anybody can go ask someone
“let me meet the Guru”.
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But the response of the GurSikh
is what the Guru is teaching us.
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The GurSikh’s response to the Sikh:
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There’s no other way.
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He says
“if you want to walk upon this path then"
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To walk upon this path we have to do
whatever the Guru is telling us to do.
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We can’t choose a little bit here
and a little bit there.
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We have to follow the path
set by the Guru.
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We have to give up desires of our mind.
what our mind thinks.
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And forget all the other
loves of this world.
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Just love the Guru, follow the Guru.
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So the single-handed devotion
towards the Guru,
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the desire to follow only what the Guru
is saying - this is true Sikhi.
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This is Sikhi.
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And that is what the GurSikh
has to respond to.
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If someone came upto you and said
"Paaji do I have to do this?"
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“Is it really important to do this
to meet my Guru?"
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We can’t take the easy option and say
"we don’t need this, just enjoy yourself”.
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No, we’ve been given a Hukam (order)
by the Guru in this Shabad
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that you must tell them following the Guru
is the only way.
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Waheguru
