Radha Swamis.
The minimum requirement to be a Sikh
You should know this because you're going to get told
"Oh you're not Sikh, you're not this".
If you follow these five things you can stand up and say "I'm a Sikh".
Now I've been to university where some of the Gorey have gotten into Sikhi,
like Kent there's a Gora Singh now who started watching our videos
become into a Singh right.
So it's for anybody to come into Sikhi now
these are the five things you need to know to be a Sikh, okay?
N1: you must believe in one God
You can't be an atheist Sikh, makes sense "Ik Oankaar"
N2: you must believe in all ten Gurus
Not just "I like the first five, I'm not sure about the next five".
No, all ten Gurus you must accept.
N3: you must accept Guru Granth Sahib Ji as your Guru
Recently, Hardeep Singh Kohli, that guy on TV and radio was on the Nihal Show
he was interviewing the guy that runs S.W.A.T, Randeep Singh,
doing charity back in London
He was on the show talking about interfaith marriages
and our guy Randeep Singh
he got asked this question by Hardeep
he goes "Why are you not letting some Gora
who might be a better Sikh than me
might know more about Sikhi than me get married in a Gurdwara,
but you're allowing me to get married in a Gurdwara"
So he goes to him, Randeep asks him
he said straight up "Do you believe Guru Granth Sahib Ji
to be your Guru, your living Guru"
He (Hardeep) goes "No"
He (Randeep) goes "Then you're not a Sikh then"
So be very clear about this
You've got to believe in Guru Granth Sahib to be a Sikh
The fourth thing is you must believe in the writings of all ten Gurus
You can't say Jaap Sahib and Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Bani is not Bani
If Guru Ji wrote it, it is Bani.
Amrit Sanchar is made with three of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's banis
so you can't say "Oh it's not Bani".
It is Bani.
The fifth one is you can't have any other religion
You can't be a Hindu Sikh
you can't be a Muslim Sikh you can't be a Christian Sikh
you've got to be a Sikh
because in a conflict, who will you choose?
If one says one, other one says the other, who do you choose to follow?
If you follow Guru, you've got to follow Guru
and Bhai Gurdas Ji explains this in their Bani
Bhai Gurdas Ji is the nephew of Guru Amardas Ji
They say, "Listen, how can you cross over the ocean
with your feet in two boats?"
You got your feet on two boats you cannot cross across, you'll fall over
You've got to get on one boat
You can't believe in Devi Devte, Matha Tek (bow down) to idols
and then yet believe in the Guru
If you're a Sikh, you can't do idol worship
can't believe in bowing down to stones
because the Guru says "No, there's no God in stones"
There's no God in a stone
Now, are Radha Swami's Sikhs, is the question
What do we think about them?
Do they believe Guru Granth Sahib Ji to be their Guru?
No, so therefore they're not Sikhs
because they follow their guru, they get "amrit" from their guru
they call him "Satguru"
and he's not in the ten Gurus,
he's not Guru Granth Sahib Ji, so he's not a Sikh
They're his cheley (followers)
but a lot of Sikhs go to the Radha Swamis
and they still think they're Sikhs
they think "I'm not doing something bad"
How did that happen?
How did a lot of people start going to follow something that is not Sikhi
but think it's okay?
Because of two reasons:
One, we don't tell them about Sikhi in a Gurdwara
and they don't find Shanti in a Gurdwara
They don't find out about Naam in the Gurdwara
So they look somewhere else for spirituality and peace and happiness
they don't get in a Gurdwara
because our Gurdwarey become overly political,
overly ritualized, it's all about money, you don't get taught anything.
So they think "Oh this is better for me"
The second thing is, firstly it's our mistake
The second thing is what they do they're very clever
They do not make it obvious to you that you are leaving Sikhi
and start following them
even the Christians in India follow the same tactic
the Christians will say "SatGuru Eesa"
They use they don't say "prophet" they don't say "Lord",
they say "SatGuru Eesa"
they say keep your turban, keep your beard, keep your Kara
In the Gurdwara, in their church they give out Langar
and they sing with the dholki and shainey (instruments)
and they sing songs in Punjabi
so the Sikh that goes there, he goes "this is just like home,
dholki, shainey, Langar, pagga (turbans),
I haven't left Sikhi! I'm still in Sikhi!"
The bhaule bhaale they don't know what they're doing
so they get them in
and they slowly start turning them around
they're not obvious about it,
they don't say "Yo, this is our faith, that's their faith,
to come here this is what you must do."
They won't do that
They'll say "Oh no it's okay Baba Nanak is our Guru"
"We love Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj"
"Let me quote you some Bani"
"We read Japji Sahib every day, no problem"
"Come in, come in, come in!"
They go "these are good people they tell us about Guru Nanak Dev Ji
they tell us what the meaning of Bani is"
They're clever.
They won't tell you that you're not following Sikhi,
they'll tell you you are following Sikhi,
but you're following them their version, not the Guru's version
They'll say "Oh you know we've got the first five Gurus,
the rest of them... there's no need to pick our weapons"
"Just be shanti"
When they're coming around raping you and killing you,
just be shanti then.
You're doubting Guru Gobind Singh Ji? You know more than Guru Gobind Singh Ji?
That when all else has failed, it is righteous to pick up the sword
Are they wrong? Of course not.
So these people, they're very clever
This is the reason why people join Radha Swamis:
They get sucked in.
So what do we think about them?
The only way to conquer that problem is very simple
You all are bright people,
How would you solve that problem?
Give me two solutions
I gave you the problem, how it happens, how do we solve it?
More parchaar of Sikhi in Gurdwarey
Secondly, let people know what they're doing
when they're choosing to be Radha Swami
That's it.
Just tell them "You're leaving Guru Ji"
You're leaving the Guru. If you want to do that,
if your guru is more powerful than Guru Granth Sahib Ji, go ahead.
if your guru is more powerful than Guru Gobind Singh Ji, go ahead.
But if you think
"Hold on, there's no one more powerful than Guru Gobind Singh
or Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj",
stay in Sikhi. Don't go there.
We've got to give them a better alternative.
At the moment, our Gurdware are not a very good alternative.
Their place, they're friendly, you walk in, they shake your hand,
"Hello, welcome, come in, sit down! What problems have you got?"
"Let me help you out! Oh you got some loan problems,
you got this, you got that problem, no problem I'll give it to you"
Christians, they give people medicine, they give people good jobs
they do everything they can to get you to convert, but you must convert.
They don't do Nishkaam Seva, everything has got strings attached.
and the Bicharey (poor) people, they end up converting.
So give them a better solution.
Don't just sit there moaning at them and
say "Oh it's all your fault, you're stupid you're evil people, you left your Guru"
Give them something better, show them what Sikhi is in the Gurdwara.
On Sunday, in Park Avenue Gurdwara in Southall,
every Sunday for the last three years, we're doing Katha and Kirtan of Gurbani,
then a Q&A afterwards.
So many people start coming now.
Before, when I first started there's like 20-30 people,
now it's like 200 people every Sunday.
It's not just young people, old people as well.
They all hang out afterwards. Sangat, they have Langar together,
they make friends, then they come for the Q&A
Any questions- politics, we discuss everything
and hauli hauli (slowly slowly), people come into that ,
they start getting into Sikhi, and you see they start keeping their Kes
start getting involved in Seva.
It's not that hard to get people into Sikhi, it's not that hard.
Sikhi is so beautiful, people will start following it.
Just we don't tell it properly.
We just undersell a beautiful product and that's our fault.