In honour of Sri Guru Nanak - Sikh Guru

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[The devotees of the Birmingham Sri Gour Govinda Gaudiya Matha had a special

arrangement with their Sikh friends of the Namdhari Gurudwara temple. For the

second year in a row Srila Narayana Maharaja's week-long festival of hari-katha

would be held in their large assembly hall, and over 200 of the 500 devotees

attending would also be able to live there during that time. Moreover, despite

certain obstacles, several of the Sikh leaders attended Srila Maharaja's

classes. Srila Maharaja expressed his gratitude to them in the following

class:](Srila Maharaja at the Namdhari Gurudwara temple in Birmingham)Guru

Nanak is a guru who gave transcendental love and affection for the Supreme

Lord. Arjuna Singh is in his dynasty, or guru-parampara, as we see there in his

portrait. The Sikhs were originally Hindus, and they are still Hindus. Their

religious principle was to save Hindu and Sanatana-dharma from the clutches of

the Muslims. At that time the

Moguls, headed by Aranzeb and others, were very aggressive. Arjuna Singh led his

followers in making a vow that, "If we will not defeat the Moguls and they do

not leave India, we will not shave our heads and we will not shave our beards.

They took the vow symbolically on their hands, and therefore they wear a karha

on their wrists. You should see this. [srila Narayana Maharaja points to their

bracelets] They vowed to wear the bracelets "Until we bring Hindu and Vedic

culture independence from the Mogul rulers." They are not separate from the

devotees of India; they are followers of Sanatana-dharma; they also know that

Krsna and Rama are the Supreme Lord. Guru Nanak used to tell all these facts to

his devotees everywhere, and they served everywhere. Arjuna Singh lost his two

sons because they vowed, "We cannot accept Muslim religion." The Moguls put

within a wall, and the wall was being constructed around them. When that wall

became up to the sons' waists the Moguls said,

"Will you accept?"They replied, "Never." Then, when the wall came up to their

chests the Moguls again said, "Now you will have to accept."They replied,

"Never!" and when the Moguls then made the wall up to the sons' neck they said,

"There is some time to change your mind; otherwise we will cover you."Still they

did not accept, and they were covered by that wall. How much great sacrifice the

Sikhs performed for India, to save Sanatana Vedic dharma!We are now here in

their temple. They should save us and give us shelter so that we can preach

Sanatana-dharma in the line of Guru Nanak teaching that Krsna and Rama are the

Supreme Personality of Godhead. By chanting and remembering the Supreme Lord we

can be happy, otherwise we can never be so. This is the mission of our Sanatana

Vedic dharma, of Guru Nanak, and of Arjuna Singh and his guru-parampara up to

the present time.Some mad Sikhs think, "We are separate from Sanatana-dharma

and we

should fight the Hindus. A few Sikhs of this nature want "Sikhisthan" or

something like that. But there are so many intelligent and pious Sikhs almost

all Sikhs are pious and intelligent. Pure Sikhs continuously save Hinduism

everywhere; so many thanks that they have given us shelter here, to preach our

mission of Rama and Krsna, Gita and Bhagavatam.My blessings to them, and my

prayer to Krsna that He will be merciful to them and make them happy.Gaura

premanande!Editorial Advisors: Pujyapada Madhava Maharaja and Sripad Brajanath

prabhuEditor: Symarani dasiTranscriber and typist: Anita dasi

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