'Sikh Awareness Day' held at Long Eaton School

August 8th, 2009 by Manvir Singh Khalsa Source: manvirsingh.blogspot.com
Last Wednesday there was a "Sikh Awareness Day" held at Long Eaton School near Nottingham. Bhaji Pardip Singh had been working at the school and before he left the staff requested for a Sikh Awareness Day to be arranged so that the school could be educated on who Sikhs are and what they believe as there no Sikhs living around that area. Bhenji Gurpreet Kaur, Bhenji Kirat Kaur and Daas helped Bhaji Pardip Singh with the Sikh Awareness Day.

Live sessions were held throughout the day. For each session the students were given handouts with questions which they had to fill in during the session. The presentation started off with some basic questions about Sikhs followed by where Sikhs come from and some photographs of Panjab. Afterwards Sikh beliefs, Sikh uniform & appearance, Sri Guru Granth Sahib jee, Sikhs in World Wars, and Sikhs in Britain was covered. During the session selected students were given the opportunity to tie Dastaars on one another and then afterwards one of us re-tied the Dastaars on them. The whole day was very successful. All the children were well-behaved and showed interest in what was being said. May Guru Jee do kirpaa that these type of awareness days or sessions are held at all schools!

Some photographs from the day:


First session - year 7 group.


Starter questions.


Slide showing Parkaash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee.


Significance Sikh identity.


Panj Kakkaars and Sikh appearance.


Bhaji showing the Kachhera. If anything, all the pupils and teachers will not forgot the Kachhera! lol.


Bhenji tying a Dastaar on a pupil.


Slide showing Sikhs in different professions.


Photographs of Sikhs in World Wars.


The presentation ended with a quote from a British General who talks about Sikhs dying for the freedom and liberty of Britain and Europe and praises the Sikh faith and Sikh turban.



Dhan Hai Guru, Dhan Hai Teree Sikhee. 

Comments

August 11, 2009 - 6:20am — K.J.SINGH

Our Children Needs to Be Educated, They are future Torch Bearers

Our Children Must Know Some of the Basic Philosophy of Sikhism #1 Sikhism is a MONOTHEISTIC religion(To surrender and serve the One Supreme Lord) #2 Sikh scriptures were compiled in a spiritual language "Gurmukhi" #3 Sikih scriptures DO NOT deny the personality of God, they worship his formless aspect which is in the heart as Paramatma.and the individual soul as Atma (The Bride and the Groom) #4 Sikhs believe in Karma and Reincarnation #5 Sikhism see this material world as a place of suffering , true happiness is only in the Spiritual world "Sachkand" #6 Sikhism sees the soul as eternal. #7 Devotion to God -Bhakti is of utmost importance #8 Sikhs have a concept of sin #9 Sikhs Gurus reject the Hindu Monist Philosophy of Shankararchary that "I am God "and you are God #10 Sikhs reject The Voidist philosophy as taught by Buddha that the soul dies with the body. #11 Sikhs respect the 33 million demigods but they do NOT worship them for Material gains, because it binds the soul to the material world and results in repeated birth and death for the material body. #12 No Sikh Guru ever ate meat, #13 There are 10 Gurus , expansions from the One. In reality there is Only ONE the rest are expansions with the same potency. #14 Some Sikhs see Guru Nanak Dev Ji as God, who came in this Age Kali Yug, following Ram ,and Krishna. #15 Sikhs are Not Hindus although they share some of their believes.
August 9, 2009 - 9:22pm — K.J.SINGH

Our Children Must Know Some of the Basic Philosophy of Sikhism

#1 Sikhism is a MONOTHEISTIC religion(To surrender and serve the One Supreme Lord) #2 Sikh scriptures were compiled in a spiritual language "Gurmukhi" #3 Sikih scriptures DO NOT deny the personality of God, they worship his formless aspect which is in the heart as Paramatma.and the individual soul as Atma (The Bride and the Groom) #4 Sikhs believe in Karma and Reincarnation #5 Sikhism see this material world as a place of suffering , true happiness is only in the Spiritual world "Sachkand" #6 Sikhism sees the soul as eternal. #7 Devotion to God -Bhakti is of utmost importance #8 Sikhs have a concept of sin #9 Sikhs Gurus reject the Hindu Monist Philosophy of Shankararchary that "I am God "and you are God #10 Sikhs reject The Voidist philosophy as taught by Buddha that the soul dies with the body. #11 Sikhs respect the 33 million demigods but they do NOT worship them for Material gains, because it binds the soul to the material world and results in repeated birth and death for the material body. #12 No Sikh Guru ever ate meat, #13 There are 10 Gurus , expansions from the One. In reality there is Only ONE the rest are expansions with the same potency. #14 Some Sikhs see Guru Nanak Dev Ji as God, who came in this Age Kali Yug, following Ram ,and Krishna. #15 Sikhs are Not Hindus although they share some of their believes.
August 9, 2009 - 8:53pm — H.Kaur

Bhai Pardip Singh (Dhan Hai Guru, Dhan Hai Teree Sikhee.)

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Veer Pardip Singh ji, Manvir Singh ji, Bhen Gurpreet Kaur ji and Bhen Kirat Kaur ji please accept hearty congratulations and thanks on behalf of the entire Sikh World for the great sewa you have done for your Panth by trying to educate the students and staff of a European school about the Sikh beliefs, Sikh uniform & appearance, Sri Guru Granth Sahib jee, Sikhs in World Wars, and Sikhs in Britain in a specially organized programme "Sikh Awareness Day" (KUDOS). YOUR EFFORT IS WELL NOTICED AND HIGHLY APPRECIATED. MAY AKALPURAKH BLESS WITH GOOD HEALTH, CHARDI KALA (HIGH SPIRITS) AND COURAGE TO BE ENABLE TO UNDERTAKE SUCH SEWA OF SPREADING AND SHARING THE TEACHINGS OF SAHIB SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND SIKHI TIME AND AGAIN, AT DIFFERENT PLACES AND OCCASSIONS.
August 8, 2009 - 5:43pm — JAGJIT SINGH MU...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE ORGANISERS OF SIKH AWARENESS DAY AT LONG EATEN SCHOOL NEAR NOTTINGAM. THEY ALL ARE BLESSED BY WAHEGURU JI. SUCH EFFORTS SHOULD BE DONE IN ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD.BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD SEE DIFFIRENCE IN BETWEEN WHAT THEY READ IN BOOKS AND WHAT THEY SEE AT ALL PLACES.TIME HAS COME THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE SIKHS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF GURU SAHIBAN AND LIVE THEIR LIVE ACCORDING TO GURU GARANTH SAHIB. WAHE GURU JI KA KHALSA, WAHEGURU JI KE FATEH.

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