10-06-2006, 07:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pardon my ignorance of Sikh culture - What exactly is Manmukh and Gurmukh? Do these people have an opinion on Bhagat Singh? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Viren here is the explanation in a nutshell:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Gurmukhs is a virtuous type of person whom the Gurbani calls Divine. He is Spiritually positioned, naturally.
http://www.gurbani.org/webart39.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Manmukh is the opposite of a Gurmukh. Hence, a Manmukh is a material being (egoistic or unenlightened person) as opposed to a Spiritual Being, who does not have natural inclination for Spirituality.
http://www.gurbani.org/webart39.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Manmukh is also used to refer to Sikhs who cut their hair or do other things that go against their religion, of course among Sikhs there are different views regarding the matter of hair and becoming a Khalsa, the Sanatan Sikhs say that not every Sikh was expected to be a Khalsa (they point out the fact that some close disciples of Guru Gobind Singh never became Khalsa) and one does not automatically become a manmukh because one refuses to keep the 5K's. Then there is the more dominant view held by the Akalis and others who had always attempted to Khalsaize Sikh identity, they say that all Sikhs are eventually expected to become Khalsa and that they are the truest Sikhs.
As for Bhagat Singh, he was an atheist and a Marxist, although these days people are trying to spread ideas that at the last minute he became a Sikh again, all these have no basis.
Viren here is the explanation in a nutshell:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Gurmukhs is a virtuous type of person whom the Gurbani calls Divine. He is Spiritually positioned, naturally.
http://www.gurbani.org/webart39.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Manmukh is the opposite of a Gurmukh. Hence, a Manmukh is a material being (egoistic or unenlightened person) as opposed to a Spiritual Being, who does not have natural inclination for Spirituality.
http://www.gurbani.org/webart39.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Manmukh is also used to refer to Sikhs who cut their hair or do other things that go against their religion, of course among Sikhs there are different views regarding the matter of hair and becoming a Khalsa, the Sanatan Sikhs say that not every Sikh was expected to be a Khalsa (they point out the fact that some close disciples of Guru Gobind Singh never became Khalsa) and one does not automatically become a manmukh because one refuses to keep the 5K's. Then there is the more dominant view held by the Akalis and others who had always attempted to Khalsaize Sikh identity, they say that all Sikhs are eventually expected to become Khalsa and that they are the truest Sikhs.
As for Bhagat Singh, he was an atheist and a Marxist, although these days people are trying to spread ideas that at the last minute he became a Sikh again, all these have no basis.