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Khalsa
I have reverted the changes on this article as they do not live up to the standards now expected at SikhiWiki. Any changes must improve the standard that we have already achieved and not drop those standards.
The text from the article is copied below:
"Khalsa which means 'Truthfull & Pure' is the name initially given by Nanakto Sikhs. The term used by him for it however was 'Sachiaara'from SatGurBani Language (and Punjabi as well, which is live & green even Today) Language.
10th Nanak Guru Gobind Singh , about 200 years thereafter used the popular word Khalsa (a synonimous of Nanak's 'Sachiara') of his time to popularise it in martial terms under chaotic war torn environment.
The socio-political 'Order of Khalsa' was thus initiated by Nanak (to be more precise by Kabeer)10th Nanak has expresssed his gratitudes to Kabeer in his following words
- "Kabeer Panth ab Baio Khalsa..."
In an eminent GurMat Scholar's Words....
- " Steel of the Sowrd, which Guru Gobind wielded, was provided by Nanak.." (can well be read Kabeer )
The order of Khalsa (Sachiara) was formalised by 10th Nanank. He initiated a formal socio Martial protocol of baptising his Sikhs taking Amrit in a ceremony called Amrit Sanchar. The first time that this ceremony took place was on Baisakhi, which fell on 30 March 1699 at Anandpur Sahib in India. The Sikhs celebrated the 300th anniversary of the day in 1999 with thousands of religious gatherings all over the world.
The word "Khalsa" is derived from Arabic khalis (literally meaning "pure" or "unsullied") and Perso-Arabic khalisah (literally pure; office of revenue department; lands directly under government management), is used collectively for the community of baptised Sikhs. Theologically Khalsa encompasses all Human beings ( irrespective of Their cast, class, creed, faith, race, social / regional denominations) & superior creatures living elsewhere in universe. The term khalisah was used during the Muslim rule in India for crownlands administered directly by the king without the mediation of jagirdars or mansabdars."
So as to help you understand the reasons for reverting the article, I have given some details of my reasons:
- 1. Too many Typos: truthfull - should be truthful; Nanakto Sikhs should be Nanak to Sikhs; 'Sachiaara'from SatGurBani should be 'Sachiaara' from SatGurBani; Nanank - should be Nanak; Steel of the Sowrd should be Sword, etc
- 2 Changes not accurate or supported by Gurbani: Guru Nanak did not use the word "Khalsa" - Bhagat Kabeer did! No quotation of Guru Nanak given to support the statement made.
- 3 Does not significantly enhance or add to the article.
I am sorry to have intervened in this manner, but I hope you will agree that to present Sikhi in the best light is a commitment for all of us.
I suggest that if you wish to make any major changes of this nature to an existing article, that you first present those changes on the talk page so we can all agree them before they are transferred to the article page. This will save time and be more constructive. Kind regards, Hari Singh 10:44, 31 January 2008 (MST)
