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Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.04,0:00:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days when we see youngsters from Punjab,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.25,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see they have become more westernized
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.01,0:00:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 'yanky', who seems to be influenced by Americans or Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.58,0:00:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bollywood too pushes our youngsters into westernization
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.26,0:00:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by telling them how to cut and style their hair, or how to shave or how to look younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.72,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's OK. It's not wrong. This is also Guru Maharaj Jis hukam
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why is this really happening? Have we given them something to understand the importance of their actions?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.32,0:01:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you given them immense pride, so as not to follow that path? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.12,0:01:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You haven't given them the path; the good and bad effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.09,0:01:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should look at both. Western culture has many good as well as bad points.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.97,0:01:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Siri Singh Sahib Ji always used to say that the best thing about the culture is that you question everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.87,0:01:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is questioned to see what are its good and bad points.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.72,0:01:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both sides should be considered.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.90,0:02:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let the youngsters taking that path, research and question their actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.58,0:02:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow them to research and question our Dharam. Let them try.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.09,0:02:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them try to do simran, which will allow them to understand the power within them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.99,0:02:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Naal Eanay Dosti, Kade Na Ave Raas.'\N[Friendship with a fool never works out right.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.99,0:02:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No where is it told that all youth should become saints,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.83,0:02:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone commits mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.36,0:02:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will never be able to find peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't allow youth to learn and commit mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.94,0:02:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its not that they are entirely wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.51,0:02:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to give them time, the chance to try and the path to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.80,0:02:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, in this age they have already matured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.61,0:03:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you didn't allow them to learn at an early age,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.28,0:03:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then this task might be a little more difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.87,0:03:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say that its necessary to learn Punjabi to be a Sikh.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.37,0:03:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have joined 2 things, your Punjabi culture and our Sikh Dharma.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.13,0:03:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them are different, but you forcibily join them together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.42,0:03:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learing punjabi is a very good thing, as its a new language for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.94,0:03:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Punjabi isn't my mother tongue, yet I learned the new language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.90,0:03:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really enjoy speaking in it. But is it necessary to learn it? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.74,0:04:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Sikh can also be one who understands the true meaning of Bana, Bani, Seva, Simran
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.64,0:04:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has brought them in their life and follows Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.30,0:04:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot tell him that he isn't Sikh.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.57,0:04:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When one brings Guru Maharaj into ones life, then one becomes a Sikh.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.98,0:04:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, there are many languages in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.64,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Punjabi is just one, English is also in the Guru.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.68,0:04:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Tu Mera Gurhaai, Ek Pita, Ekas Ke Hum Barik.'
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.85,0:04:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tu Mera Gurhaai, where 'haai' in English means 'high'; English language is also there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.58,0:04:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you learn Punjabi you might understand 'Ek Pita'
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.64,0:04:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Ekas Ke Hum Barik' and 'Tu Mera Gurhaai' you might be able to understand, maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.28,0:04:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who has studied proper Punjabi is still not able to understand the entire SGGS Ji.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.29,0:05:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the most important thing is not to learn Punjabi, but to do Sadhna, spiritual practice, and Banis.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.97,0:05:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only reading banis from SGGS Ji doesn't sharpen our mind;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.04,0:05:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can read any book or take any knowledge to sharpen our mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.60,0:05:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Granth is the 'knot' that is tied around.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.18,0:05:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Guru Granth means that the knowledge written will help you reach high spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.23,0:05:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And help reach your highest potential. That is said to be Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.53,0:05:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every line in SGGS Ji itself is a complete mantra,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.66,0:05:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which increases our inner Shakti (power).
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.02,0:06:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just listening Gurbani causes hormonal changes in you, and speaking causes extra changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.07,0:06:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't even need to understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.64,0:06:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I feel, is that Punjabis fail to understand this, that you just want to understand SGGS Ji intellectually;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.33,0:06:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is written? Why is it written? What is the meaning? Leave the meaning aside. Just do it. Just read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.02,0:06:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Akhand Paath creates a vibration, the effect is so powerful and so pure that it has no limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.24,0:06:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should do it, definitely. But leave the mental logic aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.37,0:06:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Punjabi problem is to look at things intellectually;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.69,0:06:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guru Maharaj has said this", "No Guru Maharaj has said that, what you said is wrong"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.08,0:06:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to leave this argument behind and take in the experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.04,0:06:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the most important in my opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.60,0:07:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying that Punjabi culture is wrong, as its a very beautiful culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.66,0:07:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poetry, the phrases, the idioms, beautiful beautiful things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.04,0:07:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the food, the dance, all these make Punjabi culture very beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.37,0:07:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be proud to say that this is your culture. It's not my culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.92,0:07:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been living here for 20yrs, yet I have imbibed many things within me from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.56,0:07:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I am chatting in Punjabi right now, I feel very happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.29,0:07:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beautiful phrases, poems, the dances - bhangra and giddha
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.58,0:07:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These all are beautiful things. Nothing wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.93,0:07:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when you look at things in the wrong perspective, does it become wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.62,0:07:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow the children to play, this all is the game of God;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.26,0:08:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your culture. But Sikh Dharma is not your culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.81,0:08:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sikh Dharma came from the same land as the Punjabi culture, but is not stuck inside of that culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.36,0:08:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sikh Dharma is to spread everywhere, and is spreading and affecting all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.51,0:08:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just for Punjabis
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.92,0:08:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very pure and precious and will not stop spreading.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.41,0:08:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Punjabi culture itself is beautiful and you should be proud of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.54,0:08:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Punjabi culture has many shortcomings too, and so many good things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.31,0:08:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there isn't any shortcoming in Sikh Dharma.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.56,0:08:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Maharaj Ji says that we don't have any caste,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.09,0:08:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet we say that my name is Sidhu or Arora, these are castes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.79,0:09:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you have attached ourselves; even though Guru Maharaj Ji has told not to.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.05,0:09:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where 'Punjabi' becomes 'Sikh', "I am such n such Sidhu".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.80,0:09:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a Punjabi caste, or Arora or Kashatria.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.57,0:09:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say that you want to be different from the Hindu Dharma, yet you still add your caste.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.40,0:09:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This caste system is part of Hindu Dharam and isn't a part of our Dharam.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.53,0:09:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What has happened between Hindus and Sikhs is because you were unable to leave aside your caste.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.81,0:09:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not have any caste, Punjabi culture has added the caste, which is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.32,0:09:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the good thing in Punjabi culture is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.01,0:09:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every village, wherever you throw a stone, there is a Gurdwara
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.09,0:09:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the prakash (light) of Guru Maharaj Ji, is in Punjab.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.55,0:09:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You serve langar to the sangat and listen to kirtan,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.99,0:09:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this is so beautiful and bringing Sikh Dharma forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.72,0:10:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your culture isn't wrong, and my neither.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.97,0:10:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And together we should build an equal culture, that brings our Sikh Dharma forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.16,0:10:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say that we white Sikhs have a huge shortcoming,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.37,0:10:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we do not fully understand seva.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.13,0:10:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We white Sikhs are not doing seva as correctly as we should. You Punjabi people are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.85,0:10:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are performing the seva, and pushing forward the spirit of seva.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.04,0:10:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We aren't, but we are learning how from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.63,0:10:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And will keep on learning, and maybe one day we will completely be able to learn from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.88,0:10:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what lacks in Punjabi Sikhs that you have stopped doing simran.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.19,0:10:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have gone away from simran, thinking that it makes you Hindu.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.63,0:10:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to become like Hindu's, but they are our brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.14,0:11:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The knowledge of Guru Maharaj Jis ways of doing simran is now being followed by white Sikhs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.76,0:11:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can learn from them. No problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.74,0:11:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, we all can become complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.26,0:11:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying that every gora sikh you meet will win your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.39,0:11:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as its the gift of simran that when you do simran it wins your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.34,0:11:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The knowledge of simran is with us and the spirit of seva is with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.03,0:11:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together we can be complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.34,0:11:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is our sincere request that we bring oneness and togetherness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.65,0:11:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have said anything wrong, I apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.18,0:11:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My motive is to inspire everyone and share high spirits, and happiness with all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.95,0:11:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh!