Indeed ohh wise one. Let me then give you another example and see what you make of it, using your own cultural and personal bias or not.
In Sikhi when one enters a Gurdwara (temple) the head needs to be covered, this I am told is as a mark of respect for God. Yet in England when one enters a church the head nees to be uncovered, if wearing a hat you should remove it, this too is a mark of respect for God. Now I'm Sikh so I will always cover my head when I go to Gurdwara, however it makes no sense to me. For two resons, the first is obviously because my culture and Punjbi culture says the opposite, the second because I really can't see how the head being covered or not matter a whit to God. According to your words above, I should ask my fellow Sikhs to let me enter Gurdwara with my head uncovered as in my culture it IS a mark of respect to do so? On 10 July, 14:45, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > It is possible if you are willing to embrace the notion that all > cultures and persons have intrinsically correct value for them, and > that all paths to God are valid. As soon as you say that some or any > are not, you begin an argument steeped in duality. > > On Jul 10, 9:38 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Now most people that post here regularly probably know by now that I > > am a white English convert to the Sikh religion. > > > So that I belong to at least a few Sikh forums should come as no > > supprise. It seems that some of my fellow Sikhs and I have running > > debates around the parts of Sikhi that I find are cultural and so I > > delcare them as uniportant. > > > Anybody who has a tiny bit of knowledge of Sikhi will have heard of > > the 5 k's, these are articles of faith that all baptised (Khalsa) > > Sikhs should wear at all times, these are (in English) Boxer short > > type pants(that is pants as in the UK, under garments not trousers) a > > dagger, a steel bangle, a comb(normaly worn in the hair) and long > > uncut hair(all body hair). > > > There are two main pieces of writing that we Sikhs are required to > > take note of. The first being our holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib, > > the second a document drawn up in the 30's by the ruling body who look > > after all of the Sikh temples worldwide. It is called the Rehat > > Maryada, and contianes amongst other things dogmatic rules for how a > > Khalsa Sikh should be and act. > > > Part of rehat states that men should always wear a turban. > > > This is one of these cultural things that I mention. Bear with me > > people I'm almost to the point. > > > When I debate the worth of this to Sikhi, which prides itself as being > > a globaly inclusive religion which states that all paths to God are > > valid, I inveriably get told that I am blinded by my own culture. > > Anyhoo It seems to me that the opposite is true, which brings me round > > to the gist of the post. > > > How hard or easy is it to think in ways that trancend cultural and > > personal bias? Is it even possible?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
