Atheist Marxist and Sikh @ Santa Monica, CA USA

[@ParvinderSingh-pf6nf]

My heart bleeds for Jagraj bhaji. May his soul rest in Peace. We need more like you sir.

[@mitchjames9350]

It’s sad how his life was cut so short. He would be great today and the madness happening today.

[@ParvinderSingh-pf6nf]

@@mitchjames9350 definately brother we need more like him not just religiously but more about his qualities and his perspective on life .

[@r3b22ber3]

wow.. Jagraj you were a sea of knowledge. the argument for how Sikhi is not capitalism was just so profound and true. And the way you explained that even if a Sikh lives under a king his true king is the guru so he can never be enslaved. wow.. The guru's system is un flawed it is probably the one thing on earth that is objectively "perfect" I love Sikhi!

[@inderkooner4278]

R3b2 2ber Objectively perfect? LOL good one.

[@zz-uq2ow]

actually i think our gurus would support capitalism they believed in hard work kirat karo that's what capitalism teaches and marxists hurt people and were dictators our gurus are against that

[@goatsingh7099]

man Jugraj Singh is armed with knowledge. lol his chamber stay loaded.

[@singhnagra1540]

Good ppl leave us very soon May his soul rest in peace Waheguru mehr kare

[@klairboyjatt]

Singh forgot to mention the main message of Guru Nanak: Chant the name of god, Do hard work and Share (naam japo, kirat kro , vand shako) According to this communist guy all people should work and then share. so thats the same message given by guru nanak couple of centuries before carl marx. Amazing

[@harveerb5616]

@Metal Inc hi

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

@jaskirat Singh cmon bro what is this mona shit. Listen to whats being said, not the person saying it

[@dilpreetkaur674]

@jaskirat Singh woah hold up,thats not nice. Our gurus included writings from people of diff religion into GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI, our guru didnt say 'wow a hindu/muslim/etc' is trying to teach about sikhi. Do not ever ever say that again, its rude and its against what our guru said.

[@divineintervention7652]

yeah but the thing is ..............

[@hypergolic_rhetoric8052]

I'm coming from an atheistic (previously Christian) world view into Sikhi. Haven't found too much of an issue with the idea of Warheguru. The thing that's at the bottom of our questions about emotions, thoughts, atoms, subatomic particles, space, biology is reality, truth, and functionality. The fact that things CAN exist and DO is pretty damn amazing. I don't need to really concern myself with ruthlessly opposing something that I am a part and impart of. I may not becoming a Singh any time soon, but the tents of SGGS are good for me. "You feel like you should do more for the people around you? Rock on, you'll feel less shame than being lazy." I'm not going to use these writings as a cheat sheet for chemical engineering, minus the awe that I feel sometimes for how nature it's rules can work is a beautiful evolving mystery. Thank you, friends 🙏.

[@Z_F-P_22]

I'm a marxist & and sikh, they truly do go hand in hand. People often forget the second half of the marx quote "religion is the opium of the masses, a soul in a soulless world" marx is basically saying that religion is used by the state but equally it is the soul of the masses, it is their core and it is important. similarly people misquote Nietzsche when he says "god is dead and we killed him" he was actually morning the death of religion because there was nothing to replace it. I would also like to add this person seems to have a very basic understanding of marxism, he sounds more like a misguided anarchist with his talk of hierarchies. I truly hope he has come further in his political education since then!

[@bloodandaces9693]

I am too a marxist and a Sikh. It baffles me how ppl consider marxism or any socialism as opposition to Sikhi. It makes sense that the pillars of Sikhi would align with marxism, "kirt karni, vand shakna, naam japna", especially the first 2. I think those that consider comrades an enemy to Sikhi are not well versed in marxist theory or Sikhi. It would ofc be possible for ppl to be Sikh under an economic system where poverty is reduced, oppression is countered and ppl aren't exploited.

[@VisioningXGman]

Knowledge will beat anything in this world and Bhai Jagraj Ji had it 🙏🏽❤️

[@whitstable11]

really enjoying these American parchar videos.

[@PickleRickGSF]

research on skin pigmentation showed it was controlled by a dynamic called “directional selection.” This refers to pigmentation being pushed in one unified direction-either lighter or darker-depending on the latitude of the population in question. Higher altitudes became lighter; lower latitudes became darker. with some variations caused by how close one lives to the equator

[@jazsingh27]

stefan von lawne bollocks

[@camrondirossi3249]

Rest in peace jagraj. Shame they wasn't anyone who picked up from jagraj and carried on his Work

[@hareeshkumar3660]

SINGH IS KING,.... Bole So Nihaal, Sath Sri Akaal..... WAHE GURU, WAHE GURU, WAHE GURU, WAHE GURU.. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@mj897]

Far better then the speakers corner, a rational discussion discourse in both directions. Rather then rude interrupting arrogant people how sole aim is to degrade others to prove their own opinions and faiths and made a beautiful place of discussion into angry dawah initiative. Entertaining but educationally useless dispite bhaiji patience and knowledge.

[@princekrazie]

That guy is so chill😑❄️❄️❄️🌬🌬🌬💨💨💨

[@goatsingh7099]

i feel like what that was tryna describe. is what we're tryna bring about, Satyug... 🔥🔥🔥

[@dilpreetkaur674]

Jagraj Veerji was really a sea of knowledge🤯

[@GurpreetSingh-fz8sw]

well as they say ... its impossible 2 pour in a pot which is already full ..

[@soorma01]

He's like the scratched CD that gets stuck.. bk bk bk bk bk bk bk

[@Fantasy_Times]

The Thing Is That I Appreciate & Blah Blah Blah ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@AJKHALSA]

Waheguru

[@saintsword8746]

you should mention miri piri (wrt capitalism/imperialism) as well as panj pyaare and there is no priestly caste

[@balkishanchauhan7356]

EVERY page of Granth Sahib is oozing with Hari Bhakti. Here’s Guru Nanak’s direct inheritor, #Sikh Guru Angad, on Page 469: एक *क्रिसनं* सरब देवा देव देवा त आतमा ॥ आतमा *बासुदेवस्यि* जे को जाणै भेउ ॥ नानकु ता का *दासु* है सोई निरंजन देउ ॥ अर्थात: एक कृष्ण ही सभी देवताओं का देव है। वह उन देवताओं ब्रह्मा, विष्णु एवं शिव सब की भी आत्मा है। सब जीवों में बसने वाला वासुदेव स्वयं ही इनकी आत्मा है, यदि कोई इस रहस्य को समझता हो, नानक उसका दास है, वह स्वयं ही निरंजन प्रभु है॥ जय श्रीकृष्णा धन्न गुरु नानक धन्न गुरु अंगद देव जी धन्न धन्न श्री गुरुग्रँथ साहिब जी 🙏🙏

[@thunderlipz]

"Same game, different names" ...spot on. The freedom of information will win. It's probably gonna take about 200years though, so until then live and let live, go do your network marketing in Antartica.

[@PhantomSINGH10]

We are not here to convert. By stating live and let live why arent u letting preachers do what they're doing?

[@asidhu4550]

Jagi missed a critical point in the relationship of Sikhism and Marxism. One the he forgot to mention is... Is how Bhanda Singh Bhadar Ji and Buddah Dal overthrow the Moghuls who were the bourgeoisie at the time... This what Marx would have called a proletariat revelution against the Moghuls who had concentrated the wealth and land for the elites. This can be showcased when Bhanda Singh Bhandar redistributed this land after he defeated the Moghuls to various peasent class members regardless of religion. Ei. the Jats. it can be therefore argued that Bhanda Singh Bhandar was truly a Marxist who led a proletariat revelution (working class revolt) and was the first great Sikh general in history.

[@dangolongnose183]

well look for urself who has more inner peace, confidence and overall who is more spiritualy and emotionally put together. Our atheist buddy seems to be empty but claims to have the answers well relys on science which which jus proves he hasn't thought for himself. I hope he finds God and finds his love and truth.

[@shaminderp2589]

Does someone having "inner peace, confidence and overall [being] more spiritually and emotionally put together" mean that their god belief is true? If so, people of other religions can also claim the same thing. That is not a reliable way to test whether someone's god belief is true or not. Also, science is a method which allows anyone to test a claim for themselves. Religion teaches to believe every supernatural claim in a book without any external evidence or ability to test or falsify these claims. So in reality, which method actually encourages people to think for themselves without appealing to authority?

[@Alphabet7]

@@shaminderp2589 I don't think that's the point of the video or the comment that you're applied to

[@Alphabet7]

@@shaminderp2589 and Sicky we believe in a creator it can be whoever it wants to be we just have a name for it but that doesn't mean it's a specific person that just what we call it math tells us that we're most likely in a simulation so whoever created that simulation could be waheguru for us sikhs

[@parmeetsingh4413]

Nice video but more speakers corner please! :p

[@baghelbhagtana]

+parmeet singh nah speakers corner are the worst videos. its not constructive, people are shouting and arent there to actually learn

[@psingh3170]

+B. SinghNY yeah that's the point, I really like it when jagraj Singh Ji handles the situation calmly...if you get what I mean

[@user-ph9si8uc8n]

Finally someone with a Marxist perspective :) Should have spoken with Jason Unruhe while in Canada lol

[@guruword8378]

I never seen an black atheist especially not a communist(Marxist) the ones I have seen are Jews and some former Hindus and white Christians but at least he seems to have some accurate knowledge of different religion but still seem to have common view of all religions being same

[@UmarAli-zc8xs]

Nelson Mandela was a Marxist. Did you ever go to school ?

[@eho6380]

@@UmarAli-zc8xs He wasn't a marxist

[@Alphabet7]

@@UmarAli-zc8xs I don't know what school you went to but they didn't really teach me about someone being a Marxist and yes he was but I don't know why you have to insult someone for not knowing some information

[@arjan3548]

Very beautiful verji.

[@roxasxemnas512]

This guy does not seem to have thought through his own philosophical beliefs. No wages and everyone just gives to each other? That is a dream completely void of any rational economics, and a dreary one at that. Like bhai sahib said, it would be full totalitarianism. Marxists want you to think capitalism is all about controlling people but in reality, it is Marxism that is all about control. True laissez faire capitalism in an anarcho-capitalist society is the exact opposite of this. The "capitalism" that we have now is corrupt because of the existence of the state. Sikhi is about charity, not forcing people at gun point to give up a portion of what they have earned.

[@roxasxemnas512]

+Apple Banana I am.

[@Tristyn_Waterman]

capitalism is not corrupt by the state, capitalism *requires* the state to maintain its own existence. Never has anarcho-capitalism existed in reality. In anarchist catalonia for example, where were the capitalists? they weren't creating your anarcho-capitalist utopia, they were begging franco to march in and "restore order". Historically, capitalism has always used the state to protect itself, because it needs the state to maintain private property rights. simple as that.

[@adityak935]

A political solution can't solve the existential problem! People choose to live in the hope of an unlikely, extreme and disruptive positive political revolution, instead of taking the practical spritual steps to get there.

[@KoonerProductions]

The Athiest seems stoned

[@quitaddiction4589]

his arguments were very good knew politics and Jagraj knew his religions

[@Alphabet7]

@@quitaddiction4589 his arguments weren't good he just seemed like a fake Marxist

[@Alphabet7]

@@quitaddiction4589 I've talked to actually knowledgeable Marxist and they don't talk like this at all

[@damascu5]

Babaji wearing tshirt and Patrick wearing hoodie ..??

[@KALAM-81]

That didn't seem to go as planned 😂

[@JoeKawano]

What is Parchar? I keep looking at these videos, and it seems like a mis-spelling of "Preacher,” but I am thinking it’s not that…

[@HS-lz8jg]

Parchar is a Punjabi word but idk what it means maybe awareness

[@JoeKawano]

Probably use the English for the thumbnail.

[@123juggi]

he has a really flawed argument. Firstly Jugraj explained how sometimes sikh rulers have been bad but it can be good and thats the main thing, that it is possible to create a perfect society from it. If he thinks that if its been exploited once that it can never be perfect then marxism is nowhere near perfect as it was exploited much more severely by lenin and stalin. Also a marxist has no right to call sikhs "idealists"...this guy needs a history lesson

[@margesimpson149]

Homey?...

[@UmarAli-zc8xs]

"then marxism is nowhere near perfect as it was exploited much more severely by lenin and stalin." How did Lenin and Stalin exploit anyone ? They created a worker's paradise by executing the bourgeoisie scum.

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

You're right about marxism but no, a perfect society is never possible, because each person has a different idea about what perfect means

[@G2da123]

I don't think opiates were deemed as bad in Marx's day. Not sure. I did learn that Stalin got rid of religion to better control the masses. So Marx could of meant that religion is blissful to the people. Interesting

[@awesomestevie27]

So long as a Society works hard and shares, as well as jaaps naam will prosper, regardless if it has currency, as that same currency can be worked hard for and shared People don’t realize this but the family system is like this

[@rajusingj7182]

Nice video

[@alexpannu353]

This brother is way too politically influenced. Very weird he kept mentioning worldly and social issues in a discussion of the divine.

[@Alphabet7]

I don't think he understood that it was more of a religious discussion instead of a social and economic discussion

[@VK-zc2un]

How was Sikhi not mercantile-feudalism? The Gurus belonged the Mercantile Castes and then the Khalsa became a misl-based system which is equivalent to the feudal system of land capture and rent seeking from camp-followers who tilled the soil.

[@iNt0xiCaT3dBaba]

What rules did ranjit singh break?

[@baghelbhagtana]

+Asli.Daku marrying multiple wives

[@r3b22ber3]

+Asli.Daku anand karaj with a muslim

[@iNt0xiCaT3dBaba]

Smirnoff so it was wrong he married a muslim or the fact she was a concubine?

[@gurjotsingh721]

+Asli.Daku I belive he drank booze. But we should instead focus on the good things that he did.

[@iNt0xiCaT3dBaba]

oh i know he drank, did opium, hookah and what not but i know thats not the reason he was summoned by Akali Phula Singh

[@Anomaly1111]

12:18 what prophet?

[@vishalahuja2136]

Seller of sikhi.... You know what .. thats exactly what sikhi does not sell

[@harnoor7135]

how is this thing "selling sikhi" ??

[@vishalahuja2136]

@@harnoor7135 when u are sell something, you talk about how your product is different from other. Sometimes you cleverly demean other products. If person has empathy like Guru Nanak dev or Buddha, you are helping other, if person intends to "sell", you pretend to help by merely propagating his idea/religion so that others come to join his commune. Actually we really cant tell, unless we know the intent. I have seen all his videos, it appears to me that he is insecure, hence sells his ideas. For an instance, in one of his videos( including this one) , he said "Buddhists dont have concept of god, but we have." Even if the listener is saying his approach is not God but science/evidence, he is "convincing" his ideology. This is what salesmen do. I understand that he wants to spread awareness, but true sikhi means service under pretext of social equality and justice(thats what karl marx, hindu dharma, buddha's dhamma, and jainism said). i.e., help the meek when power rests only in few people. In Western countries/developed countries, most people are upper-middle or rich. The real service/help is required in the developing country like India, where Govt is tyrrant right wing, and 90% poor people need real help/service. When such service/help is delivered then it is called sikhi. Till then its more like political hinduttva or political islamic. Only words, no real service. Stop fooling people n yourself.

[@harnoor7135]

@@vishalahuja2136 Hey vishal, thanks for the detailed answer, really appreciate it. I've read ur answer properly. Ok so, i want to reply abt that Buddhist thing first. Bhai jagraj said Buddhists don't have any concept of god, but we do. Right? Well what's wrong in that? I mean i hope you know this basic thing that in Buddhism they literally do not have any concept of god and they openly preach abt this thing (and if you do not, i request you to maybe go search on Google abt this, bec half knowledge is clearly more dangerous than no knowledge 😊). Buddhists don't believe in one god or one creator (leave one god, they don't even believe in god) or any kind of divine power. Pls tell, did bhai jagraj make fun or shame them for this? NO. He just mentioned abt the concepts that go around Buddhism and Sikhi. He said that Buddhist don't believe in god and we do. I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

[@harnoor7135]

@@vishalahuja2136 I too have seen his videos, but i don't think he's insecure about sikhi, not even a bit, but if you think so, i can't help it, it's more of a subjective thing. But then lemme tell you one thing that might change your perspective on this.. you said you've seen his videos, right? You must have observed that he often uploaded those videos too where ppl bashed sikhism and didn't even try to understand it, and that videos too where ppl weren't satisfied with bhai ji's answers in the end. If he were insecure about his faith, he could have easily chose to just upload the ones where ppl appreciated sikhi and bhai jagraj in the end, but he didn't do that. It shows something abt being insecure, hna? 😊

[@harnoor7135]

@@vishalahuja2136 Now coming to ur selling and product claim, it's wrong bec man didn't even once say false things abt other religions or made fun of those, if you've seen his videos, you'd often hear him say that no matter which religion you belong to, just chant god's name. God's name is equal among all religions. You need not to be a sikh to get accepted by god..and stuff like that. Man was out just to raise awareness abt sikhi and to help ppl connect to God. Also, bhai ji is no more to justify himself against false allegations like this one, so maybe cut him some slack, pls think twice before you write something bad which isn't even true abt a person who can't defend himself, thanks!

[@RanjitDas-jx4if]

But why we haveto take rebirth

[@preetsingh1595]

You should work in punjab.gurus made us one,but casteist people have separated gurughars on the basis of caste.majhbis are not allowed to enter in Jatt gurughars.if majhbis want to bring gurugranth sahib at their home,they are denied by garnthis of upper castes.In guruGhar commettis no majhbi is included by upper caste so called masand people.Thats why they are converting towards christianity.first of all remove this caste based discrimination from punjab and then talk about equality.i agree that our father made us one but nowadays casteist masands are spoiling sikhi principles.Masands are getting baptised but still they don't want to leave their surname and feel proud on it.khalsa is only khalsa,that has no caste.but unfortunately masnds destroyed sikhi more than mugals😡😡😡

[@HardKore5250]

Transhumanism

[@bn951]

Are you sure Sikhism is a monotheistic religion and not a pantheistic religion?

[@basicsofsikhi]

+bn951 These are you labels... imagine a baby trying to define his moother and father... what silliness

[@kickingroses8925]

I was going to ask a similar thing but it's not so much to do with labels as definitions. Pantheism is the belief that God is within everything in the universe, that the two are identical, whereas panentheism is the belief that God is a separate and greater entity who created the Universe but placed Him/Herself inside the Universe while also existing outside time and space. From what I've watched, Sikhi sounds more like the latter but feel free to correct me on that if I'm wrong.

[@jagpreetsingh3287]

Rose 🧐 yes !.....

[@Alphabet7]

Yes gurus are basically like angels to Christians there's only one God

[@cnk8766]

Sikhs call God by the name "Omkar" not by the number "ik" or 1. You need to correct yourself there

[@Simransingh355-u1l]

It's onkar

[@cnk8766]

@@Simransingh355-u1l any diff between onkar and omkar? 😄

[@Simransingh355-u1l]

@@cnk8766 yup

[@princekrazie]

Subhanallah

[@oosa358]

You say Islam is very fundulmentalist, but isn't also Sikhism?

[@pantomath.7696]

Sikhism is not fundamentalist as its belive in Sikhi that u don't have to be a follower of particular religion to practice godliness and Sikhism is not to be imposed its be experience true Sikh is Disciplined not Fundamentalist its abt accepting the real soul self, not just to follow the idea of sikhism but to implement and practice it, for e.g the langar the equality is practiced along with compassion of donating also Sikhism have faced lots of prosecution in the history also it's main motive is not to convert to sikhism from another religion but to create awareness regarding the message of god Which is Equality and one human race with red blood and living normal life with the God's name along with it hope this explains that wt u see is not Fundamentalist but discipline of life with name of god.

[@oosa358]

@@pantomath.7696 Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@pantomath.7696]

@@oosa358 u r welcome brother 🙏

[@harshwardhansingh8432]

@@pantomath.7696 Sikhism = Jaat-ism, also 35000 hindus murdered by siks

[@pantomath.7696]

@@harshwardhansingh8432 Castism- over a million killed by Hindus of there own religion .... 👀

[@simpy9106]

this guy isnt a marxist lol

[@jazsingh27]

Marksikhism

[@kashyyou1631]

That black guy knew exactly what he was saying. This Sikh needs to stop talking bull pish

[@Alphabet7]

He sounded like a fake Marxist to me what do you mean he knew exactly what he was talking about most of what he was saying we're just bullshit points that are Marxist would never say also sikhi and communism are pretty similar

[@harnoor7135]

Hey Kashy, could you pls point out how the sikh guy was talking rubbish? I saw the whole video and he talked sensibly, the black dude didn't even try to understand the other perspective, while the sikh dude listened to him carefully. Ok which part of the sikh dude's speech you found absurd?

[@amrithdathsingh5062]

Did you not watch the video the other guy didn’t listen to what the Sikh was saying he was just replying with stupid assumptions